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Google Mobile Testing Search Results Snippet Descriptions

Barry Schwartz on August 5, 2014 at 9:54 am

Google is testing showing site and search results description snippets in the mobile search results interface. Google launched site description overlays in the desktop results earlier this year and now it appears to be coming to mobile results.

I personally cannot replicate it but @northeasternext shared several screen shots with me to show this in action.

Here is a search result in the mobile interface that shows a snippet of data on Yelp:

When you click on that box with dots in it, the information will expand to show you knowledge graph like data below:

I cannot replicate this on any browser on my iPhone, nor within the Google search app.

Image credit to ShutterStock for top graphic

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Barry Schwartz

Barry Schwartz is Search Engine Land's News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on SEM topics.