Apr 4, 2012 at 10:46am ET by Barry Schwartz

Searching for the [Qingming Festival] on Google will return a little bit of an easter egg within those search results. Here are pictures: Clicking on the page initiates special animations, including a fish jumping out of the water and back in causing a splash in the water and the man's hand petting the animal. This feature is currently live today and can be replicated on Google.com. Google India announced this on their Google+ page: Have friends, family, colleagues in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan? Wish them a Happy Qingming Festival today! Not sure what this holiday is? Try searc [...]

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Google Discussion Forum Snippets Now Showing “Top Answers”

Mar 28, 2012 at 8:53am ET by Barry Schwartz

Google has expanded the search descriptions to show the "top answer" and sometimes the "question" for discussion forum like search results. For example, a search for ["incoming search terms"] in Google returns results from Google Groups and StackOverflow and in those snippets, it shows the "top answer" listed in the forum. Here is a picture: Both these forums support the functionality of labeling an answer to the question as a "top answer." Google is clearly picking up on that, structuring the data as such and then displaying that directly in the search results. This is all likel [...]

Google Testing Toggle For Search Options & Tools In Search Results

Mar 27, 2012 at 5:27pm ET by Barry Schwartz

Google is testing a new user interface feature for the search results where they hide the search tools and options from the left hand side and let you toggle them open and close with a click of a mouse. Michel Wester spotted this and posted a video and screen shots of how it works. Here are screen shots of it first closed and then opened after clicking on it: Here is a video of it in action: Google often tests user interfaces and sometimes those tests are rolled out to everyone using Google search. Related Stories: Google Mobile Tests Large Black Menu Drop Down Ba [...]

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Google Mobile Tests Large Black Menu Drop Down Bar

Feb 27, 2012 at 9:24am ET by Barry Schwartz

Despite Google moving away from the large black navigation menu on the web version, it seems like they are testing that exact same version on the mobile version of Google. Alex Chitu posted screen shots of Google testing the new large black drop down menu on Google mobile. Here are pictures: The second image shows how the "more" option overlays those more options over the first set of options. What do you think of this user interface on a smartphone screen? Related Stories: Google Moves Away From Large Navigation Drop Down Menu Google’s New Black Menu Bar Is Now [...]

Concert Rich Snippets: List Your Ticket Sale Site Under Band Web Sites

Feb 24, 2012 at 9:29am ET by Barry Schwartz

Google announced they are now showing concert rich snippets on band web sites so that you can see upcoming concerts and even book them on ticket sales web sites. The results will show you upcoming concert tour dates in your area right on the results page under the band's web site. Here is a picture: The interesting part is there aren't many rich snippets markup that show up on third-party web sites. Normally, when you add rich snippets to your web site, Google will list those rich snippets only on the page that has the markup on it. Here, Google is listing third-party web sites ri [...]

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