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Moreover, Google said they did a study when they first released their minimalist homepage design and when people saw lots of white space below the search bar, they assumed the page wasn't finished loading yet and more content was to come.

People were accustomed to long pages like Yahoo's homepage with lots of content below the search bar.

They solved it by adding a footer section with typical copyright text and people understood that the page was finished loading.




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