Google is testing displaying a magnifying glass that overlays on the right bottom section of the mobile search results. When you scroll through the mobile search results, this magnifying glass icon shows up that you can click on to refine your query.
This was spotted by Vlad Rappoport and he shared the screenshot with me on Twitter:
Here is a video from Brodie Clark of this in action:
Interesting. When scrolling down Google’s mobile search results, a magnifying glass is appearing in the bottom right corner. Pressing takes you back up to the search bar - seems to work pretty well 🔎 pic.twitter.com/X6XGW2jzsK
— Brodie Clark (@brodieseo) June 9, 2021
I tried to replicate it but I was unable to. Vlad said "Google testing corner placement of a magnifying glass in the SERPs. Pressing on simply let’s you modify your search query."
Google recently tested removing the magnifying glass icon from the desktop search box recently.
Forum discussion at Twitter.
Update: Here is another variation of this, with a smaller magnifying glass and text that says "edit search."
Pretty neat dropdown from Google. Also, have we seen this “edit search” with the new search bar? pic.twitter.com/L8Mzlfw5uA
— Shalom Goodman (@ShalomGood) July 13, 2021
Here is another:
On Mobile (Google): Another variation of magnifying glass in the SERPs, this time it's centered and the text is New also "Try a different search".
— Saad AK (@SaadAlikhan1994) August 2, 2021
Sending to: @rustybrick SIR.
CC: @vladrpt , @brodieseo & @ShalomGood SIR. pic.twitter.com/UZQhrluEXN
