

“Sam Craig, professor of marketing and international business at the Stern School of Business at New York University, pointed to what he and other industry observers have long considered a fatal mistake on Coca-Cola’s part. You are eroding and destroying the one thing that made you stand out from all others! Here is a quote from an article about the “New Coke”

Your new page is slow, distracting, childish and unproductive. Speed and simplicity were the things that got you where you are now.

You have made the mistake of thinking that everyone wants silly content on what should otherwise be a serious SEARCH engine designed for productivity. Very simply put, You Didn’t ask “Me” (read all users) if I wanted this. Google and the “New Coke” or Have you not learned from marketing history’s biggest blunder? I always preferred the minimalist style of Google, but I’m happy with the custom background picture I set on my homepage. You can also use the Firefox default Google search URL at:įrom June 11 onward you should be able to just click the ‘Remove background image’ link at the bottom corner of and everything will be the same again.

Try .uk if you’re a native English speaker, as of this writing the Google Local sites outside of the USA do not contain the weird background pictures. Keep in mind Google’s random whacky background picture changes will stop changing themselves on their own in 24 hours (supposedly).
