Google is testing replacing the “top quality store” badge with a “star store” badge in the search results. Previously it was a “Trusted Store” badge but that was replaced by the “top quality store” badge. This was spotted by Brodie Clark who posted some screenshots on Twitter: This is what it should show: I zoomed […]
It looks like all the negative feedback around the lack of links within the AI-generated answers that Google’s Search Generative Experience generates has made a difference. Google is testing links directly in those answers in the SGE results. We are seeing these links in the form of classic-looking citations, in the form of button overlays […]
Over the past few days I’ve seen reports of Google Search testing more visual elements. These visual elements are across featured snippets, top stories, products and likely more. Here is what I found, all of which are tests, because I cannot replicate any of these search features and design layouts in any browser I’ve tried. […]
Google Search is testing boxed-in favicons for snippets. That is, instead of the favicon as is, Google is placing them in a square box. We previously saw Google putting these favicons in a circle. Now, Saad AK spotted them boxed-in and posted this screenshot on Twitter: Here is what I see: Here is the circled-in […]
Microsoft Bing has this feature where you can see “people also ask” like results under search result snippets, I am not sure what Microsoft calls them, but they provide additional questions and answers related to the site and query. Well, Microsoft Bing seems to be testing new designs for it. Or maybe these are broken, […]
Bing is now testing showing branded side labels next to each search result listing. We saw earlier more basic side labels and before that branded side bars for some search queries. I am also seeing favicons on the side of the snippets. Bing is always very busy testing these things. This was spotted by Frank […]
Microsoft is testing image recognition and visual search features in Bing Chat. This is where you can upload an image and ask Bing Chat questions around that image. Bing has this for Bing Image search, it is named visual search. Right now, Bing’s CEO Mikhail Parakhin said it is being tested on 5% of all […]
Microsoft Bing Search is testing showing fewer options in the search bar menu below the search box. We saw this with Bing Image search before and now we are seeing this with Bing web search. This was spotted by Frank Sandtmann on mastodon who wrote, “Bing is testing a massively reduced top navigation. Most navigation […]
Bing seems to be testing placing labels that describe the search result listing, on the left side bar of the search result listing. It seems the label will help define what the search result listing is about, maybe listing out some of its entities. Frank Sandtmann spotted this and posted this screenshot on mastodon (click […]
Google is testing adding an image carousel directly in the business profile panel. So at the top of a business profile listing you see these business images. In this test, you can swipe the images to see more. This was spotted by Mike who posted a few photos of it in the Local Search Forum. […]