About a month ago, I spotted a new ad format in the Google Search results that had this local pack vibe. I shared it around, seeing if anyone else would notice it but I didn’t hear back. The new ad format looks like a local result but has a sponsored label. Anthony Higman first posted … Read more
Google is testing a “return to top” button at the bottom of the Explore section in the search results. Previously, you had to manually scroll to the top, but now you can just jump to the top with the click of a button. This was spotted by Khushal Bherwani who posted this screenshot on Twitter: … Read more
It looks like all the negative feedback around the lack of links within the AI-generated answers that Google’s Search Generative Experience generates has made a difference. Google is testing links directly in those answers in the SGE results. We are seeing these links in the form of classic-looking citations, in the form of button overlays … Read more
Google seems to be testing bolding and underlining the title links in the search results snippets in the mobile search interface. Google is also testing a triangular format for the three dots icon used for the about this result feature. This was captured by Brodie Clark, who shared a screenshot on Twitter; he said, “Google … Read more
YouTube has started testing AI-generated summaries, which can appear on search and watch pages. These new AI-generated summaries won’t replace the video descriptions written by creators, the company said. The test was added yesterday to the YouTube test features and experiments page. Why we care. While this is a limited, English-only experiment right now, if … Read more
Google is testing a feature to swipe over a specific search result snippet so you can save or share it. When you swipe over the snippet, you are presented with two icons, one to save and one to share. This was spotted by 9to5Google who wrote, “It appears that you can only swipe on single … Read more
Bing is now testing showing branded side labels next to each search result listing. We saw earlier more basic side labels and before that branded side bars for some search queries. I am also seeing favicons on the side of the snippets. Bing is always very busy testing these things. This was spotted by Frank … Read more
May 16, 2016 | Posted by Shay Harel Keeping up the risk level noise, the Rank Risk Index continued to burn through the better part of last week. As noted in last week’s SERP Snapshot, the index went slightly berserk when it hit a risk level of 93 on May the 7th and … Read more
Google is once again testing larger product images in the search results for specific search results snippets. This is not the product grid results, but the product images on the side of the search result snippets. Here is a screenshot provided by Frank Sandtmann, he posted this on Mastodon and said, “And another test on … Read more
Microsoft is testing showing larger favicons in the Bing Search results. The favicons look a lot larger in this test, here are side by side comparisons so you can see yourself. Here is what I see, the normal smaller favicons: Here is what Khushal Bherwani posted on Twitter: Frank Sandtmann also noticed this and posted … Read more
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