You're allowed to do whatever you want. The redesign here is pretty. But the cart is probably dragging the horse, and it's always worth contrasting "what works" with "what designers think is best".
Compare what a competant designer comes up with to Google's home page and start asking "why did Google do it this way", and you might learn something new.
But of course. Google's raised controversy among its designers for focusing on hits over aesthetic. We've had that talk before.
I've actually always been against that mindset myself, and I've argued against it before here. I don't necessarily think it's a good thing to sacrifice everything just to boost numbers. If we had an Internet where there were half a dozen really good search engines where each one handled search a little bit differently, I'd much prefer that to the current situation. But I'm in the minority there.
Compare what a competant designer comes up with to Google's home page and start asking "why did Google do it this way", and you might learn something new.