Tag Archives: Desktop

Google Enterprise Profiles Exhibiting Services On Desktop Interface

Google is now testing showing the services listings, the different services a business offers, on the desktop local and maps interface in a business profile. Previously this only showed up on mobile, but now it can show on desktop (I don’t see it yet but some do). Amy Toman spotted it the other day and […]

Google Testing The New +Matter Search Bar Refinements On Desktop After Launching On Cell

Earlier this week, Google announced it has begun to roll out the new topics + sign refinement Options in the English/US on mobile search results. But it seems Google is also testing them. They are not fully live on the desktop search results. Glenn Gabe spotted this and posted a video cast of it on […]

Google Useful Content material System Replace, Steady Scroll On Desktop & Subject Refinements

This week we had another confirmed update to the Google helpful content system; it is now global. Google also had a lot of volatility over the previous week, unrelated to this confirmed update. Google officially rolled out continuous scroll on desktop search this week. Google also officially launched topic refinements in the mobile search results […]

Steady Scrolling from Google for Desktop Is Proper Across the Nook

It goes without saying that in the wide, wonderful world of digital marketing, Google is truly the king of the mountain. So, when Google changes something about how it does things – whether that’s an algorithm change or a small tweak to the general layout of its pages – smart marketers sit up and listen […]

Google Formally Brings Steady Scroll To Desktop Search

Google has officially brought the continuous scroll feature from the mobile search results to the desktop search results. Google has finished testing this for a while after bringing it to mobile in October 2021and now it is live in the US English search results. Here is a GIF of it in action: Google has finished […]

Google Testing New Website Title & Favicon On Desktop Outcomes

Google is already testing the new site name and favicon design change they launched just a couple of weeks ago on the desktop results. This brings the favicon and site name to the desktop search results as Google did for the mobile search results. Here is what this looks like on Google’s desktop search results: […]

Google Lastly Provides 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. This comes after bringing the Google Lens button to mobile search in 2018 and desktop image […]

Google’s Things To Know Search Characteristic Again In Desktop Outcomes

About two weeks ago, Google stopped showing the Things To Know box in the desktop search results but don’t fret, it seems to be back now. RankRanger’s tracker tool spotted that the Things To Know box has returned to normal levels within Google Search. Here is the chart from RankRanger showing it is now back […]

Google Top Stories Topics Sections On Desktop

Google Search is now grouping some of its Top Stories sections for some queries by topics. This was working on mobile for a while but is now reportedly working for the desktop Top Stories Google Search results. Here is a screenshot for a query on [biden] where Google Search on desktop is showing a topic […]

YouTube’s Transferring the Placement of Video Feedback on Desktop

YouTube is changing the way that video comments are displayed on desktop, with a new ‘teaser’ type presentation, which will show a single comment below the clip. When expanded, however, the new desktop comments stream will soon open to the right of the playback window, as opposed to expanding below. Right now, on mobile, YouTube […]