Andrew Nevelos

Finally, Google has added the ability to view the websites list in Webmaster Tools in a more compact fashion. The change is similar to the Gmail change a few months ago which allowed users to view their email in a more compact mode. Anyone who has dozens (or more) websites will enjoy this change! Switching to the "cozy" mode removes the thumbnail images of the website which is how WMT used to look by default. With over 100 domains & sub domains and a list that seems to grow weekly this change is going to make using Webmaster Tools a whole lot easier for me! Google added the ability to view websites in Webmaster Tools in a more compact fashion

Matt Cutts gives a great history of how Google used to crawl the web and how it is currently crawled.

Back in June Google released an update where they expanded the search results to include authors thumbnail pictures that link to their Google+ profile: Now Google is testing a cleaner interface on it's tablet search pages:

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Looks like Google has changed how you can use it's Keyword Suggestion Tool . I used to be able to use the external tool without being signed in by simply filling out the captcha. Now however you are taken to a sign-up page: After entering the captcha you are taken to a sign-up wizard to compete your campaign: Looks like Google is pushing people to sign up for ad-words and/or activate their adwords accounts. This change comes one year from the rollout of the new keyword tool. Google began offering the keyword took in September 2009