Yahoo Search Testing Google’s Search Results Design?

Is Yahoo copying Google's search results design? Here is a test Yahoo Search interface which looks just like Google's search results page.

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Yahoo is apparently testing a new user interface for Yahoo Search that looks awfully like the Google search user interface. The search menu bar is directly below the search box, with the red highlight, underlined interface when you are on a specific search vertical. The additional search filters and the way you interact with them look incredibly similar to the Google interface as well. In fact, the whole page looks right out of Google’s search results design.

Here is a picture of the test Yahoo interface:

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Here is what Google looks like right now:

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Here is what Yahoo looks like to the normal (non test) user:

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If you want to see this yourself on your browser, there are instructions on how to do that over here.


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Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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