Google seems to be testing displaying the “services” button as the first action button in the local and maps search result listings. Usually, the first action buttons would be the call button, the directions, or even the website buttons. But Google is testing showing the “services” button first. This was first spotted by Allie Margeson … Read more
Microsoft Bing is testing highlighting portions of the AI chat answer in blue, the one embedded in the Bing Search results. Bing Search started to test embedding its Bing Chat AI answers into the Bing search results two months ago and now Bing is testing highlighting part of the answer in blue. This was spotted … Read more
Google seems to be testing an updated user interface for the product and shopping results in web search. You can see the “Visit Website” and “View Details” links and the ongoing expanded pricing details interface in this test. This was spotted by Punit who posted some of these screenshots on Twitter. You can see those … Read more
Google is testing circling-in, drawing a circle around, the favicons displayed in the mobile search results. I am not sure I like this but hey, Google is always testing. Brodie Clark spotted this and posted this on Twitter. He said, “Google is testing a new display for favicons on mobile with a blue gradient circle … Read more
Google Search is testing adding a “show more” button on the “people also ask” section of its search results. When you click on the button, it will load more results underneath it. Normally, the people also ask does not have this “show more” button. This was spotted by Punit who posted a video of this … Read more
Google seems to be testing the ability to filter by perspectives. Google is testing a button to filter your query by the perspectives results. This was spotted by Saad AK, he posted a video on Twitter, here is a GIF of that video in action: Here is a still screenshot: About a year ago, Google … Read more
Google Search is testing up and down arrow buttons in the search bar, so you can click to toggle down or up to autocomplete search suggestions. You can also use the arrow up and down on your keyword, but the buttons may be a new touch. I am not able to replicate it, I do … Read more
Google is testing using different lightly colored backgrounds for the shopping ads carousel in mobile search. We saw Google testing lighter variations of this almost a year ago, some with gray shades and some with slightly colored shades. Now we are seeing Google test this with more bold colors. This was spotted a couple of … Read more
Google is testing a new version of the “more” results button to make it look more basic and simple. Instead of the larger more results button, Google is testing a simple link. Saad AK captured this and posted videos of it in action on Twitter. For example, the “more videos” button in the test has … Read more
Google is testing showing the number of followers a specific social media account has in the mobile search results. You usually see this information in the snippet itself, but Google is testing showing the count also directly below the site name, in place of where the URL would be. This was spotted by Alex Greenland … Read more
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