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It's me or that beta.yandex.com search engine (that I've never heard before) is a complete ripped-off of google? I mean, I know it's a search engine. But in ter
by d0m 13y ago
It's me or that beta.yandex.com search engine (that I've never heard before) is a complete ripped-off of google? I mean, I know it's a search engine. But in term of UI and design choices, the beta looks very similar.
- xentronium 13y agoIt's a teaser for their "Islands" project. In its core, it's something actually new (letting you interact with other sites without leaving search pages). However, in terms of presentation, it is indeed quite similar to google.
- jawr 13y agoI actually really disagree. Google is incredibly simple, it's essentially a header, footer, an input field, three buttons and an image.. It's designed to be as simple (and thus attractive to a larger/broader base) as possible. Maybe I'm not being very insightful here, but it's like comparing two sports cars that are white and saying they're the same.
- guard-of-terra 13y agoActually, Google search results are more and more cryptic with each year pass. Now you don't get organic web results too often, instead you are awash with images and captions with weird padding.
- jawr 13y agoVery true. A lot of effort goes in to that cryptic design though.
- mkr-hn 13y agoIt doesn't look anything like Google, unless they're split-testing screenshots.
- ivan_gammel 13y agoProbably, it was natural design choice. Yandex has all the capabilities to invent and design without copying competitors. For example, they started selling contextual ads and launched maps project earlier than Google.