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Google Re-design
2010-05-07, 1:12 AM #1
http://www.google.co.uk/

Make a test search.

Opinions?
幻術
2010-05-07, 1:42 AM #2
Tidy.
2010-05-07, 1:44 AM #3
umm. whats different?
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

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2010-05-07, 1:59 AM #4
I think the sidebar's annoying, although I guess it is kind of handy.
幻術
2010-05-07, 2:04 AM #5
Do not want.

[By the way Max, I like your sig.]
2010-05-07, 4:49 AM #6
The new design was turning off and on for me over the past two days. Annoying.

It is nice though.

2010-05-07, 6:44 AM #7
Not a big fan of it, but I'm sure I will get used to it and like it.

Is it just me though, or is anyone else noticing a big difference in the search results? I was searching for some pictures recently since I just wiped my HD and installed linux. I used the same search terms I had used just a few months ago. I got a lot of weird stuff that didn't pop up before, and both times the search filter was on the same setting.
2010-05-07, 6:47 AM #8
Were you logged in before? Google boosts the ranking of sites you visit a lot, so if you were logged into gmail or something before that might have done it.

On the other hand, they're always changing their algorithms.
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2010-05-07, 6:48 AM #9
Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:
umm. whats different?


*cough*
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Lassev: I guess there was something captivating in savagery, because I liked it.
2010-05-07, 6:50 AM #10
Originally posted by Detty:
Were you logged in before? Google boosts the ranking of sites you visit a lot, so if you were logged into gmail or something before that might have done it.

On the other hand, they're always changing their algorithms.


Oh, that might have been it. I was doing work at school when I searched, so I wasn't logged into gmail like my home computer always is.

But still, though, I mean it was a drastic difference. But yea, it does seem the whole way it's searched is different, now with the color selection thingy. Which, btw, is really cool.
2010-05-07, 6:56 AM #11
Mmm I can't say that I'm keen on it.
nope.
2010-05-07, 7:32 AM #12
I wish there was an option to turn off the sidebar.
2010-05-07, 7:51 AM #13
blech. Looks so generic and design-by-committee now, like Bing.
2010-05-07, 7:53 AM #14
Which is exactly how they work
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2010-05-07, 8:36 AM #15
I don't really like it, but I'll get used to it. I'm annoyed because they should either resize the center part to stretch across the screen or center the whole page. This looks stupid.
2010-05-07, 9:43 AM #16
I didn't even notice it really... meh.
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2010-05-07, 10:24 AM #17
Hasn't it been like that for well over a month now?
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2010-05-07, 10:35 AM #18
No, they use multivariant testing. I've been seeing it for the past month in Firefox but not in Chrome. Now I see it in everything.
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2010-05-07, 11:52 AM #19
Originally posted by Jon`C:
blech. Looks so generic and design-by-committee now, like Bing.


Woah, I've never heard of Bing before.

Quick Google / Wiki search revealed:

"As of January 2010, Bing is the third largest search engine on the web by query volume, at 3.16%, after its competitor Google at 85.35% and Yahoo at 6.15%..."

Google - 85.35%
Yahoo - 6.15%
Bing - 3.16%

Holy crap. Eighty five percent. Cool.

PS. Whatever happened to AltaVista?
幻術
2010-05-07, 12:07 PM #20
Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:
umm. whats different?


*cough* *cough*
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Lassev: I guess there was something captivating in savagery, because I liked it.
2010-05-07, 12:23 PM #21
Ask Jeeves?
Quote Originally Posted by FastGamerr
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2010-05-07, 2:47 PM #22
I use a custom search string, so I don't have any of their extra stuff :P
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2010-05-07, 2:56 PM #23
Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:
*cough* *cough*


just google it
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2010-05-07, 3:01 PM #24
Originally posted by Koobie:

PS. Whatever happened to AltaVista?


haha, I forgot about AltaVista. I used to prefer it the most.
2010-05-07, 4:36 PM #25
I've been getting this on and off for at least a month. I don't like it. The arrangement is ...odd. And it doesn't have the links to the Google dictionary, which I found very useful.
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2010-05-07, 7:10 PM #26
Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:
*cough* *cough*


Do a search and you will see a sidebar pop up that's fairly new.

Duh.
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2010-05-07, 7:35 PM #27
oh the one on the left?

It wasn't there on IE6
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Lassev: I guess there was something captivating in savagery, because I liked it.
2010-05-07, 9:05 PM #28
Originally posted by Koobie:
Woah, I've never heard of Bing before.

Quick Google / Wiki search revealed:

"As of January 2010, Bing is the third largest search engine on the web by query volume, at 3.16%, after its competitor Google at 85.35% and Yahoo at 6.15%..."

Google - 85.35%
Yahoo - 6.15%
Bing - 3.16%

Holy crap. Eighty five percent. Cool.

PS. Whatever happened to AltaVista?


Pretty sure the only reason for that is that bing is the default search engine in IE now.
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2010-05-07, 9:35 PM #29
Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:
oh the one on the left?

It wasn't there on IE6


Yeah I guess it comes and goes depending on browser and who-knows-what-else. I don't think I like it.
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2010-05-07, 9:37 PM #30
edit: oops
Little angel go away
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2010-05-08, 2:33 PM #31
I hate the sidebar
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2010-05-08, 2:48 PM #32
Looks weird having more white space on the right. Esp. in 1920x1080.
2010-05-08, 3:05 PM #33
I wish the top and sidebar could be toggled. This new layout is excessive and too obviously bing-esque.
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2010-05-09, 10:12 AM #34
I miss DogPile.
2010-05-09, 10:35 AM #35
Originally posted by JediKirby:
I wish the top and sidebar could be toggled. This new layout is excessive and too obviously bing-esque.


There's always a way. :)

http://webtrickz.com/removehidedisable-sidebar-in-new-google-search-results/
幻術

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