Is Google Launching The More Spacious Search Results User Interface?

May 13, 2016 - 8:10 am 7 — by
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A week ago, we reported about Google testing wider margins in the search results interface. Well, it now seems many many more people are seeing it. Google has not officially announced anything yet but it seems that either Google has stepped up this test big time or they started to roll it out.

I shared screen shots before from some users but here is a nicer one from @danbarker with lines to show you the difference clearly between the old and the new:

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Again, this is something we spotted a week ago Thursday and it seems more and more searchers are seeing this new wider version of Google's search results.

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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