NEW Google Advanced Search Page
I just happened to notice that the Google Advanced Search page has a new look:
Here’s what the same page looks like with the Plus Box expanded:
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This is how it used to look (still up on Google.ca and other country extensions):
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I use the Advanced Search feature almost every day, and I noticed the new page for the first time today. As far as I can tell, the new page still has the same features as the old page. The new page is just laid out a bit differently and the wording is more user-friendly. Plus, there’s a cool new ajax-y box at the top of the new page that spits out the search string LIVE, as you input information on the page.
Is everybody seeing the new Advanced Search page? Whatta y’all think?
Check it,
—kid disco
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March 5 2008 @ 10:53 pm
I’m not seeing it yet. I’ll let you know when I do.
March 7 2008 @ 9:49 pm
>As far as I can tell, the new page still has the
>same features as the old page.
No, actually it’s somewhat broken compared to the old version, from what I’ve seen. You can apparently no longer search for multiple phrases nor more than three ‘or’ words. The separate ‘or’ fields makes it clumsier to use, too.
For example, type ‘”phrase one” “and phrase two”‘ (sans apostrophes) into the exact wording or phrase field, and the example field at the top will show “phrase one and phrase two” - i.e., your phrases are concatenated. In the previous version, it was definitely possible to search for multiple phrases simultaneously. Here, you have to apparently use the regular search page and construct the search string manually.
Sure wish they offered regex web searches…
March 8 2008 @ 8:18 pm
Google’s new Advanced Search page is horrible. *Definitely* a step backward. You can no longer search using multiple exact string phrases. The page is unnecessarily cluttered. Most irritating by far, though, there are problems refreshing the page. For example, if I perform a search, go back (using the browser’s Back feature), and try searching again using new criteria, I only get results for the OLD criteria. I actually have to manually refresh the search page to make it perform another search with new criteria.
Google’s Advanced Search page has been the default home page for all my Web browsers for nearly a decade. No longer. I’ve just switched to Yahoo!.
March 11 2008 @ 6:57 am
“Google’s Advanced Search page has been the default home page for all my Web browsers for nearly a decade. No longer. I’ve just switched to Yahoo!.”
I feel the exact same way…
Google designers are probably taking cues from GM design engineers.
Crap, Crap, CRAP.
March 11 2008 @ 6:59 am
Why cant you write to those one way bastards?
God, people are so friggin stupid.
whoever designed that advance search, should be fired.
I wanna puke every time i see it.
Back to yahoo…
March 13 2008 @ 5:09 am
Google Advanced has been my homepage for ages - now some whiz-kid has decided that we don’t want to search for multiple phrases. So the new version is worse than the old one and much less versatile. Will they take any notice? Over to you, folks at Google - or, we’re off elsewhere.
March 13 2008 @ 12:38 pm
I really like the look and feel of the new advanced search page. I haven’t used this option that often but I think it is more functional than it was before.
March 20 2008 @ 6:44 am
Thought my Google Advanced home page had been highjacked until I saw this.
I must scroll down to just click “search”.
It was simple and neat - what’s wrong with that?
Please return the old “Ancanced” as an option.
Why not, Google has many other optional “Home Pages”.
March 28 2008 @ 11:45 pm
Google’s Advanced Search page has been the default home page for all my Web browsers for nearly a decade. No longer. I’ve just switched to Yahoo!.” Same with me.
March 28 2008 @ 11:47 pm
I think the google advanced page is far more better than earlier one. Things have improved a lot in past 2 years in google. Thanks! to google.
March 29 2008 @ 8:51 am
Now that I’ve been using it for awhile, I wish they would just have everything there normally, instead of having to click on the plus box for more options…