Yeap, Google was running for 3 months now some UI changes and more google suggest in order to push the searchers behaviorism to the crowd suggestions:

You could get sometimes a slow time to get all blue links around the logo and search bar BUT now it is more clear to have it released on some GDC. Yes Google is losing some extra kilos.

Also, lucky are the ones owning a brand that start with a generic high searched term since they can easily be listed on top of google suggestion search box

Google losing weight