Google Search Tests Indent Vertical Bars By Title & Descriptions

Google is testing placing vertical gray bars by the search results titles and descriptions, indenting them in a bit, for stylist purposes. I am not sure what this adds to the search results, but Google decided to test it. This was spotted by a few people including Brodie Clark who posted on X and SERPAlerts and the Gadget Diary on X .

Here are some screenshots, followed by a video: Bar by title: Bar by description: Here is a video of this in action: Is this new @rustybrick Indentation in headline? pic.twitter.com/fp6a8SGKrl Forum discussion at X .



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