Google seems slot online to be testing a “posts from” section in the search results. Very much like the popular on Twitter (now X) section but this includes not just posts from X but also Instagram, YouTube and other social networks. Punit spotted this feature and posted about it on Mastodon. I personally cannot replicate […]
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Google Search Does Not Use Sistrix’s A Virus Scanner
John Mueller, a Google Search developer advocate, said on X sbobet online that Google Search does not use Sistrix’s a virus scanner. Googlebot does not scan documents for viruses as it crawls the web. John wrote, “Google doesn’t use that virus scanner.” John is referring to Sistrix. This is in response to an issue Patrick […]
Google Search Result Thumbs Up/Down Poll: Was This Result Helpful
Google is trying out another design for surveying or polling some of its searchers if they find the search results helpful or not. This one shows directly under a snippet and says “was this result helpful?” It then has a green thumbs-up icon and a red thumbs-down icon to click on. Google has been asking […]
Google Expands Search Generative Experience To More Countries & Adds New Features
Google announced it has expanded the Search Generative Experience beta to 120 or so countries and territories and four new languages. Google also added new follow-up questions, AI-powered translation help and more interactive definitions in AI-powered overviews. 120 Countries & 4 New Languages Google expanded SGE to 120 countries and territories, so now it works […]
Google Tests Multiple Local Packs In Search Results As You Scroll
Google seems to be testing showing multiple local packs in its search results as you scroll down the page. I cannot replicate this, which makes me believe this is a limited test. But Christian Kunz was able to repeat this over and over again, showing multiple local packs come up as he scrolls through the […]
Google Search Shop Deals Shows Commerce-Like Interface With Products By Category
Google Search seems to be widely testing an e-commerce-like interface where it shows products and shopping deals by category. The page is filled with the product grid interface, with a special shop deals top design (not the shop deals banner) and then various categories of products in that grid format. Glenn Gabe spotted this and […]
AdSense for Search To Stop Serving Over Google, Ad Personalization Deprecating
Google announced late on Friday that AdSense for Search (AFS), AdSense for Shopping (AFSh), and Programmable Search Engine (ProSE) will stop serving ads over google.com and this will also mean that ad personalization will be deprecated for these products because Google cookies will no longer be available to them. Google wrote, “Starting in November 2023, […]