It is a non-commercial website and is not connected to Google, Inc.Pimp My Search was started in 2006, but became popular only in 2008 after featured in many media websites and YouTube videos.
Similiar kind of website is http://shinysearch.com. I have visited this website where you are presented with a simple customization choice, choose your background and then enter your name or handle you want to be displayed.
But more than just simply searching, if you notice the top left of the page you will see an array of drop down lists. You can easily have access to one click email, social networks, news sites and miscellaneous resources like Craigslist, Amazon.com, Wikipedia…etc.
There are dozens of different backgrounds separated out for “Boys and Girls” and if you are the type of person who just uses a plain Google search page as your home page, you can customize it so that its more visually appealing and you have one click access to some other useful sites right from your homepage.
Shiny Search does not install as an add-on or plug-in, just a cookie and sets as homepage.
