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.

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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:

Google People Also Ask Answers

This is what you normally see — the questions without the answers:

Google People Also Ask Normal

I personally cannot replicate this, but I am not surprised Google is testing it.


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Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is 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. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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