Google Truncating Display URLs In Search Results
Google has always truncated the display URLs in the search results when it went beyond two lines, I believe. But now new reports from several sources are noticing that Google may be truncating the URLs to a single line, when applicable.
Below is a screen shot of Google shortening URLs. As you can see, the eBay URL goes two lines but every other URL I found that went two lines, Google seems to be cutting down to one line. And Google seems to be cutting them down, while keeping the keywords in the URL.
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