I thought my eyes were deceiving me, but no like Facebook having to touch things that aren't broken Google went and changed up it's layout.
After noticing a few people in my Twitter time line asking the say question about Google's search results page in a state of confusion it seems we aren't confused after all.
I personally DON'T LIKE IT!
"The reality is that they're the last of the major search engines to implement this kind of design," said Danny Sullivan, of Search Engine Land. "This is the new look of search going forward - with this left-hand panel."
Who seriously gives a flying 4 X about left-hand panel???
