Today, gabs spotted a new feature in Google.co.uk that lets you skip through the splash screen of sites. Using this query, you can see a similar result to this:
Search Engine Land spotted this in June, and it looks like Google isn't done testing this out yet. Further, the "Skip Intro" link isn't very visible, so it'd be interesting to note how many people actually have seen this but never actually clicked on it (probably because they overlooked it).
It's a nice addition, but indeed, I think the "Skip Intro" link would need to be more prominent to be useful.
Forum discussion continues at Search Engine Roundtable Forums.