I'm beginning to miss Marissa Mayer's axe on things on the main search page. I think Google's primary advantage for a while now has been cleanliness of results

I'm beginning to miss Marissa Mayer's axe on things on the main search page. I think Google's primary advantage for a while now has been cleanliness of results (as the difference in relevance between search engines has slimmed); they're opening themselves up to a competitor with a better design/flow by continuing to cram these "useful" items in.