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Preview Google's New Search Results Page

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday March 27, 2006 @07:16AM from the meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss dept.

ubermiester writes "Ars Technica demonstrates how to copy and paste a bit of JavaScript to preview a facelifted Google. Ars points out that 'the changes are minimal, but they give some insight into Google's plans.'" I thought we already knew those: world domination.

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old news by gEvil+(beta) · 2006-03-27 07:21 · Score: 5, Informative

Ummm, they've been experimenting with this for about two months now. I get a results page in this layout about once a week or so.

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Re:How does one go about "discovering" this code? by isometrick · 2006-03-27 08:13 · Score: 5, Informative

Google beta tests new features on a subset of its regular users, who are identified by cookies. So someone released their cookie which you set with javascript, and voila: the features show up for you.