{"id":167877,"date":"2016-06-09T08:59:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T06:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=167877"},"modified":"2016-06-09T09:01:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T07:01:06","slug":"google-testing-new-design-for-its-search-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/167877-google-testing-new-design-for-its-search-engine.html","title":{"rendered":"Google testing new design for its search engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has started testing its new Material Design layout for desktop search results, according to a report by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/06\/08\/google-search-material-design-test\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Engadget<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The design was\u00a0introduced at its annual I\/O conference in 2014, and promised a\u00a0&#8220;grid-based look&#8221; across Android, Chrome OS, and the web.<\/p>\n<p>Images of the new design are posted below, taken from Reddit and Twitter users who have seen\u00a0the grid-style layout.<\/p>\n<p>The design is similar to Google&#8217;s current layout, but with a background colour change to light grey and search results given individual boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Icon changes are also present in the new design, along with changes to the information modules.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Google-search-screen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-167881 size-new-size\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Google-search-screen-640x368.jpg\" alt=\"Google search\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Google-search-screen-640x368.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Google-search-screen-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Google-search-screen.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Google-search.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-167883 size-new-size\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Google-search-640x360.png\" alt=\"Google search\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Google-search-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Google-search-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Google-search.png 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Google<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a 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