The Google Inc logo is projected on a screen during the unveiling of ''Google Instant'' at a news conference in San Francisco, California. Credit: Reuters/Robert Galbraith
"There's a bit more breathing room, and more focus on the answers you're looking for, whether from Web results or from a feature like the Knowledge Graph."
Google began rolling out new search results pages in the United States and said it wanted to make them available to users in other regions "as soon as we can."
Google also said that as part of its effort to streamline the service, it will stop letting people use background images to customize search homepages effective November 16.