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public profiles have existed for a long time. this isn't new.

Although the feature itself is not new, the new design does seem to be highly inspired by Facebook's.

actually, if you go to this video from a year ago, you can see that this year's Facebook redesign was rather reminiscent of the old Google profiles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYf5iSA6t6g&feature=playe...

They all seem to be reminiscent of MySpace, er I mean Hi5, or maybe I mean Friendster. Point being, a "profile" page has a standard design, the same way a e-commerce catalog page has a general layout that nearly every shopping cart employs.

yeah, I went for the snark, but I think your point is much closer to the truth.

Good artists copy great artists steal.

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