Google tests showing answers under ‘people also ask’ feature
Google shows answers to the questions you didn't even think you were asking with this new Google search results test.
Barry Schwartz on March 9, 2018 at 9:30 am | Reading time: 1 minute
Google is now testing a new feature within the “people also ask” search results box.
Instead of just showing additional questions people might ask around a query you entered into the search results, Google is now testing showing a snippet of the answer directly below the question.
Sergey Alakov noticed it and posted this screen shot of it:
This is what you normally see — the questions without the answers:
I personally cannot replicate this, but I am not surprised Google is testing it.
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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.
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.
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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.