Enhancing Google Search!

I have been using Google as my homepage for as many as 5 years now and there is onething that has remained the same in all these years and that is the Google Homepage. Don't think I am complaining about this but I would like to see some changes in the search mechanism that would not only improve Google's aesthetics but also improve the search output..

In this age of CSS, XML and AJAX i think Google needs to something really special to go an extra mile against its competitors. I know many people who use Google for just search and nothing else, but this is not what I want and neither does Google. I think Google needs a major UI overhaul with some additional stuff on the homepage that will make users aware of Google’s other services. Anyways I’ll speak about that later but first let me get down to specifics..

• Livesearch is the Way to Go!

  I think google already has a kind of livesearch in Google Suggest but that serves no purpose. I think we can all type what we are looking for and we don’t need the computers help. But what Google should really do is use a differant kind of livesearch.
  
  A Livesearch that does not suggest keywords to the user, but a Livesearch that fetches the results in real time.. This will make people really love Google more than they do now, simply because they don’t need to see a new page for a every search query they type in, but instead they will get into a mode called Search Addiction. What i mean by search addiction is that they will search more than before and will try to get the best result more often. Well this naturally translates into more money for Google and much better searching experience for the users. I think that is a win-win situation to be in..

• Spice up the Ads!

  This is one drastic change they need to do. They need to make ads much more like content. For a very good example on this see the ads that Digg displays from Adsense. They will need to make the ads to blend with the content and entice the users to click on them. Doing this has its own advantages, first of all the users won’t think about the ads actually being ads but rather they will see them as content so they will never say that Google is trying to make money and more importantly this translates into more money for Google for doing almost nothing.

• Make the Users Powerful!

  Oflate I have seen Google throwing some really stupid results in the top 10. I think this will bring down the reputation of Google in the longrun. I think Google needs to realise that quantity is not everything but quality is.. Google needs a massive clean up of its database and weed out the crap stuff and this will help in the longrun. And most important is to make the users powerful! Ideally i would like to see a small frame on the top of the page when the user click the search result asking him if the page is Good or Bad.. This small bit of human element in Google search will help Google deliver much better results..

• A Redesign!

  Google definately needs a redesign of its homepage and the search results page. I would like to see an elegant and pleasing design like the one MSN search has.. This one change will see Google’s earnings skyrocket in a couple of days and would further enhance its reputation as the Search major. While this is the easiest thing they can do but they will need to work hard to develop a functional design. Coupling of the important functions like advanced search into an Ajax shelf will again make the work of the users easier.

To conclude this article i would like to say something that i just whipped up , “It is not always the Beast that wins, but it is always Beauty and the Beast that wins…” A Lovely new homepage coupled with some really nice features on the search front will make a mark in the history of the Web that Google was the best ever innovator..

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