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May 28, 2026 - 7:31 am

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Google is testing shifting the sitename and favicon in the search results around, where it is on one line with the favicon, then a bold sitename and then the URL, followed by the rest of the snippet; the title and description and sitelinks. Typically, the favicon spans two lines covering the sitename one the first line and URL on the next line.

This test was spotted by a number of people this morning, seems like a widespread test. I'll embed those tweets below.

Here is the test:

Here is what it normally looks like:

Here are the folks who notified me of this:

Favicon + Site Name (Bold) + Link = New Google Search Results Page / DC: 28/05/2026 | 14:14 @rustybrick @SERPalerts @brodieseo @seroundtable #seo #Google #search pic.twitter.com/nyBQ2COgWe

— Sagar Bedi 🌞 (@iSagarBedi) May 28, 2026

— Krishna Murari (@bagwarikrishna) May 28, 2026

@rustybrick Interesting shift on Google Search brand names like…