Google now lets users get air quality and pollution data in the search results. If you do [air quality], [air pollution] type searches, along with optional city qualifies, like [air quality in portland oregon], Google will display a rating of the air quality in that city. See the following examples: This feature works for both mobile [...]
When doing a search for some queries, Google will show answers without any additional search results. As an example, if you do a search for [portland oregon time now], Google will display the answer, then show a button below the answer to load the search results. According to Google, with the queries where this shows [...]
Recently, three new search updates was been announce by Google that centers around features snippets, knowledge panel information and suggestive for related topics. In a post on Google's The Keyword blog, it says that a selection of featured snippets will now include more images and related search suggestions within the box displaying the featured snippet content. It is [...]
According to Gary Illyes, a Google webmaster trends analyst, the company isn't actively working on a tool within Google Search Console for publishers so that users will get analytics about their featured snippets. Illyes made the comments SMX Advanced this morning during his keynote conversation with Danny Sullivan. Google was found testing featured snippets within Google Search Analytics about [...]
Over the last couple of weeks, we've seen two studies That took a look at the impact of feature snippets in Google's search results. There is a new one that came out on June 13 from Visme, which was published on the Ahrefs blog, showing how search results with featured snippets lead to an 18.5 percent decrease in [...]