This is quite an interesting test from Bing. They are testing a new carousel style for some of their local results, and they look more like a business card than a web or local result. Here is what it looks like: It seems to be organized by location, as the map shifts as you scroll […]
Bing Testing “Send Directions to Phone” Test in Local Knowledge Panel
Bing has added a new directions feature in their Google Places local knowledge panel directly in the search results. The new feature shows a test for “send directions to phone”. Here it is when displayed in the main search results column. Here it is on the right sidebar. Bing has previously shown this when viewing […]
Bing Places Testing New Local Listing Redesign; Adds Popular Times
Bing Local is testing a major new look for their local listings in the Bing search results, and the redesign is making it appear much closer to how Google displays their own local listings within the knowledge panel in the search results. The box for a local listing in the main column of the search […]
Bing Adds “Save Video” & More Description to Video Search
Bing has changed up how they show their video search results to make it much more user friendly for searchers. The most noticeable is a new “save video” option which allows users to save videos to view later. YouTube itself has a “watch later” video feature, but this is different. On these Bing results (of […]
Bing Adds Hotel Amenities to Hotel Knowledge Panels
Bing has followed Google’s lead and is now showing hotel amenities in the local knowledge panels, detailing the common amenities that many hotels have. Here is how it looks: And here it is expanded. And another one, this one includes an additional line to show that it is a casino with an icon. Google launched […]
Google Adds Color Pickers to Search Results
How often have you had to use a program or third party extension to check or choose a color? Google is solving some of the pain involved by adding a new color picker directly to the search results. Just search for “color picker” to bring it up directly in the search results. You can pick […]
Bing Adds Facebook Posts to Brand & Business Knowledge Panels
Bing has begun showing the latest Facebook posts in the knowledge panels in the search results. This adds freshness to the knowledge panel by showing recent content that brand has posted to their official Facebook page. Bing will show the latest Facebook posts in a card style, showing up to two of the most recent […]
Google & Bing Increase Size of Sitemap Files to 50MB
Bing has announced a change to the sitemap file size limit, increasing it from 10MB to 50MB. Google has also confirmed they are honoring the new sitemap size increase too. It is important to note that the change doesn’t increase the actual number of URLs in the sitemap file. That is still limited to 50,000 […]
Bing Adds Instant Messenger & Chat to Local Business Results
Bing has added a new feature that allows searchers to connect to the chat or messenger feature for local businesses. This makes it easy for searchers to find the chat feature for any business, saving them hunting around on the website to find it. Here is what it looks like when linked to their own […]
Bing Now Shows Holiday Hours for Local Businesses in Search Results
Bing is finally showing holiday hours in their local pack and local business knowledge panel results. They began showing up yesterday to show holiday hours and closures for Thanksgiving Day. They are also detailing special hours for events such as Black Friday. Here is how it looks showing holiday closures in the local pack: And […]