Google To Find E-Books At Your Public Library
Google shared a new feature in search quietly on Twitter this week…
Google Tests White Knowledge Panels
Google is now testing white knowledge panels for local results. This was first spotted by our man Sergey Alakov and he posted a screen shot on Twitter of the white look. Typically there is a blue interface for the knowledge panels but here, as you can …
New Google iOS App Has Related Content Bar
Google announced Tuesday they launched a new update to their iOS search app that has a new content bar. The content bar appears as the user scrolls up on the content…
Google Thinks Ted Cruz & Zodiac Killer Are Associated
There is a lot of news around Ted Cruz these days, I think something around him liking pornography on Twitter but Google has something fun.
Newish: Google Image Carousel Sliders In Mobile
This is somewhat new, based on how you look at it. It seems similar to the image carousel from 2015 but with less information. It is just images…
Google Fixed The Set A Reminder Feature In Search
Google has finally fixed the set a reminder feature in Google search. We first reported the issue a few weeks ago and I’ve been tracking it since and as of yesterday, last night specifically, the feature started working again…
Google Tests People Also Search For On Right Side Bar
Google is testing displaying the people also search for feature, which is typically below one of the snippets in the middle of the Google search results page, now on the right hand side of the desktop search results…
Google Hotel Search Results With Select Room Carousel
Google Hotel search results now show a carousel slider for picking the type of room within a specific hotel. I searched for [trump hotels] (why not) and selected the one in NYC and it came up with a carousel for selecting the room type with the price a…
Publishers Implement AMP Teaser To Lead To “Full Experience” Page
Will Jacobsen shared on Twitter a GIF of the walkthrough of how NBC News does have AMP pages, they do rank in the top stories carousel in the Google mobile results…
Hey Google. I Want Vegetables That Start With A, Not C!
Google, you got it wrong! I want [vegetables that start with a] not [vegetables that start with c] so why when I ask for A are you giving me C?
Google Improves Flight & Hotel Search To Help You Find Better Prices
Google has added some seriously cool and useful features to both flight and hotel search. Specifically around showing you in an easy to look at the most cost effective options to plan your trips…
Google Tests New Expandable Sitelinks On Mobile
Google seems to be testing a new look for the sitelinks that expand, something Google has been doing for a few years now. But with the new tappable carousel sitelinks…
John Mueller Of Google Teases New Feature & Deletes Tweet
This morning, a little before 4am, Google’s John Mueller posted a tweet that read “just saw some awesome launch previews — literally raising the bar. wow.” The tweet is uncharacteristic of John, it was almost like a tease. But then he deleted the tw…
Google Reminder Feature Bugs?
Some searchers are complaining recently of the Google search reminder feature not working any more. The complaints are in the Google Web Search Help forums where people who actively use this reminder feature are saying it stopped working…
Google May Now Show Video Previews In Search Carousel
Late Friday, Google announced they are showing video previews in the search results carousel for Google app for Android and Chrome on Android by default when on a Wifi connection…
Google Voice Recognition Now Supports 119 Languages
Google announced they now have added 30 new languages to their voice recognition capability, bringing it to a total of 119 language varieties, in Gboard on Android, Voice Search and more. And even more…
Google Tests Topics For Search Refinements
Andreea Calin shared a photo with me on Twitter of a new Google search feature. The feature looks to pull other topics around your query…
More Google Interface Design Testing…
Sergey Alakov has spotted even more Google tests with their mobile search user interface and design. He has captured screen shots of Google testing green hyperlinks, yellow stars, bolder fonts, rounder corners, green AMP logos, rounded green call to ac…
Google Tests New Style For Searches Related To
Sergey Alakov caught Google testing a new flavor of the searches related to, similar to the people also search for features. Google is constantly tweaking these user interfaces…