Telegraph.co.ukGoogle spruces up home page with background imagesThe Associated PressMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — If Google's famously sparse home page is too plain for you, the company is giving you some more options. A bold color photo of sand dunes replaced the white background to Google's search box Thursday. You can replace the desert ...Google springs new look — a la Bing?Philadelphia InquirerMicrosoft Zings Google Over Suspiciously Bing-y BackgroundsGeekosystemWhy Does Google Have a Background?TIMEMyFox Houston -ZDNet (blog) -Seven Sided Cubeall 357 news articles »
Senh: Everyone copies from everyone. This time, Google copies Bing. Having a background image on a search engine started with Ask - at least when I first saw it being implemented. Although I have to say, design-wise, Bing and Ask looks more coordinated. Google's looks kinda tagged on.