'Remove Google Background' surges to number 2 in Google Trends

Re:'Remove Google Background' surges to number 2 in Google T... by smackfu on Thursday June 10, 2010 @11:58AM (#1420487)

The bizarre thing is that the help page says:

"You can remove your background image at any time by clicking Remove background image in the bottom left corner of the homepage."

But that just reverts it the default image, not the old white.

Edit: Actually it looks like the forced background is just temporary, for 24 hours, according to the Google Blog post: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/art-of-homepage.html

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Re:'Remove Google Background' surges to number 2 in Google T... by rottencupcakes on Thursday June 10, 2010 @01:01PM (#1420720)

You can get to something more sane by using the Google Pacman. Amazingly, it loads faster than the image.

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Re:'Remove Google Background' surges to number 2 in Google T... by brianobush on Thursday June 10, 2010 @01:56PM (#1420977)

I just wasted time on that page - thanks. Now I see where everyone's time went on the day that was on the google homepage (which I missed).

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Re:'Remove Google Background' surges to number 2 in Google T... by melvin on Thursday June 10, 2010 @01:16PM (#1420785)

Hell yeah, thanks. That's my new homepage now.

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Re:'Remove Google Background' surges to number 2 in Google T... by duck on Thursday June 10, 2010 @01:18PM (#1420792)

https://www.google.com doesn't have the background.

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Re:'Remove Google Background' surges to number 2 in Google T... by mr_justin on Thursday June 10, 2010 @12:30PM (#1420619)

Those instructions only apply when you've altered the image. If you want white, select white.

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Re:'Remove Google Background' surges to number 2 in Google T... by philcrissman on Thursday June 10, 2010 @12:48PM (#1420683)

Selecting white still leaves the logo, other text, as white with a drop-shadow. Echh.

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Re:'Remove Google Background' surges to number 2 in Google T... by nailer on Thursday June 10, 2010 @12:09PM (#1420541)

Euw. Forced for 24 hours?

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Re:'Remove Google Background' surges to number 2 in Google T... by Mark_B on Thursday June 10, 2010 @02:16PM (#1421055)

Looks as though the regular ol' google main page is back with "Curious about today's homepage? Add your own background image now"

Guess someone was listening!

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