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Matthew1980

11:57 am on May 7, 2010 (gmt 0)

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Hi there people,

Well, I have now got this new layout from google, and I can't stand it, hopefully there will be a option to revert to the old format. Too cluttered this new layout - I much prefer google as a search engine because it isn't cluttered with rubbish, but now it is. Gah!

It's Friday and I was hoping for an easy day in preparation for the weekend! And to top it all, parliaments hung!

Cheers,
MRb

grandpa

12:07 pm on May 7, 2010 (gmt 0)

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I noticed that yesterday... didn't pay it that much attention: was focused on the results.

Change hurts!

Matthew1980

12:26 pm on May 7, 2010 (gmt 0)

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Hey there Grandpa,

Well it's kinda hard to miss as it effectively turns the page into a three column layout. Left hand side was an option on the last version, you could hide it, and it was hidden as default. If it ain't broke don't fix it! Oh well, tomorrow is another day.

Cheers,
MRb

graeme_p

1:14 am on May 8, 2010 (gmt 0)

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It was broken - most people did not know it was there.

Matthew1980

9:50 am on May 8, 2010 (gmt 0)

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Hi there graeme_p,

Well i never noticed that it was. I use the default FF/google homepage and only found this yesterday. What was broken then if 'most people' dont notice it?

Cheers,
MRb

Lexur

10:16 am on May 8, 2010 (gmt 0)

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Let's wait and see the effect in the Adwords revenues for Google itself.
I suspect the CTR will fall the same way it fallen in the content network once the ads are blended with menus, images, videos and so on.

Dude111

1:37 am on Jun 28, 2010 (gmt 0)

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The new design IS TOTAL GARBAGE! (Like most NEW things)

enigma1

11:19 am on Jun 29, 2010 (gmt 0)

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turns the page into a three column layout

you can reduce it to 2 if you disable scripting.

Then some browsers have plugins to alter/strip parts of html, useful for cases to customize the layout of a site you visit often.

And then you can write a couple of scripts to connect and get you just the content you want, from a site.