Google Testing Search Snippet Hover Background Colors

Aug 19, 2024 - 7:41 am 1 by
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Google is testing adding a dynamic blue colored background highlight color when you hover your mouse cursor over a search result snippet. The whole background just behind that specific search result snippet will change from white, to a highlight blue color.

This was spotted by Deepak Yadav who posted this screenshot on X:

Google Search Snippet Hover Background Color

Gagan Ghotra also spotted this and shared this video of it on X:

Google Search Snippet Hover Background Colors

I am normally not into these types of user interfaces, but I can see this being useful and beneficial to some searchers.

Although, it may be a bit busy when you scroll through the snippets.

What do you all think?

Forum discussion at X.

Update: Frank Santmann sent me an example of this on people also ask:

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