Google Renames “Updates” To “Realtime” On Left Bar
Google has renamed one of the items on the left hand bar of the search results. The left bar was launched in May 2010 when Google completely revamped their search interface. The bar contains relevant search filters for your query. Some times it had a filter named “Updates,” when used, it would show you search […]
Barry Schwartz on December 3, 2010 at 11:37 am | Reading time: 1 minute
Google has renamed one of the items on the left hand bar of the search results. The left bar was launched in May 2010 when Google completely revamped their search interface.
The bar contains relevant search filters for your query. Some times it had a filter named “Updates,” when used, it would show you search results discovered in Google’s real time search index. That button has now been renamed to “Realtime”.
Here are before and after pictures:
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After:
Hat tip to Tim Cohn for spotting this and letting us know.
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Barry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics.
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In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the "US Search Personality Of The Year," you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O'Clock.
Barry can be followed on X here and you can learn more about Barry Schwartz over here or on his personal site.