the new UNIVERSAL Google search

The interface design changes that go along with Google’s new ‘Universal Search Model’ – maybe it means Google wants to make more of the decisions for the user, maybe they feel the blended search result types makes specific search types less important – which it probably does.

Google’s New Navigational Links: An Illustrated Guide
… Those vertical search links have been directly above the Google search box for years. Over the coming days, they will now jump to the top left-hand side of the page.
In addition to linking to Web, Images, Video, News and Maps search, there’s also a new Gmail link.

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kiss online radio goodbye, courtesy the Royalty Rates Crisis

Pandora, that piece of Internet magic that you can could ‘train’ to feed you new music is allready no-longer available in South Africa. They’ve also had to cut their streaming to Canada. I see you can still log into Pandora Backstage to browse and research artists and albums, but… it is terribly mute.

Dunno if you noticed the comment by Tim Westergren – the founder of Pandora – on my previous post on this topic. (Sadest ego boost I’ve experienced in a long time). It’s hectic.

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