Google has a very clean and minimalistic home page that displays only important features and has a lot of open, empty space. The only image on the page, the Google logo, is placed right in the middle of the page and takes up the most space out of any of the other links on the page. The basic Google logo is displayed on most days, but on holidays and special occasions, the logo changes into a more artistic version representing whatever event is taking place. A small bar runs along the top of the page which gives links to search features such as images, videos, maps, news, shopping, and Gmail. Right in the middle of the page below the Google logo is the search bar with two search buttons. To the right of that are two small option links, and below the search bar are some more links. Since most of Google’s features, such as news stories, images, and videos, are presented as links (which are small in size) instead of the content actually being posted on the main page, less content is shown in order to make the site appear as neat and organized as possible.
Yahoo:
Yahoo’s main page has a large amount of the site’s content and links available on it. Along the top of the page is the search bar with other links above it, such as images, videos, shopping, and more. The rest of the page has much more content than Google’s main page. Along the left side of the page are 18 links (with small icons) to parts of the Yahoo site, such as maps, mail, finance, dating, horoscopes, music, sports, and much more. Most of the page is taken up by news stories, pictures from the news stories, Yahoo “trends,” and picture links to popular videos. There is little free space on the page like Google’s site, but much more content, like links to news stories and pictures are given. As a result, the page appears much more cluttered compared to Google’s “minimalistic” approach.
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