Google Search is testing removing the estimated number of search results figure you typically see under the search bar after you conduct a search query. Google tested this back in 2016 and I guess Google is testing it again. Initially, when I was first told about this test by Punit on Twitter and then Eli […]
Here is an interesting test from Microsoft Bing. The search company is testing placing a newspaper emoji and a magnifying glass emoji as the favicon in the title of the search results pages. It’s unusual and I’m not sure why Bing is testing it, but they are. Frank Sandtmann, a German based SEO consultant, sent […]
Google is testing showing the site name and URL twice in the search result snippets in Google mobile search. So not only do you see the name of the site or the URL with the favcion from the site, but you are also seeing it doubled up with the site name on top of it, […]
Google seems to be testing a new ad label on the search ads that is way more noticeable than the normal ad label. This one has the black ad label text but it is outlined in a curved green border making the ad label stand out much more than previous ad labels. This was spotted […]
Yusuf Ozbay spotted Google Search testing bulleted descriptions in the Google Ads spot. So instead of a couple of sentences in the description, Google is testing them as bullet points. Ginny Marvin from Google actually confirmed this is a legit test that Google is trying out. Yusuf shared a screenshot (click to enlarge it) with […]
Google is testing making the black/grey magnifying glass in the search bar of he mobile search results page a bit more colorful. Well, the magnifying glass has the Google colors with red, green, yellow and blue. This was spotted by Saad AK, he posted this screenshot below on Twitter: Compare that to what I see: […]
The folks at 9to5Google spotted Google Image Search on mobile testing a related image design that takes on the color theme of the image result. So if the image is red, the related images below are in these red hue effect in the background. Here is an image from 9to5Google (click to enlarge): 9to5Google calls […]
Google has confirmed it has been testing Google Search result listings without any descriptions, again. Google first tested this in 2015 and is now testing it again for the past couple of weeks. Aishwarya Tapadar from Google confirmed this in a Google Web Search Help thread saying “this is a small experiment that will be […]
Google has confirmed it is officially testing placing emojis in some search ads. Darcy Burk spotted a pizza emoji on a search ad for Uber Eats and posted the screenshot on Twitter. Ginny Marvin of Google on the Ads Liaison Twitter account confirmed Google is testing placing emojis in some search ads. Here is a […]
Google Maps, the map interface, is testing displaying review snippets, short selected reviews, directly under the name of the business or organization in the map interface under the pin. This was spotted by Allie Margeson who said on Twitter “seeing review snippets get some prominence directly on the map and I like it!” Here is […]