For today only Google is implanting a default background on its search page to make users aware this new ‘feature’.
Google wants people know that they can do a background image on their search page just as well as Microsoft’s (MSFT) Bing. Now how do you turn it off?
Marissa Mayer says, “To provide you with an extra bit of inspiration, we’ve collaborated with several well-known artists, sculptors and photographers to create a gallery of background images you can use to personalize your Google homepage.
Included in the collection are photographs of the works of Dale Chihuly, Jeff Koons, Tom Otterness, Polly Apfelbaum, Kengo Kuma (隈研吾), Kwon, Ki-soo (권기수) and Tord Boontje, as well as some incredible photos from Yann Arthus-Bertrand and National Geographic. We’ll be featuring these images as backgrounds on the Google homepage over the next 24 hours.”
The ‘remove background link’ in the lower left hand corner just changes the page to a different background. And that is in Chrome (your browser) on Mac (your favorite platform – for now).
