SEOGoogle Testing Full-Page Preview in SERPs

Google Testing Full-Page Preview in SERPs

Google looks to be readying yet another change to its search results.

Just spotted an interesting screenshot from the U.K., which shows a full-page preview of the target website, as well as a blue background that highlights the selected site. Clicking anywhere on the preview takes you directly to the site. Have a look:

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Also of note, snippets of text on the preview site are being highlighted in an orange box that is enlarged in what appears to be a pop-up box of sorts. These snippets aren’t the same as the ones found on the SERP.

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This Google SERP test was spotted this morning by Patrick Altoft. He wrote, “this is not a plugin. I’m using Google Chrome incognito mode with no plugins installed.” This has also been confirmed by other users.

This layout could do some damage to click-through rates. There are no previews for ads, and these website previews are actually hiding the sidebar where Google’s ads run.

Google had this to say: “At any given time we are running between 50-200 search experiments. You can learn more on our blog.”

Anybody else seeing this today?

Oct. 8 Note: Removed “U.K.” from original title, because this test was spotted in the U.S. (see comment below).

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