Category Archives: Google’s new look

Is bigger better?

Google continues to change things around in their never-ending effort to provide a better search service for us. Today’s change is called Now S-U-P-E-R-sized! on the Official Google Blog. The home page search bar is bigger, the text you type in the search bar is bigger and the text on the search form buttons is bigger. Looking at it it’s about 20% larger so now “you can see your query more clearly. It also uses a larger text size for the suggestions below the search box, making it easier to select one of the possible refinements” says Googler Marissa Mayer, VP of Search Products and User Experience.

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Google’s Universal Search

Google has launched a new algorithm they are calling “Universal Search” which basically presents you with results from images, websites, news and related search terms all on one page. See this example for a better idea of the new look Google. Basically they present everything at your fingertips rather than having to click tabs or links to switch search type.