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Google Local Testing 2-Packs for Local Search Results

September 2, 2016 at 7:30 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Local Testing 2-Packs for Local Search Results

Google seems to be testing replacing their local 3-packs with 2-packs instead, even for queries that would normally show 3 results, and with many results showing in the “more places.” The map itself is still showing 3 icons, even though there are only 2 results displayed below it.  There are lots of examples where Google […]

Google Testing Another New Desktop UI

September 2, 2016 at 6:39 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Testing Another New Desktop UI

Google is testing yet another version of their mobile, this one affecting the layout most predominantly. What is notable about this test is it also drops the total number of search results from the page.  We have seen this test with the card style UI Google has recently been testing (where each result appears within […]

Google Testing Click to Call on Organic Generic Local Queries

September 2, 2016 at 5:47 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Testing Click to Call on Organic Generic Local Queries

Many are used to seeing click to call feature in the mobile results for Google AdWords results.  You also sometimes see it for specific brand queries or on generic queries when you start going pages deep in the results.  But now Google is testing click to call for businesses on the first page of the […]

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