Comments on: Google Shrunk its Search Results Page

By: Jumeirah Lake Towers

Jumeirah Lake Towers — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:07:13 +0000

I dont know why they did it but it was sometimes useful.

By: BluelightSEO

BluelightSEO — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:08:07 +0000

I think it’s merely a User Interface change, nothing to do with addition to advertising or other premium content.

Something that might not be so obvious is the fact that they have kept the navigation links to the very left (where users look first, according to HCI studies)

This is probably just a way to get users to look there more often and use the other features that Google has to offer.

By: SEM Expert

SEM Expert — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:48:16 +0000

I think it is done because of usability issues or perception, now it should be clearer for users to fell borders between the listings. Also I can see Google uses only the half of the page to display results and another half is empty for example if you search for the term “testing” where no ads are displayed.

By: Cin

Cin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:08:00 +0000

Google might have planned a new strategy to compete with Bing of LiveSearch, a potentially growing threat, so it shrinks it results for earning from advertising, and expand other conveniences like map.google.com, image, and video…

By: Matt Wolfe

Matt Wolfe — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:57:15 +0000

That is wierd that Google is making these, seemingly, minor changes. I doubt it has anything to do with load times. If I had to guess, there is some sort of new monetization methods in the works. Probably some new way of displaying ads.

By: copywriting dubai

copywriting dubai — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:11:41 +0000

Hhmm nice observation. Well Google has changed its policy about updates and now its more frequently updating stuff at Google. And yes Google is The Best.

By: Nancy McCord

Nancy McCord — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:29:55 +0000

Hey thanks for the careful look at the new interface.

You are right, you could miss the fine details as I did without your pointing them out.

To me it looks like Google is trying to “Bing-ify” their page. Bing has such a nice new uncluttered look that may Google is trying to imitate the look and feel which has gotten Bing excellent marks in the professional community.

By: Neeraj Vaishnav

Neeraj Vaishnav — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:40:04 +0000

I think Google is making space for some premier advertising. Just imagine showing your text ad immediately after search box. If it was only aesthetics, why is the change limited to web search and not other specialized searches like Blogs etc.

By: max peter

max peter — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:56:23 +0000

hello sir or medam to the google i realy thanks for google for everything wht ever they or they or the best all time nu one search engine for god sake they should stay nu onealways best and always best god bless google staff google company and google owners i am very glad that in search engine google is there thanks bye

By: Gary Robinson

Gary Robinson — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:04:07 +0000

As you say, it could be for aesthetic purposes, just minor little tweaks. It’s odd timing though, considering its not been that long since they introduced a whole suite of minor tweaks on the page.

Or knowing Google, it’s making some room for something else…

Anyone care to guess?