Updated: The Future of Google’s Homepage?

No ads on the Google search homepage, period. That’s been the Google mantra. But what about….Google Belarus? Astute Searchblog reader Michael Estes came across this recently, and I have to say, if this is the future, I’ll take the past!

Update: You know, I really should have asked first, but….I figured, no way would someone be able to get away with having “google.by” who wasn’t, well, Google. I was wrong. From Google PR:

This site (http://google.by) is not owned, operated or controlled by Google.

We are aware of this site and our legal counsel is investigating the matter.