Evan after all these years, Google has resisted the urge to turn its main Google.com website into a page with tons of graphics, photos, links, and animations. With the exception of the occasional animated Google doodle to commemorate the birthday of someone noteworthy, Google.com has focus mostly on its search bar. However, the company has now quietly added two small links to the top left side of the page: “Store” and “About”. One of the unobtrusive links is clearly designed to point Google.com visitors to the company’s recently revamped hardware store site. The page, which offers visitors a chance to pre-order the recently revealed Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones , among other items. Google recently confirmed that the site will only sell Google-branded hardware on that store site (with the exception of accessories). The new “About” link takes visitors to a PR site, where Google has a bunch of internally created feature stories showcasing the many things it does. I...