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Google News gets a makeover
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Posted by Frank Harris and Jason Morrow, User Experience Designers
Last month marked the 7-year anniversary of Google News. We thought we'd celebrate this year by refreshing the look and feel of the site with a new design that we launched today.
First of all, you'll probably notice that we've included new color frames around each section on the homepage. We've also added YouTube logos to our existing embedded
news videos
, helping you to identify and discover our partners' video content more easily:
We also updated our section pages, categories like "Top Stories," "World," and "Business," to add featured videos and photos from our partners. The new pages also contain sections for images and for popular stories on the right side of the screen, below the featured photos and videos. Just as with the
new story landing page
we launched last Thursday, our goal is to highlight more sources and provide our users with more ways to experience the news.
For example, take a look at the entertainment section below:
As with all features we introduce to Google News, these changes are designed to provide a better news browsing experience and connect you to a wide variety of perspectives on current events.
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