Microsoft is also ditching the blue heavy background and has stacked together tiny text and the menus at the top of its page that have defined msn.com for about a decade.

This new site is cleaner, having the white background which is simple, with colorful links for the news, money, entertainment, sports, lifestyle and are more lined up at the top.

But it is still a clear portal, which is filled with the blocks of headlines. Most prominent of the real estate on this page is dominated by slide show of top five of the stories having big headlines as well as their photos.

Some of the things that appear on the home page of MSN will be picked by some editors who are looking for the top stories. They will also be getting an assist from the new software which uses Bing to find out the hot topics just as they start to simmer.

The other stories on this home page will also appear that are based on the Web surfer's location or some other details that are gleaned from the browsing behavior of the users.