Google adds "custom background" feature for US/international site

[CrazyInSane]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/19786...arch_page.html

As the author of this PC World article points out, it seems Google is moving to copy Bing's features again, for the second time in the past month.

Customize Your Google Search Page

Sarah Jacobsson, PC World

Google will now let users add personal photos to the background of the traditionally minimalist search page, Google announced in a blog post Thursday.

In what is perhaps a transparent effort to out-feature Microsoft Bing, Google is ditching its boring white background and letting users upload their own photos. The Microsoft Bing search site features a different, Microsoft-chosen background picture every day.

**NOTE**

This only works for Google USA and Google International, not Google Canada as of this time.

Google International — http://www.google.com/ (if this auto-redirects to Google Canada, click: http://www.google.com/ncr)
Google USA — http://www.google.com/webhp?gl=us
Google Canada — http://www.google.ca/

[artthe1]

I changed the bg image on google.ca but I did it on google.com first. That might work for you.

[NB Josh]

It works for Google Canada now too, began this morning.

[CrazyInSane]

Yeah, they seem to be tweaking their homepage every couple of days, it gets quite annoying after while.