Google is testing shading and including colour and depth to favicons that they show within the search end result snippets. This was spotted some time ago but it surely appears to be extra broadly being examined now, together with the shading experiment.
Here’s a screenshot from Chandan Kumar from just a few days in the past on X – discover the three variations of the favicon:
Listed here are extra examples from Glenn Gabe:
Try LinkedIn’s favicon within the check. The primary screenshot is present and the second is the check. Attention-grabbing… pic.twitter.com/7ZFoHOUOd2
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) November 20, 2023
And extra:
Google is including a pleasant little background to 301 URLs in search outcomes.
Did anybody discover?@rustybrick #SEO pic.twitter.com/PDIrEOkd0w
— Chandan Kumar (@ConnectCK) November 16, 2023
Are you okay with Google altering how your favicon colours and shading appears?
John Mueller of Google did reply to this on Mastodon saying to Glenn Gabe, “I like when the favicons look good cropped spherical – these experiments are fascinating to see, thanks for flagging them.”
Discussion board dialogue at X.
#Google #Testing #Shading #Colours #Favicons
