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Google Increases Size of the Search Box, Symbolizing its Focus

Posted 09/10/09 at 02:45:33 PM  by Andy Salisbury

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In an attempt to make search “easier” for people to use, Google has made their famous search box bigger.

In a blog post written by Google’s vice president for search products and user experience Marissa Mayer, she explains that the change symbolizes their focus on search. She also added that the aesthetic change makes the home page even easier and more fun to use.

Image Credit: Google

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TAGS: Google, search
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avatarHOLY S***

Submitted by mps725 on Fri, 09/11/2009 - 2:23pm

A BIGGER SEARCH BAR!! THAT IS DEFINETLY MORE FUN!! THANKS MARISSA!!! /s

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avatarIf she's busy...

Submitted by Trooper_One on Fri, 09/11/2009 - 11:16am

... there's plenty of other sexy geeks:

 

http://reddit.wired.com/sexygeeks2007/?s=top&offset=75

 

 

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avatarMarissa apparently isn`t

Submitted by pknyo on Fri, 09/11/2009 - 4:26am

Marissa apparently isn`t doing much, http://bit.ly/marissasearch

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avatarNah!

Submitted by JMG760 on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 8:49pm

It should be optional

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avatarbah

Submitted by robotsneedhugs2 on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 8:08pm

I hate it.

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avatarTo be completely honest, I

Submitted by I Jedi on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 6:01pm

To be completely honest, I probably would of never have noticed it if it was never talked about.

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avatarWow

Submitted by nightkiller on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 4:43pm

Google innovates.

You gotta feel good about responsive companies. 

You choose a flightless bird as a mascot and wonder why it doesn't take off?

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avatarI will never get used to

Submitted by GIJames on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 4:07pm

I will never get used to this...

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avatarDoesn't matter to me.  I

Submitted by WFUJay on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 1:48pm

Doesn't matter to me.  I never use their homepage anyway -- I use the search bar in the toolbar.

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avatarDibs!

Submitted by 1337Goose on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 1:28pm

Uh-oh! They'd better patent this too. "A minimalist search homepage featuring a slightly larger search box" 

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/google_gets_patent_innovative_homepage

~Goose

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avatarI got upset because I

Submitted by WindowsXP on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 1:36pm

I got upset because I thought the zoom/text size feature of FF was broken. :3

Its not something that bugs me though, just a shocker. 

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avatarThought I was nuts

Submitted by krisbowls on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 12:36pm

That explains why it looked different.  I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me or my screen settings got weird or something.  Goes to show how accustomed to the little things we get.

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avatarStrategery

Submitted by JCBarry on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 2:15pm

This must be their strategical strike at Bing's flashy search pages.

 

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