CyberNotes: Search Engines Around the World

Weekend Website

It’s always been interesting to take a look at different web sites from around the world to see not only their written language, but also the difference in looks. Today we thought we’d take a look at homepages around the world for search engines Google, Yahoo, and MSN. When we say a difference in looks, the Japan and Korea Google sites  are great examples. Both of their sites have icons along the bottom and more images and color versus the plain ole’ Google site most of us are accustomed to.  Additionally, Yahoo was switching to their Valentine’s day logo when we were taking screenshots, so you’ll notice that as well.

All in all, Yahoo and MSN seemed to have the most interesting changes among countries.  Please note that we didn’t take screenshots from all of the countries out there. We just tried to find the more interesting pages out there that had something different compared to others. For the best viewing experience, click on each image to enlarge it. Once you click on one image, just use your arrow keys to flip through all of the images.

–Google–

Argentina, Austria, China, Denmark

Finland, France, Germany, India

Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia

Taiwan, Thailand, UK, US

–Yahoo–

Argentina, Asia, Australia, Austria

Catalan, China, Denmark, Finland

France, Germany, Hong Kong, India

Italy, Japan, Korea, New Zealand

Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, UK

US

–MSN–

Argentina, Australia, Austria, China

Denmark, Finland, France, Germany

Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan

Korea, New Zealand, Russia, Taiwan

Thailand, UK, US