Is Google Copying from Microsoft Bing?

As for now (and probably in the near future…) Google is the best search engine around. Although Microsoft released their new shiny Search Engine Bing (based on Windows Live Search, Live Search,…) with new enhancements and look, Google is still the #1 search engine available.

But, is the Search giant copying from Bing?

One of Bing features is the Left Navigation Pane, something that Google didn’t have until now (well, at least not like the Navigation Pane they are working on…)

It seems that Google is working on a new interface for their Search Engine, adding a new Navigation Pane in search result and a new look in Google’s homepage. This new interface is not yet public, but someone already found a way to enable it with a small tweak.

This is what you need to do:

• Go to Google.com
• Paste the following in the Address Bar (only this, with no Google.com at the beginning):

BLOCKED SCRIPTvoid(document.cookie="PREF=ID=20b6e4c2f44943bb:U=4bf292d46faad806:TM=1249677602:LM=1257919388:S=odm0Ys-53ZueXfZG;path=/; domain=.google.com");

• Hit Enter.
• Refresh the page or enter Google.com again.

You’re Done.

Now, you’ll see that the Google’s homepage has a new look:

                     Before                                                                       After

Besides the new look, a new navigation pane is added to your search result:

The new navigation pane helps you categorize your search result ,just like Bing…;-).

I know Microsoft has a lot to learn from Google in the Search Engines area, but it’s nice to see that Google is learning something from Microsoft as well….