Google's New Search Results Pages: Is The Simplified Look Elegant Or Ugly? (PICTURES)

Google is apparently testing cleaner-looking results pages.

Overall, the new design looks less cluttered. Rows of text are spaced farther apart and text colors are more muted than previous versions.

Compared to the darker, tighter text of the old results pages, the change is pretty stark and will take some getting used to, if Google decides to roll out these changes to all users.

Have you noticed Google's new results pages? If you haven't, you can check out the difference in the screenshots (below). Do you think the change is ugly or an improvement?

NEW RESULTS PAGE:

NEW RESULTS PAGE:

OLD RESULTS PAGE:

Comments

[Diego Velazquez]

04:06 PM on 06/20/2011

I hate it. They should change it back to the old design.

[MikeyJaii]

09:05 PM on 05/08/2011

In the end does it really matter? People still going to use it.

[Quaoar]

03:10 PM on 05/08/2011

Epic Fail. They need to bring back the Cached and Similar links.

[MohammedAbbasi]

03:10 PM on 05/08/2011

very pretty

[maxben]

11:53 AM on 05/08/2011

Looks equivalent to me, I can barely see a difference.

[firestar101]

03:00 AM on 05/08/2011

Yet another change whose only purpose is to get more ad clicks. Top page ads are now twice as big, for popular queries pretty much all i see above the fold is ads.

It will also increase competition (and cheating) for top place since unless a site is top two they are now nowhere to be seen.

[MyTake]

07:34 PM on 05/07/2011

Oh, these are not nearly as bad as the severe virus called "The House of Bilderberg" which has infected Eric Schmidt!

[Rufinus N Mascheranoes]

07:07 PM on 05/07/2011

i've just seen it now, i first thought it was my computer's screen resolution that changed...
TBH, this new look is horrible, and hope google will offer an alternative to switch back!

[hpreader78]

06:55 PM on 05/07/2011

Too much white space. They should cut the paragraph and line spacing in half.

[imjandi]

05:36 PM on 05/07/2011

Hate this! The text is too light and small.

Is there a way to change it back or am I stuck with it now??

[chickinthebooks]

03:55 PM on 05/07/2011

It's SO AWFUL. no barriers between search results like the underlined titles used to provide. It's too light, also, like the commenter below me said.

[C dD]

03:27 PM on 05/07/2011

The font in this new style is TERRIBLE -
TOO LIGHT for my eyes.

[BakoBitz]

02:11 PM on 05/07/2011

I think this is... what's the word? Oh yeah: "NOT NEWS."

[phredralf]

01:03 AM on 05/09/2011

When the most influential web company poots, people listen.