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Google Facelift Adds Updated Logo, New Search Results Layout

by Warren Riddle on May 5, 2010 at 05:22 PM

Simplicity and navigability reign supreme on Google, but the site has recently introduced a new format to select users. Google is now incrementally implementing those changes to its search results page, and the New York Times grabbed some screen shots of the updated system. While the new scheme may initially appear needlessly confusing and busy, the upgrades definitely include a few awesome, highly desirable features.

At first glance, the new layout definitely appears similar to Facebook's left-side vertical toolbar. Google's new left-side menu includes familiar choices like Maps, Videos and Shopping, but the most appealing alteration -- a dropbox -- appears immediately below this section. The drop-down menu adds visibility to the Google Wonder Wheel and to various search filters. These now easy-to-find filters allow users to sort results depending on relevance and date, with the option to narrow the focus by time or style (news or blog).

Many traditional googlers will obviously greet the changes with vitriol and despair, but to us, this seems like a logical and positive step in Google's steady evolution. The only entities who should worry about Google's continued progress should probably be the folks at Twitter and Facebook (or maybe just the rest of the Web, in general). [From: The New York Times]

Tags: design, google, google news, googlemaps, GoogleNews, GoogleSearch, GoogleSearchBar, GoogleUpdate, GoogleUpgrade, search, top, web

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