Google Search Shadow On Hover Of Search Results

Dec 18, 2024 - 7:21 am 0 by
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Google is testing another search result snippet interface change, this one is when you hover your mouse over the snippet, it adds a shadow effect to the snippet.

This was spotted by Brodie Clark who shared a video of it on X (also here - here it is):

Google Hover Shadow Effect

Four years ago, we saw Google testing shadows on search results but it wasn't based on hovering your mouse over the snippet.

Bing also had a weird hover shadow experiment earlier this year.

Forum discussion at X.

 

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