According to a source, and stating the obvious, Google is … different.
You may already be seeing the new bar on the left hand side of Google, which offers up the usual “Images” and “Videos” option of searching. Google search has been trying this design out for a while.
To me, this left handed side feels a little ‘crowded’ now that I’ve gotten used to the old system. Is it easier or better to use? I think that since you can customize it to increase or decrease the tabs for advanced searching make it easier than doing additional clicks for advanced searches. Without going to a ‘different page’ for images and video and news and other search narrowing features, it makes it a bit easier.
I think Google’s new search browser look mimics Microsoft’s Bing left side bar.
It’s not exact, but why did they change from their old design to the new one? To try to recapture some people who switched to Bing? The heavy data driven search engine has been debated over a lot of news features. Here’s the real facts.
- Google has a new look.
- It’s shiny.
- Google is still the same old search engine, it just has the added bar.
- It feels crowded to me but others may like it.
Maybe I’ll get used to it, or rather, I will have to if I continue to use Google. I would have preferred it being on the right, but then, that’s where the ads are. 
What’s your opinion of the new left side bar at Google? Love? Hate?
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