Google is the search leader for a reason — it has the best results. That said, its presentation can be somewhat bland, especially when compared with its closest rival Bing. Google has taken note of this however and so far this year they have implemented several new design-related changes to how their search results are displayed. Remember when Google redesigned their search results view for Google Image searches? Well yesterday Google announced the launch of its new carousel view available currently for local results for restaurants, bars, and other similar establishments.
The new carousel view bar, located at the top of your search results, includes each place’s overall review-based score, address and photos. While this view was available to some iPad and Android tablet users since December, this is the first time it is available outside of those devices. I gave it a try myself by searching for healthy restaurants and was quickly presented with a helpful carousel view which showed me a picture of each restaurant, the rating, and the approximate prices.
Google claims the carousel will appear when searching for other local places, however trying to search for florists or hair salons was unsuccessful in bringing up the new carousel view. What do you think? Do you like the new view? Should Google expand its use? Tell me in the comments.