Google search UI

The design of the Google Search results page has changed lately. I don't remember exactly how it looked before (it often changes in subtle ways), so it is hard to be sure what changed and when.

Each search result having an icon is a change, I think.

There seems to be a lot of wasted space on the right side of the page. I don't remember what used to be there.
Oh, I see. Depending on what you search on, it shows something in the upper right. I remember now, it often links to Wikipedia there.
Searching on famous people, the layout of results definitely looks different than they used to.

The semi-continuous scrolling is definitely new. It now loads 15 pages of results before showing a "More results" button. The bottom of each results page no longer has links to the next/previous pages of results and the links to the 2nd/3rd/4th/etc./last pages of results.

The Settings button lets you turn off continuous scrolling, but then it still only shows a "More results" button at the bottom of the page instead of the old style navigation links.


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Google Introduces Updated Desktop Search Design (2023/03/08)

Google Search Website Design History
This is a nice history, but the last example of the search results page is from 2012.

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