Google Replaces Video Link with Products Link

Google on their global homepage replaced the top-left link to Google Video with a link to Google Product Search, the former Froogle. These navigational links are not consistent throughout Google’s services, so the change isn’t visible everywhere. The video link now moved to the “more” menu.

In August 2006, Google actually got rid of the Froogle link on their homepage to put the video link in. Now they seem to have changed their mind again. Part of the reason may be that video results are tightly integrated into Google’s “universal search” approach anyway – e.g. you can query Google web search for 11th Hour Trailer and you will find the YouTube video on top, along with a thumbnail and a plus button to expand the video right on the page; also, a related link pointing to the Google Video search results will be shown in the blue bar right above of the results.