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Bing is testing a borderless local pack design

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Bing is testing a design variant that removes the outline border normally surrounding local pack results.

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SERoundtable reports that Microsoft Bing is experimenting with a local pack design that omits the outline border typically framing local search results. The change is a visual-only test with no disclosed impact on result ranking or visibility.

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