Google

[gusl]

hey Google, I want my old GUI back! Seriously! (For some searches, my first two pages are ads... I can get the classic Google homepage rather than iGoogle, but the results page still sucks)

and why can't I find other complaints?

Comments

[simrob.livejournal.com]

Then they're probably just testing out things. Being Google, I imagine your criticism has been automatically detected and noted :).

[phoenix1701.livejournal.com]

Nothing automatic about it.

I mean, hi! <_<  >_>

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

so you're saying someone noticed that I was desperately typing "Google new GUI". Are you one of the people who reads the queries?

[phoenix1701.livejournal.com]

Reads the queries? No. Reads my friends page? Yes. :D

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

what's your theory? Why did my results page change, and why was this reverted an hour later? Does Google randomly test out new GUIs, as simrob said?

[phoenix1701.livejournal.com]

Yes. we do. It's called Split A/B testing. See article here:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9954972-7.html

You can also opt-in to various experiments if you like:

http://www.google.com/experimental/