New Google Mobile Search User Interface Test: Line Separators In Snippets

Google is testing a line break within the mobile search results snippets that breaks up the URL and the description in the snippet.

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Google is testing yet another mobile user interface within their mobile-friendly search results. This one was spotted by @johnelincoln where he shared a screen shot of Google adding a line separator between the URL and the description in the search snippets.

So not just separating the snippets with line breaks but also within each snippet, Google is testing adding a line break to separate the URL and the description.

Here is a picture of the test:

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Here is a picture of what you would typically see in the mobile search results:

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