Adding a few sprinkles
Posted by Jessica Ewing, Product Manager We launched our first version of the Google personalized homepage in May. It started as a project...

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We launched our first version of the Google personalized homepage in May. It started as a project on Google Labs in response to numerous requests from people who wanted to add at-a-glance info by the Google search box. Today we're thrilled to "graduate" from Labs and add a Personalized Home link on the Google homepage. Though we realize that many love the vanilla Google, there are those who might want to add a few sprinkles.