If this type of thing continues and you really don't like it (and are wedded to the Google.com interface) I guess you could ask a service like CustomizeGoogle to create an easy method to remove the text.
When I first read Steve's post I had to remember to activate and "turn on" Google AdWords since I had been researching with them turned off with CustomizeGoogle. Three items on the Google AdWords beat to report on: a new troubleshooting wizard for...
CustomizeGoogle Offers New Option to Block Google Analytics Cookies Today's search podcast covers Yahoo Mail's new feedreading feature, Microsoft's planned classified ads service, Google Base gaining a blog, Google
ads lacking relevancy, dealing...
CustomizeGoogle Gains Blog; Pitches New Feature To Override Google Book Search Today's search podcast covers shopping search engines, TiVo planning an ad
search feature, ex-Googlers blogging about their glory days, the fight for
search tech and...
CustomizeGoogle is a popular Firefox extension that offers numerous (understatement) to change the look of Google pages. Today, the CustomizeGoogle Blog points out yet another new optional feature that allows users to block Google Analytics cookies...
CustomizeGoogle (CG), the popular and award winning Firefox extension that offers numerous options to customize the search engine (including one option to remove ads from most Google results pages) now has its own blog that's located here.
CustomizeGoogle, which inserts
links into Google's own pages. Kevin Werback and David Winer look at this
again, afresh. A look at this, plus the crucial difference between indexing
making something searchable) and caching (reprinting content).
Postscript 2 (from Danny): After scratching my head wondering why the darn thing wasn't working for me, I came across Brad Hill's post that the CustomizeGoogle extension sadly is the problem. In the past few days, Google has unveiled a new "look...
CustomizeGoogle enhances Google search results by adding extra information, such as links to re-run your search on Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, MSN and other engines. CustomizeGoogle also can be configured to remove ads and anonymize the Google cookie...