Google is doing just fine in the search business, so no one would blame them if they just left things as they were and kept raking in the dough. But it’s nice to see that the search giant is still paying attention to details and willing to try some new things.
Google’s vice president of search product and user experience recently stated that Google will soon begin testing of a new permanent sidebar on its results page. The new version allows you to narrow a search to specific categories, and is more attractive. Plus, the sidebar will be, conveniently and permanently displayed on the left side of the page.
It seems like a welcome addition to us here at the ‘brick and it would help to filter through the gigantic pile of crap data that often comes up.
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I’ve had this google page in firefox for a couple days. I don’t like it. I use google in part because I like the simple layout- if I wanted bing or yahoo I’d use one of them. The colors are particularly harsh, too.
I’ve changed over to IE for searches, as on IE I have the old browser.
I mean layout, not browser, lol.
I wouldnt like this at all, one reason I love Google is for its simplicity. write the key words, hit the Enter key, browse the links given, that is all I need.
Google is either trying to become a portal or they seriously believe some dumbass couldn’t find the IMAGES, VIDEOS and NEWS page at the top that they had to move it to the side..
IT’S ANNOYING AS #$%^
SERIOUSLY