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Google Continues Featured Snippets Without Second Organic Listing

May 17, 2017 at 7:20 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Continues Featured Snippets Without Second Organic Listing

Google is continuing their widespread test of featured snippets that we reported here first on Monday.  It has Google showing a featured snippet at the top of the search results as usual, but while previously that result would be shown a second time in the organic search results, Google would drop that second listing entirely. […]

Google Adds Visit History to Featured Snippets

May 17, 2017 at 6:28 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Adds Visit History to Featured Snippets

When you do a search in Google that brings up a result that includes a page you have visited previously, Google will often add a notation about your visit history, from the date you visited or the fact you have visited the page many times.  Google is now finally bringing that to featured snippets too. […]

Google Testing Pop Up AdWords Ads on Google Maps

May 17, 2017 at 6:04 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Testing Pop Up AdWords Ads on Google Maps

Google is testing a new type of AdWords ad, this one which pops up right on a Google Map when someone is viewing local results within Google Maps itself. Local SEO expert Joy Hawkins spotted the test. Here is what it looks like: What is especially noteworthy is that this isn’t an ad for the […]

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