Google has made live it's new layout and look for Google.com home page across the world and has also updated the new look and layout for the Search Result Pages.

Google who has favoured white background for last many years has introduced black top bar while replacing the old white background.

Also, removed Advanced Search and Language tool from the Google Search's home page, which used to be near the search box. In the new Google Layout, they are now placed on the top right hand side, under the Options menu, just near the Sign in link.

The new Google SERP's layout has removed "Similar pages" option that used to be on the right of "Cached" link on Search Result pages. The URLs are moved beneath the title/headline for each search result in the search snippet. Also, the left panel has been changed with introduction of new colors and replacing the old blue color.

They have moved the links on the homepage to the top and bottom of the browser screen which according to Google is making the homepage more cleaner.

According to Google their new design is based on the following three design principles:
Focus
Elasticity
Effortlessness

With this new layout and look, Google is hopping that as a user we will get what we want whether we are using mobile devices, tablets, high-resolution monitors and TVs with the use of latest technologies like HTML5, WebGL and the latest browsers.

Google Art Project is a collaboration between 17 of the world’s most renowned art museums and Google. Art Project site enable people to explore museums through Google's Street View Technology and view more than thousand of artworks at an extraordinary high resolution.

At present Google has partner with 17 museums and following are the list of museums included in the Google Art Project:

* Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin - Germany
* Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, Washington DC - USA
* The Frick Collection, NYC - USA
* Gemäldegalerie, Berlin - Germany
* The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC - USA
* MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art, NYC - USA
* Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid - Spain
* Museo Thyssen - Bornemisza, Madrid - Spain
* Museum Kampa, Prague - Czech Republic
* National Gallery, London - UK
* Palace of Versailles - France
* Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
* The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg - Russia
* State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow - Russia
* Tate Britain, London - UK
* Uffizi Gallery, Florence - Italy
* Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam - The Netherlands

All the images of the artworks shown in the Google Art Project site are owned by the museums and protected by copyright. Hence, should not be copied from Google Art Project.

You can watch videos related to Google Art Project on its YouTube Channel.

A news off topic to this blog. Soon after Nehra hitting the winning shot, Earthquake of 7.4 magnitudes on Richter scale shatters Northern India around 2.00 am Jan 19, 2011. The epicenter of the earthquake was 65 kilometer North West of the Kharan, Balochistan. Balochistan is in the South Western part of Pakistan. Back in India, those who were awake and/or were watching India-South Africa one day match,including me left their buildings and run for a safer ground. Rajasthan's Jaisalmer had the most of the share of the quake as it share its border with South West Pakistan. People started Twitting and Google is showing their recent tweets regarding the quake in its realtime search results. Hopes so there are no loss to lives either in India or Pakistan.



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