Google Search Redesign and New Features
Google today launched a whole new looking search results page, this is the official announcement. Not that any announcement is really needed given that Google search results are looked at regularly by web users, kind of like someone rearranging your bunch of keys. The question is do people like it? is it any better, what new features were launched?
Google is trying to encourage users to interact more with their search space; last year they added the expanding left “search tools” bar for users to filter their searches, but because it all looked the same most of the people I chatted to about this had not noticed that you could now reorder your search results by date or exclude older stuff. I mean that wonder wheel is loads of fun!
Another thing is the search results are occupying more browser window width, as screen resolutions have generally trended wider in the last 10 years.
But what of the new features? None really, just making the stuff they have already built and added more visible for the end user.
Pages / visit ==> UP ==> More Google search ads served ==> Google makes more money ==> Google happy 