Google adds backgound
 

Google has added a background image to it's site, hopefully just for the day.

My review: Meh.

I'm switching to emergency backup plan zeta-beta-gamma until this blows over.


Update: Guess what's #2 with a bullet on the Google Trends hot searches? "Remove google background"

I use igoogle but I noticed the other day on a users computer that there was an option for a background setting and you could pick different backgrounds.

I'd never heard of blackle before - meh. I guess I'm not cool enough.

I don't see a problem with google's new background except that they've always been a simple website that seemed to pride itself on NOT doing those things. But since I won't see it with igoogle, it doesn't matter to me.

Yeah, I don't like it. It startled me this morning. Maybe I'm just averse to change, but I like the clean look ... and I think it's kind of associated with Google in the way that the swish is associated with Nike and the wave with Coke.

Also associated with Google are one-day change-ups for amusement, and I hope that's what it is ... but the option to change the background makes me think not.


Thumbs down.

You're right - they do like 1 day change ups. Maybe this is a way to promote the fact that you CAN change it now.

Although I think google sometimes does stuff like this to see how it flies and then calls it a fun 1 day thing if there's a stink about it.

I'm not seeing any background image on the Google home page, as near as I can tell I'm seeing the basic home page (Google logo, search box, two buttons).

Never mind, getting it in Firefox (was trying in IE since I don't use iGoogle on that).

That is horrible. When I click "Change background image (could barely see the text over the background image" though it just takes me to the Google log in screen and after I sign in loops me back to the home page where I can recreate the loop.

Oh well, never see the basic home page anyway so I'll cope.

Looks like Bing to me. (I tried Bing for a while.) Dumb move. iSm is right, the clean look is iconic for Google.

It can be removed. From Google Help

Except I don't see the remove link.

Exactly.


Still, I'm guessing that like PacMac it's just here for the day....

Even if it can be removed, if that's what you see when you go to their site, it's going to change their image drastically.

I do hope it's just for the day.