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Google Homepage: 25+ Years of Evolution

The Most Visited Page on Earth

From a Stanford research project to the world's most visited website, Google's homepage has undergone countless iterations while maintaining its signature minimalist design. Explore how the search giant's interface evolved from 1998 to today.

November 1998

First Snapshot

100M+

URLs Archived

8

Major Redesigns

Timeline of Key Changes
1998

First public version launched

Google.com goes live with the classic sparse design

2001

Google Images introduced

New tab navigation added to homepage

2009

Google Doodles become regular

Interactive doodles celebrate events and people

2010

Instant Search launched

Results appear as you type

2011

Google+ integration

Social features added to search

2019

Dark mode support

System preference-based theming

2023

AI-powered features

Bard and generative AI integration begins

Historical Screenshots

View how google.com looked at different points in time via the Wayback Machine

1998

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2003

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2008

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2020

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Data sourced from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine