Study of 4 million Google searches charts the CTR payoff that came from eliminating right-side ads

Click-through rates for ads at the top of desktop results have increased significantly in the year since Google got rid of text ads in the right rail, a new study shows.

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Google adds menu tab to restaurants’ local panel

Google is now adding more tab options to the local panel. Not only do we see an overview and reviews tab, but now a menu tab and others.

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Are you a featured snippet? If so, Google’s testing dropping your web listing

Google has confirmed they are testing removing the featured snippet from the main core web results.

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Google ‘related picks’ now showing under some top stories carousels

Google looks to show you more AMP top stories by adding a query expansion feature in the mobile search results.

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Google’s ‘people also ask’ search feature officially gains dynamic loading

Google’s people also ask feature has gained a new way for searchers to explore topics in the desktop and mobile search results.

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