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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google Search Console’s…
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Google is testing a new format for the Things to know section where instead of showing the results in a list view, Google is showing them side-by-side.
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Google is testing arrow buttons icons at the end of the title link in the search result snippets. Google is also testing them in Sitelinks. I guess<< this is a way…
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Google Search is testing showing icons and labels in the sitelinks within the search results snippets. I am seeing icons for a phone, price tag, fork/knife, map pin and information…
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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…