A week ago, we shared a screen shot from Google on how the search results may look like if Article 11 and 13 in the EU passes. Well now Google seems to be showing some European searchers these types of ghost empty like search results.
Here are screen shots from Faye Watt:
Seeing this even more today @rustybrick pic.twitter.com/2rtFzos6r2
— Faye Watt (@FayeWatt) January 22, 2019
Yep! Another example: pic.twitter.com/8OKGk3fzBw
— Faye Watt (@FayeWatt) January 22, 2019
I guess Google wants real European searchers to see what will happen?
Forum discussion at Twitter.
Update: Seems like this is pretty wide spread, lots of EU folks seeing this:
SERP in google France now pic.twitter.com/bKcPClS5v9
— Hassen Ferroukhi (@hmferroukhi) January 22, 2019