Chris McEvoy wondered about "Google's so called simplicity" and "decided to design a new Google homepage that inlcuded links to all of the different searches, sites and blogs". On his blog, he writes:
I call it Simply Google and it can be found at goo-home.com.
I think that it is a lot simpler than the corresponding google offering. What do you think?
Comment: Well, I think that if all Google's many services had anything like equal value, it would be very useful. But as a matter of fact, Google has only one really good service -- the Web search it shows on its home page -- and two that get used briefly and not very often -- Images and Groups. Both of these are also readily available from the home page. The rest of it is either of no interest (except to search engine buffs) or else its users already know where to find it (Google Finance, Maps), so there is no value in having them all on the same page. It's an interesting exercise, but I won't be switching my home page.
What do you think?
