Well this has to be a first! It now appears that Google is showing their special Holiday and Event logos in their search engine result pages in a very similar manner to how Bing has been for almost a year.

Here are a few screen captures that show the new SERP’s.

See full width Google SERP screenshot^^

See full width Bing SERP screenshot^^

 
You will notice that both logos match what both engines have displayed on their homepages.

 
I personally like it. It adds a little more visual appeal to the search pages.

 
Postscript – It appears that Google was only running some display tests. There were several tweets that indicated missing and broken logos around the same time that they were first spotted.

See complete broken/missing logo chatter screenshot^^

 
As @pottern points out, things were disrupted for only a short period of time.

 
The Olympic logos have disappeared from the SERP’s since they first appeared on Friday. However, there is a very good chance that they will make a return someday soon.

 
What do you think of the logos showing in the search result pages? Is this just mimicking by Google or a feature that is long over due? Feel free to share your thoughts.

 

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Tags: Bing, Google, google logo, google logos, logos

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