Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web...
Monday, December 31, 2018
Google Moving Google Posts Back Up?
A few months ago, Google stopped showing Google Posts in the top location, somewhat above the fold, in the local panel for a business. That seemed to have led to Google Posts performance drastically dropping off. Now, Google may be testing moving the Google Posts back up.
NBA All Star Voting On Google
Did you know you can go to Google and vote for your favorite NBA players for the All Star game and events. It works on Google.com, Google Assistant or on the NBA web site or apps. Go to Google and search for [nba all stars] or any team name or NBA related query and you'll see it.
Google AMP Featured Snippets Anchor & Highlight Content
9to5Google found a new Google feature that works on mobile for some featured snippets that lead to AMP pages. If you click on an AMP based featured snippet in mobile search, Google may jump you down, anchor or scroll you down, to the specific section of content in the featured snippet and also highlight the content.
Unicode Works Within Google Local Listings
Andy Simpson spotted a local panel that was using unicode to make the business name stand out from the rest. Andy was doing a normal search for a barber shop and this listing came up in Google's local results, which caught his eye.
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