That last feature remains an awesome example of restraint,

a sea of white space, the Google logo, a search box, a couple of links — and no ads.

And its home page was, and remains, a visual model of simplicity:

At the start, Its search engine was so superior that the company's name became synonymous with search itself.

Here's what always struck me about Google: its simplicity.

There are a handful of reasons people generally cite for Google's success. The power of its search engine algorithm.

Google's growing identity crisis

Friend Connect is available in 47 new languages, including French, Italian, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi and Portuguese.

Have you been holding off on using Google Friend Connect because your site isn't in English?

Google addresses its own security bugs in Chrome stable release update