Preview Google's New Search Results Page

ubermiester writes "Ars Technica demonstrates how to copy and paste a bit of JavaScript to preview a facelifted Google. Ars points out that 'the changes are minimal, but they give some insight into Google's plans.'" I thought we already knew those: world domination.

not much

[carsonc]

it's good in that you know if it's worth looking at the other categories without clicking on anything.

How does one go about "discovering" this code?

[keilinw]

Very interesting... and somewhat disappointing. I was expecting to see a completely new interface, not the addition of a bar on the left side of the screen. Don't get me wrong, this is useful and a bit attractive.

However, what I'd really be interested in is whether or not someone outside of Google could have come up with this code themselves? Or, is it an inside job? Or perhaps it is an "unofficial" preview release.

What is the /. communities response to this....I'm dying to know!

Matthew Wong
http://www.themindofmatthew.com [themindofmatthew.com]

Still no web standards...

[StandardsSchmandards]

I wonder when Google will change their HTML to be compliant with the W3C recommendations? It is amazing that they are so far behind other companies with regard to markup quality.

Re:World Domination?

[neersign]

web domination: check
tv domination: pending

any notice that google is popping up in odd places on tv? the instances that pop in to my mind are a Pontiac advert and CSI. the pontiac ad tells you to "Google Pontiac for more info" and they show the google homepage with pontiac being typed in to the search. In the CSI I saw last night (it was a repeat, but can't remember the episode name), some one was in the lab searching google for some information. Though the actor didn't say "i searched google" or anything like that, they did show them lookin at the google page for a few seconds.

similarly, i was watching Tiger Woods get interviewed on 60 Minutes last night, and at teh end of the interview they said "go to Yahoo and search for Tiger Woods to get more info."

i would assume that the "google music" search result page is soon going to expand in to other areas, such as car pages and tv pages....wait and see

Re:Still no web standards...

[RalphSleigh]

IIRC they do this to save bandwidth, all those "'s add up.

Re:To be honest...

[chrisd]

We test interface tweaks all the time to see how people 'like' them. Doesn't mean we will or will not deploy them. So....Nothing (much) to see here, move along :-)

Some other new google 'features'

[Ivo]

Earlier today I noticed some other irregularities in google's search results. They seem to be a bit manipulative in the results they present. I've noted them in my blog: http://www.achievo.org/blog/archives/34-Google-sta rting-to-think-for-me.html [achievo.org]