Google's brand does influence its search results. I recall the MSN Live team put the Google logo above their results and people automatically perceived them as

Google's brand does influence its search results. I recall the MSN Live team put the Google logo above their results and people automatically perceived them as more relevant even though the results had not changed. After much Googling the closest I could come to finding the article was here (at the bottom): http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3601751 http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3601751