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If you had read the article you'd see that Google serves MUCH more traffic through partner sites such as Yahoo than they do off of their own front page. Thuse services are paid for---so Google can afford to keep their minimalistic interface around, as long as other companies are paying them for their services.

It's a good business model, offering a cheap free service to the public while making money off of big contracts.

Another good company that operates this way is Maxim who makes analog semiconductor devices. They will send you two of almost anything they make, free, here, which is a great thing for hobbyists and students (I saved over $100 on my latest project :) and yet it's a drop in the bucket compared to the money they make off of manufacturing contracts. It's great advertising because a EE student who has used Maxim ICs in his projects will be much more likely to use Maxim in the future, when designing in the corporate world.

Plu shameless plugs from guys like me.

If you had read the article you'd see that Google serves MUCH more traffic through partner sites such as Yahoo than they do off of their own front page. Thuse services are paid for---so Google can afford to keep their minimalistic interface around, as long as other companies are paying them for their services.

It's a good business model, offering a cheap free service to the public while making money off of big contracts.

Another good company that operates this way is Maxim who makes analog semiconductor devices. They will send you two of almost anything they make, free, here, which is a great thing for hobbyists and students (I saved over $100 on my latest project :) and yet it's a drop in the bucket compared to the money they make off of manufacturing contracts. It's great advertising because a EE student who has used Maxim ICs in his projects will be much more likely to use Maxim in the future, when designing in the corporate world.

Plu shameless plugs from guys like me.