{"id":38,"date":"2009-12-09T10:14:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T15:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heliotropicsystems.com\/blog\/?p=38"},"modified":"2009-12-09T10:14:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T15:14:47","slug":"google-first-you-dont-see-it-then-you-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heliotropicsystems.com\/blog\/index.php\/google-first-you-dont-see-it-then-you-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Google: First you don’t see it, then you do!"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you search the Internet on a regular basis, you might have Google (http:\/\/www.google.com<\/a>) set as one of your Favorites or as your browser\u2019s home page.\u00a0 You have undoubtedly gotten very used to the simple interface, the way the page loads very quickly because of the lack of graphic images, and the utilitarian aspect of simply performing a search.\u00a0 (See http:\/\/www.msn.com<\/a> or http:\/\/www.yahoo.com<\/a> for opposite experiences.)<\/p>\n

However, don’t think there is something wrong with your computer when you go to Google’s home page and only see the logo, the search box, and two buttons.\u00a0 That is what Google has decided should appear – until you move your mouse.\u00a0 This “fade-in” effect was first introduced as an experiment back in October 2009.\u00a0 It was slowly rolled out as a test and was modified during some rather violent (and often virulent) feedback.\u00a0 The earliest versions did not include the search buttons, which elicited no end of scathing retorts.\u00a0 Now the test has been concluded and the change has been made permanent.\u00a0 It appears to be the same in all web browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari).<\/p>\n

So, no, there is nothing wrong with your PC.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t have a virus, you aren\u2019t being affected by malware, and your broadband connection doesn\u2019t have a problem.\u00a0 It is none of those things.\u00a0 It is simply the largest search engine on the planet giving you something you did not ask for, something most people do not want, something no one needs.<\/p>\n

What do you think?\u00a0 Let me know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you search the Internet on a regular basis, you might have Google (http:\/\/www.google.com) set as one of your Favorites or as your browser\u2019s home page.\u00a0 You have undoubtedly gotten very used to the simple interface, the way the page loads very quickly because of the lack of graphic images, and the utilitarian aspect of …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everyone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heliotropicsystems.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heliotropicsystems.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heliotropicsystems.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heliotropicsystems.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heliotropicsystems.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.heliotropicsystems.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41,"href":"https:\/\/www.heliotropicsystems.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heliotropicsystems.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heliotropicsystems.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heliotropicsystems.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}