Microsoft and Google both unveiled new looks and features for their search engines.
Bing's new logo echoes the fresh look Microsoft rolled out for Windows and Office, and its search results pages have been redesigned. Its new features include "pole position", a reference box that pops up at the top of results with answers to queries, so you don't need to click to a different page. There's also a tool called "page zero" that lets you refine your results.
Google, meanwhile, has tweaked its logo, removing drop shadow and making it flatter. The homepage itself (www.google.com) has changed; previously, a black bar ran along top, with links to Gmail, Maps and other services. That's been removed in favor of a drop-down menu, though Google continues to promote a link to Google+, clearly hoping it will eventually take off.
How it will affect to you?
It's unclear when the Bing features will be rolled out, but they will hopefully arrive more quickly that previous Bing updates. Microsoft often takes its time adding new tools to international versions of its search engine.
For Google, it's such a subtle changed you'd be forgiven for not noticing it. We challenge you to look at the page and see if you can remember what it looked like before.
Conclusion
The changes rolled out by Google and Bing aren't revolutionary, but it goes to show that there's still more that can be done to improve search. Small changed such as Bing's "pole position" could shave seconds off every search and save your valuable time.
