Google Search Lets You Expand Video On Top Of Search Results
Google Search, for some videos, allows you to click an expand icon on some videos it shows you in the search results. That expand button will then overlay a larger playable video with more details.
Finally: Google Adds Lens Button To Desktop Homepage Search Bar
Google has finally added the Google Lens button to the Google.com homepage search bar. Rajan Patel from Google announced this quietly on Twitter saying the Google homepage, which rarely changes, has changed and pointed at the Google Lens button.
Google Search Adds New Ways To Find Deals While Shopping
Google announced a few new ways to find and use online deals while searching for products and holiday gifts this season. The updates include clippable coupons and promotion codes, a way to compare deals side-by-side and a new price insights view.
Google Tests Fall Decorations In Search Results
Google seems to be testing displaying some fall season decorations in the search results. So Google is adding these colored leaves to the background of some search features.
New Zero Click Google Study Puts Zero Clicks At 25%, Not 65%
Marcus Tober at Semrush, a respected search marketing platform, published a new zero-click study that puts zero clicks across Google on average at 25% of all searches or 26% on desktop and 17% on mobile searches. No matter how you look at it, it is wel…
Google Testing Explore More Visual Products Section
For the past several months Google has been testing a more visual product experience, a product grid that basically turns the search results into an e-commerce category page-like interface. Google is now testing an “explore more” grid format on top of …
Google Interactive Knowledge Panels In Auto-Complete Search Suggestions
We have seen Google place a lot of goodies in the search box auto-complete and search suggestions, including people also ask and other forms of answers. But remember the new interactive knowledge panel design? Google seems to be testing a version of th…
Google Trending Now For Shopping Results
Google is now showing a “trending now” box in the search results for shopping and product-related queries. This was announced back at Search On and now seems to be slowly rolling out.
Google Product Panel In Search Testing Expand Pricing Details
Google is testing a new interface and user experience for the product panel results in Google Search. The new interface has the price with arrows to expand the price, which breaks down the base price, delivery cost, taxes, and more.
Google Search Officially Rolls Out New Site Name & Favicon Design
Google is officially rolling out the new site name and favicon design, along with the new sponsored ad label, in the mobile search results. Yes, this is something Google has been testing and we saw this coming but now it is official and live in English…
Google About This Result Gains Remove Result Button
Google announced at the Search On event that it would be adding a remove result feature in the about this result overlay in Google Search. Well, now it is there for all to click on and use, if they want…
Google Search Adds Arrow In Knowledge Panel
Google has added an arrow button, within a circle design, in the Google Search knowledge panel section. When you click on the arrow, it takes you deeper into the entity’s information within Google Search.
Google Does Not Shuffle Search Results After They Are Loaded
Google’s John Mueller said if you see the Google search results being shuffled around after they are loaded, then it is not Google Search doing that. Google does not “shuffle the search results after they’re loaded,” he said on Twitter.
Google Tests Previously Visited Sitelinks Icons
Google is testing a clock/timer type of icon on the sitelinks within Google Search. That icon apparently is designed to communicate that you previously visited that page from Google Search.
Example Of Google Featured Snippet Callouts
A month ago we reported on Google’s announcement of the featured snippet callouts feature. Where Google uses MUM to bold sections of the featured snippet to give searchers a more in-your-face answer to their query. Well, now we are seeing more of that…
Google News Publisher Error “There Are No Items To Show”
Over the weekend, there has been a number of reports from news publishers of an error in the Google News Publisher Center. The specific error says “there are no items to show.” This is supposedly a Google bug that Google is working to address.
Google Still Working On Getting Timestamps Accurate In Search Results
Google is still working on getting the timestamps accurate in the search results and news search results. Several publishers, including the Director of SEO at USA Today and the SEO Editor for WSJ complained about the inaccurate timestamps in Google Se…
Google: Searching Visually Is Rare In Many Areas
John Mueller of Google said on Twitter the other day that “in many areas, searching visually is rare.” Meaning, that most of your traffic likely does not come from Google Image Search or other methods of visual search, like Google Lens or Multisearch, …
Google Search “More Hotels” Grid Layout
Google Search now has a grid layout option labeled “more hotels.” This is even when Google shows the hotel listings sections, other hotel listings, explore more hotels, and now also this “more hotels” four grid layout.
Google Shopping Chat Feature On Product Results
Google Shopping seems to be testing or maybe has launched a new chat feature in the product search results. I personally cannot replicate this at the time I am writing this but Saad AK spotted this and posted a screenshot on Twitter.