Google Tests Images In Mobile Search Result Snippets

Dec 18, 2014 - 8:19 am 5 — by
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Google MobileYesterday on Search Engine Land I reported how some users were seeing image thumbnails in the mobile friendly Google results, within the search results snippets. I received a screen shot from an iOS user.

This morning, I am getting screen shots from Android users on via Twitter.

Here is a picture of the Android interface:

Google Mobile Image Thumbnails

Here is a picture of the iOS interface:

Google Mobile Thubmnail Images

Personally, I think these images add very little relevancy to the search results. And to have them on a mobile interface, would only slow things down. I would be surprised to see them launch widely, but I've been wrong plenty of times before.

Forum discussion at Twitter.

Image credit to BigStockPhoto for google mobile coffee

 

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