For those who aren't in the know, the top secret of Google's success is the home page. This intelligent design almost one of a kind in that the home page was the only page. All you had was a search bar and a couple of choices, but the speed in using the site was phenomenal.

More frequently than not, you double-click your browser on your desktop and begin typing your search term. Because after loading the site, you don't want to click. Type in the term and then hit the return key. All people do from the home page is search, with the odd exemption here or there, but it is rare.

But since then, the home page has become a small cluttered. Google have opened up the floodgates to more services, more search sites, more business links and advanced options... maybe not for long though.

The company looks to recognise its grass-roots in the simplicity of its home page and is regressing through a live experiment. By adding a bit of JavaScript code to the address bar of your browser once Google has loaded, it will display only the logo, search bar and the buttons.

Hover over the page with your mouse and the rest of the options, the links and services will display. But the loveliness of this is that there is no inconvenience; those who search as soon as it loads don't use the mouse so the simplistic look works.

Once Google has loaded, copy and paste this code into the address bar, and hit return. Reload the page and then you should see the simplistic view.

javascript:void(document.cookie="PREF=ID=abac7a90f5a3784b:LD=en:
NR=10:TM=1254990196:LM=1254990236:S=uB6F4jDnMP_DuxtT;path=/; domain=.google.com");

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