http://simonwillison.net/2005-02-24T00:34:00+00:00Simon Willison2005-02-24T00:34:00+00:002005-02-24T00:34:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2005/Feb/24/cruft/#atom-tag

<p id="p-0">New Google feature: <a href="http://www.google.com/googleblog/2005/02/google-movies-now-playing.html">Google Movies</a>. Displays aggregated movie reviews (like <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/">Rotten Tomatoes</a>), looks up local movie times based on your zip code saved in Google Local (more evidence of the fabled Google cookie), and even handles <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=movie:tomantic+zombie+movie">recommendations</a>.</p> <p id="p-1">The downside is that it's yet more cruft for the search results page. Here's a screenshot, with the cruft in red and the actual search results in green:</p> <p class="img" id="p-2"><img alt="A screenshot of a Google search for &quot;in good company&quot;, showcases how much of the page is now taken up by results from Google news, Google print and Google movies." height="501" src="http://simon.incutio.com/images/2005/google-cruft.png" width="620" /></p> <p id="p-3">Ben Hammersley has <a href="http://www.benhammersley.com/weblog/2005/02/24/google_movies_yet_another_category_killer.html" title="Google Movies. Yet Another Category Killer.">more commentary</a>.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cruft">cruft</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/google">google</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/search">search</a></p>