Google Home Page Re-Design

WOW Google have certainly been busy over the last few weeks with changes, advances, new services, new products and reading between the lines, new algo tweaks that will eventually impact on SERPS.

So here at Artemis Internet Marketing in Marbella we will try and bring you the various news and information in separate postings.

First thins first. Anyone notice the new Google home page today?

I did first thing this morning and to be honest I am finding it a little frustrating. Being an Internet Marketing company and head of SEO here at Artemis, I am always in and out of various Google services. So as usual I opened up my home page which is defaulted to Google.Com and looking back at me was a very 'white' page with the search bar and logo in it's normal place.

Where had all the links like Advertising Programs and Sign-In gone?

I admit I did panic a little at first. Was it a flaw with my recently downloaded AVG 9, or maybe some type of malware preventing links showing. Then as if by magic, a few moments later the links just faded in.

Google said the move was designed to remove distractions for those web users "intent on searching".

So not to worry it's a re-design of the Google home page aimed at searchers. I guess I will have to get used to it then.

Would have been nice if Google had;

1) Let people know
2) Given the option to use the legacy page

Article by Paul Lopez Head of SEO and Co-Director of Artemis Internet Marketing, Marbella