Google Ads seems to be testing a “show similar” button in the product carousel of sponsored listings. When you click on the “show similar” button, you are presented with a new dynamically loaded carousel that shows more products like the one you were looking at. This was spotted by Saad AK on Twitter – here … Read more
Google Ads is also testing a gold verification badge or label in the search results. We saw a blue verification label and then a blue badge-style label and now we are seeing the label in gold. This gold style was captured by Alex Kubica, he posted this screenshot on Twitter: As a reminder, this is … Read more
Google seems to be testing a grid-like format for local results in the mobile web search results. We see these grid formats primarily for product and shopping search results, but I don’t think I’ve seen this for local search listings. This was spotted by Brandon on Twitter who posted a video cast of this in … Read more
In the coming months, Google will deprecate the page experience report within Google Search Console, the mobile usability report, and the mobile-friendly testing tool. The core web vitals and HTTPs report will remain in Google Search Console, Danny Sullivan of Google announced. Google somewhat clouded this announcement in the news of the helpful content guidance … Read more
Google Search is testing adding a color swatch to the product grid layout in its search results. Google is showing colors in small boxes and a “+ more” label if there are more colors to choose from for that product. This was spotted by both Brian Freiesleben on Twitter and Saad AK on Twitter – … Read more
Google is testing a version of the Android app that include additional search buttons, many of which the iOS app has had since last year. These buttons include solve homework, identify a song, shop for products, translate text and more. This was spotted by Glenn Gabe and he posted some screenshots on Twitter, I made … Read more
A couple of weeks ago, I reported how Google tested a thumbnail image slider in the product grid results in the Google Search results on the desktop interface. Now Google is testing this on the mobile search interface, and it seems to slide automatically without flicking to scroll or slide. Here is an animated GIF … Read more
Google may be testing only showing images in the local finder, the local search results in Google Maps, for listings that are ads. The rest of the listings, the one without ads, may only show a map image but not an image from the business profile. This was spotted by Justin Mosebach posted about this … Read more
Several months ago, Google launched a feature to show those logged into their Google Ads account a section in web search named “Your Google Ad Summary.” It seems Google is now expanding that section to let you edit some ads and apply some recommendations. Sujit Shukla spotted this for a Google Ads campaign he manages … Read more
A new-look verification badge is starting to appear in Google Ads for verified advertisers. What the verified badge looks like. This new-look badge takes the form of a blue shield with a white check mark, as shared by Saad AK on Twitter: Clicking on the badge takes you to My Ad Center, where Google tells you … Read more
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