Though it is not confirmed as people are getting to see different things, but for me, Google has changed its logo and appearance. Interestingly, while the google.com website is showing the new logo to me, Google.co.in still has the old logo in place.
The new logo of Google is not much different from their old one, but the shadows under the letters are removed, and so the difference is noticeable at the least. Here are the 2 logos of Google as could find from my desktop screen. The one on top is Google.co.in while the one below is Google.com, the new logo.
But then, talking of the whole appearance, it seems that the new Google is looking somewhat like Bing, though they don’t show a page’s summary if you hover on that, something that Bing does.
Here is a new look of the Google search results page. Click on the picture for a larger view.
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I just noticed right at this moment, and I dislike it very much.
Google UI is a lot about the sleek appearance. I don’t like anything that bloats it.
I hope its a beta thing (like a lot of what they develop at first) and it will soon go away.
BTW thank you for being among the first to blog about it.