Bing Tests Lock Icon In New Search Snippet Location

Apr 24, 2024 - 7:11 am 1 by
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Blue Lockers Bing Logo

Microsoft is testing moving the lock icon in the Bing Search results snippets from the left of the URL to the right of the URL. Well, most of the time you don't even see a lock but when Bing is testing it, Bing has been testing different lock locations.

In September 2023 we shared this screenshot of the lock icon in the Bing search results:

Bing Search Old Https

Shameem Adhikarath posted an update a couple of weeks ago on X with this screenshot showing the lock icon was moved to the right:

Bing Search Lock Snippet

This is super minor news, but hey, I like covering these tiny changes.

Forum discussion at X.

Note: This was pre-written and scheduled to be posted today, I am currently offline for Passover.

 

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