If you've noticed Twitter searches on the web looking different lately, it's not just you. Twitter is testing a revamped search design, the company confirmed to Mashable Wednesday.
The new search, which is currently available on Twitter.com to some users, includes new tabs that allow you sort tweets based on account, popularity, photos, videos and other categories.
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The new search has tabs for top, live, accounts, photos and videos. Top filters tweets by popularity while live sorts chronologically. Photos and video filter out posts that don't include media and accounts is the new version of "people," which allows you to search for specific users.
Right now, it seems only a limited number of users have access to the new search. A Twitter spokesperson confirmed the company is testing a new search experience but declined to provide details on timing for a wider release of the feature. The company often tests new features with small groups of users before an official rollout.
Previously, basic searches allowed users to filter results based on photos and videos or search for specific accounts but the new layout offers more control and simplifies the experience. Notably, the "news" section, which only displayed tweets from media outlets, didn't make it into the new search, though the trending section can likely serve a similar purpose.
The "more options" menu allows you to filter searches based on people nearby or accounts you follow, according to The Next Web.
The new search builds on features rolled out in Twitter's new advanced search last year, an update that added the ability to fine tune search results by factors like location, sentiment, and specific time periods and words.