Google Testing Old Search Design?

There have been several complaints over the past week about Google showing searchers its old Google Search design. Some of those search results seem to lead to a broken interface, while others just look like they are from a decade or so ago.

This seems to be impacting both mobile phones and tablets, from what I can tell.

This was first reported on PiunikaWeb who attributed it to Google simplying its search results but that is not it. This seems like a bug or some weird test…

He pointed to two Reddit threads but I found a few more threads on Google Web Search Help Forums.

Here are some, not all, of the screenshots from those threads:

Mobile Phone:

Tablet:

What it should look like:

Some look completely broken as well:

These seem more like a bug to me than a test or experiment.

Forum discussion at Reddit and Google Web Search Help Forums.