How do I get the old Google News Format back?

Asked by ETpro (34605

) July 3rd, 2010

Either Google made a change to the Google News format a few days back, or I inadvertently blew up my previous settings somehow. It used to format in a two column display with some subjects on the left and others on right. All of a sudden, all topics are on the in one big center column with a very thin left column of control links I don’t need and what strikes me as a useless right column called Recent, which is a bit narrower than the center column.

I want my old news page back. This is NOT an improvement. I looked for controls to adjust the presentation, but couldn’t find any. Am I stuck with the new format, or am I missing something that lets me control it and get back to my previous setup?

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Official response from Google employee, on the recent google news change…

“Hi everyone,

We realize that many of you are long-time Google News users, and some of you have been with us from the very beginning 8 years ago. It hasn’t changed much over that period, but the redesigned version has been live for less than 24 hours. So, we encourage you to give it a bona fide try. We’ll still be here in a few days if you want to provide your feedback or suggestions about any of the changes or features.”

Here is the only contact form I could find, to tell them how you feel about it. I say fill it out & give them a piece of your mind.

http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/request.py?contact_type=survey

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@rpmpseudonym Thank you so much. At least I can do that. We need to invent a word for the exact antonym of “improved.” Software and social media demand it. Perhaps that should be my next question. :-)

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