The clean, simple 'search bar' that allows users to pick what sort of search they want has been part of Google since 2001 - but Google is to ditch it in favour of a new menu system designed to ...

And just like Google’s simple search bar, one elegantly efficient solution is making that happen -- the hashtag.

But Google has argued that it’s easy for people to change their search engine — just as simple as putting a box of cereal back on the store shelf.