If you’re like the vast majority of internet users, your workflow starts the exact same way every day: you open a new tab in Chrome and click one of those eight little thumbnails on your New Tab Page (NTP).
The recent update shifts the paradigm toward predictive context. Users are reporting that the grid is now more fluid. A site you visit once a month might appear in your top 9 if you’ve visited it three times in the last two hours, displacing a site you visit daily but haven't touched today.
The "9" in "mostvisited9" likely refers to the fact that this page displays a 3x3 grid of tiles, showing 9 most visited websites by default. chrome newtab mostvisited9 updated
Interaction Depth (40%): The degree of user engagement within the site impacts its ranking. Configuration & Customization
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The Chrome update seems to be an acknowledgment of this drift. By making the native grid smarter and better looking, Google hopes to win back users who fled to extensions for a more personalized experience. A site you visit once a month might
: Manually curated tiles where you decide which sites are pinned. NTP Modules