Planet Lowyat

As we know Google used simple, clear and default homepage for the past few years and hasn’t changed too much. Again, Google do provides an alternative to the “classic” homepage iGoogle.

Recently, Google Japan, Korea and China homepage have a different looks.

Google China Blog says that the three homepages were a part of bigger project meant to improve Google’s interface and to adapt it to local cultures. For example, Chinese users found it difficult to navigate to other Google services, since they were listed on a different page, so Google decided to place the links more prominently on the homepage.

Personally, I like Google China’s homepage that included animations to display icons and small descriptions for Google services like: Image Search, Google News or Dao Hang.

So which Asian country is the next? Does Google have any plan to change Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, Vietnam or Singapore default home page?