Google is testing adding the site name next to the link icons in the AI Overviews within Google Search. This makes it much more likely for searchers to click on the links and click over to the source of the information.A month ago, we saw Google testing showing author names in AI Overviews...
Google is testing swapping the site name with the URL in the search result snippets. So instead of the site name being shown at the top of the search result snippet, Google is showing the URL above that, followed by the site name.This test was spotted by Sachin Patel who shared these...
Google is testing adding the text "background checked" to the local service ads listings in the Google local search results. This seems to be instead of the Google Screened or verified labels.Google just slaps on the text "Background checked" in the local listing, to show searchers Google...
Google is testing placing a speaker icon next to the video snippets. The speaker icon includes a language label indicating what language the video is in.This was spotted by Frank Sandtmann who posted a screenshot on Mastodon of the German Google video search results. Here it is:Frank wrote,...
Google is testing new report reviews options in the Google Business Profiles reviews section. You can access it, if you are in the test, by looking at your local reviews in Google Search and clicking on the report / alert icon next to any review.The current and old one from 2021 is what I...
