Google Search brings continuous scrolling to desktop

Google’s search outcomes on desktop will load in a steady scroll as an alternative of dividing into pages, the company has announced. The transfer follows an analogous change made on cellular in October final yr, however isn’t fairly an “infinite” scroll. As an alternative, Google will load six pages of outcomes right into a single scroll earlier than providing customers a “See extra” button to point out extra outcomes. 

Google says the change is rolling out first for English searches within the US, however judging by the rollout of the function on cellular it appears secure to anticipate to see further markets and languages added over time. 

The change mirrors the design of most social media feeds, the place new content material is repeatedly loaded as you scroll down a web page somewhat than asking customers to click on or faucet for extra posts. Ideally, it is going to make looking faster, and may make it much less vital for web sites to be on the primary web page of search outcomes. Google beforehand stated that “most individuals who need further info” will usually “browse as much as 4 pages of search outcomes.” 

Nevertheless, given the massive drop-off in clicks that reportedly happens between the primary couple of outcomes and the remainder of the primary web page, the battle to be the primary website on the web page is more likely to be simply as intense as ever.