Show Options / Hide Options - new sidebar features on Google Search?

[lexipixel]

This morning I was doing a search on Google and noticed a small button with a plus sign and next to it the word "Show Options".

When I clicked it a (left hand) sidebar appeared on the normal results page with the following options:

> All results
Videos
Forums
Reviews

› Any time
Recent results
Past 24 hours
Past week
Past year

> Standard results
Images from the page
More text

› Standard view
Related searches
Wonder wheel
Timeline

I liked the "More text" option... and the "Images from page", unlike so many other search innovations, this actually makes search better.

Once "[+] Show Options" is clicked, the button changes to a "[-] Hide Options" link.

Anyone else seeing this ?

[Robert Charlton]

Old enough news that you'd have to try site search before posting to see if it's been discussed before....

Finally Google becomes a website with Wonder wheel
[webmasterworld.com...]

New Google Search Options: Sort SERPs by recency, page type, wonder wheel, or timeline
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[lexipixel]

I guess I developed a blind spot -- seems I've been looking at the top 3 natural SERP spots and grew blind to everything else on the page.

What's next, a 49th United State?

In the immortal words of Emily Litella; "Never mind".