Google Displays Blue Bar to Set Homepage in Internet Explorer

Google Blue Bar

Have you visited the Google.com homepage using Internet Explorer recently? I just did so earlier today and noticed something different. In addition to the corner ad for Google Chrome, there was also a large blue bar at the top telling me to set Google.com as my homepage, similar to a recent attempt by Facebook.

What is Your Browser Homepage? [Reader Poll]

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What do you have set as your browser homepage?

Browser homepages are important. They’re the first thing you see when you first open your web browser. For a website owner, having their page set as others’ homepage usually means better brand recognition, stickiness, and traffic.

Many websites try to get users to change their homepage, …

Facebook Wants to Be Your Homepage

Facebook Homepage

What’s your browser homepage? It’s the page that opens when you first start your browser. Whenever you start your browser (and it isn’t restoring recent tabs), this is the page you will be seeing.

Many websites try to get users into making their own website the homepage, from search giants like Google to news sites …

Add a Custom Background to Google Homepage

Google Wallpaper

We all know Google’s famous home page. Plain and simple with a white background. Google has announced the addition of wallpapers for the classic home page. Finally, users can customize the classic homepage with their own backgrounds by uploading them, choosing an image from Picasa Web Albums, or an image from Google’s gallery.

To get …