New Ridiculous Google Home Page - Hate It?

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   Edweirdoposted 13 years ago

   Was about to log off for the night, then noticed the stupid new Google homepage background image
   
   WTF ?!?!?!?
   
   Do you hate it, too?
   
   Let the Big G know what you think - http://productideas.appspot.com/#16/e=127061

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      pisean282311posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      i opened google..it doesnot show any background image..ya but it does give me option to change back ground image with option of adding image..

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         Ign Andyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         I didn't find any background image either. Probably both of us use different gogle

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            Edweirdoposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Might be region specific?
            
            Or do you use iGoogle?
            
            If you go to Google without being logged into your Google account, you will be greeted with a garish photo background instead of the traditional plain interface...
            
            Very distracting

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   Edweirdoposted 13 years ago

   Is it Google, or is it Bing?
   
   I expect a s&*t-storm in the media come morning!
   
   Imagine all the workplace broo-haha when folks show up for work and find this nonsense

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   Polly Cposted 13 years ago

   Is it a bit disorientating. I had to blink to find the search box!!

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   Alison Grahamposted 13 years ago

   Do you think that they chose something so daft for a business machine that the intention is to make everyone not accept it as their default, but go and change the background to something more acceptable?  If so, maybe clever marketing, but as you say, there will be a hoo ha about it today Edweirdo!

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      pisean282311posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      yes it is giving option to change...but for that one needs to login..

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   cashmereposted 13 years ago

   I dont see anything, maybe because I have a custom theme running

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   Spacey Graceyposted 13 years ago

   I agree with Alison - I think they are trying it temporarily to drive people to create an account. If you click on 'curious about today's homepage' it actually doesn't tell you anything about the homepage, its just driving you to sign up.
   
   I thinks its a terrible idea, but I'm not a marketing expert and they are so I should reserve judgement. But pretty sure Bing will be seeing a nice upswing today.

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   spornposted 13 years ago

   Hmmm... i think someone is getting worried about bing. imitation is the highest form of flattery!

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   Uninvited Writerposted 13 years ago

   My Google home page has a background, I use Google.ca
   
   I notice you can change it if you don't like it. It's too bad one of the choices is no background.

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      Christeneposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      One of the choices is no background.
      
      Go to Editor's Picks, scroll down and select "white".

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   LeanManposted 13 years ago

   Nothing new here... .com still the same ole blank screen, not logged in or anything... same .ae

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    Mishaposted 13 years ago

    I guess I am up for a traffic spike on my google homepage hub

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       Spacey Graceyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Dammit - I should've been quicker to write a hub titled 'what the f*ck happened to my Google homepage?'

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          Mishaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          You still can - people will be asking this question for a while LOL

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             Spacey Graceyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             OK Misha - since it was my 101st hub, just for fun I did one. Its not great as it was a bit of a rush, but it was fun to write.

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       tommyjposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       As if you needed that!

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          Mishaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Sure I need it. Who doesn't?
          
          LOL and BTW I am getting it, like at least three times since yesterday

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             tommyjposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             That's great Misha! Holy cow you must be raking it in.

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    Lisa HWposted 13 years ago

    When I first started using the PC this morning (and got Google's page) I saw a really nice background design that looked a lot like the kind of artwork my daughter does.  I thought she changed the background on my Google page.  (I thought she kind had a "nerve" but liked it.)  I've since seen what's going on with it - and the other backgrounds are kind of awful.  I need to go get rid of it, if possible.  Haven't taken to time to learn more about what's happening yet. 
    
    (Went to try to get rid of it, and all I can see is how to get it back to the decent-enough thing I thought was my daughter put on there.)  Does anyone know how to get the plain, old, white background?)

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    sunforgedposted 13 years ago

    i cant even remember the last time i went to google.com - thats what toolbars are for

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    Lisa HWposted 13 years ago

    I just went and created a giant, white, "picture" in the paint program and selected that.  The only thing is I now have white letters where the letters used to be blue (on the home page).  Oh well, better that than having to look a giant picture I hate.   

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       sunforgedposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       but why do you go to google.com? thats an extra step

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          Lisa HWposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          I've always kept that there because I like the simplicity of it's all-white page.   I know what you're saying  , but I need that "start page".  It's just kind of "psychologically nice"  to "start clean" after having whatever else going on on the screen.   Besides, I hate typing into some of the smaller search boxes.
          
          (I thought I solved the problem of needing that white page to search from by making my own white background, but then when I went back - the new artwork background is BACK!!     )

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    Greek Oneposted 13 years ago

    This is what mine looks like.  I thought iw was New Years Eve so I started to drink...
    
    

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       Dobsonposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       I had something differrent at home than at work. This is my work choice.
       
       Distracting

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       thisisoliposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Mine looks the same, wish there was a way to disable this.
       
       Google's search engine became popular because it was fast, simple and effective, this should be an option, not flung on us with no option to turn it off.

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    sunforgedposted 13 years ago

    it might be gone tomorrow

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    Jane@CMposted 13 years ago

    I haven't used google.com in forever.  Tool bars are my friend.

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    sunforgedposted 13 years ago

    it could just be a membership drive for the day (like most google home page designs)

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    Ron Montgomeryposted 13 years ago

    Bring back pacman

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    sunforgedposted 13 years ago

    now i like it:
    
    

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       tommyjposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Hah!

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    Starfishfelixposted 13 years ago

    Doesn't really bother me - functionality is the same.  Just changed mine to a solid blue background.  As long as I can still get from point A to point B, I'm happy.

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    Richieb799posted 13 years ago

    I quite liked it, I thought white was too plain before, but thats my personal opinion

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    Spacey Graceyposted 13 years ago

    Google UK has returned to it fresh white page normality.

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