Google is testing shading and including coloration and depth to favicons that they show within the search outcome snippets. This was spotted some time ago however it 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 below are extra examples from Glenn Gabe:
Try LinkedIn’s favicon within the take a look at. The primary screenshot is present and the second is the take a look at. 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 seems to be?
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.
