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Google adds air quality data in search results
Traveling to a new city and want to know if you should breathe the air? Google can now tell you the main pollutant...
Google search results page displays answer without any search results
Who needs the ten blue links when you have the answer? Google is hiding the organic listings from some search...
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...
Multifaceted featured snippets begin rolling out in Google search results
Google updates the search results features with an expanded featured snippet targeting broad, nuanced...
Google publishes comprehensive guide to featured snippets
Learn more about how Google’s featured work, the variations and some of the challenges Google faces with these...
SEO trends and Google changes to expect in 2018
Columnist Pratik Dholakiya explores current search trends and speculates on where the industry might be headed in...
Google’s latest search updates brings more content to Featured Snippets & Knowledge Panel info
“Search is not just about answering your questions -- it’s also about discovery,” writes Google product manager Michael Galvez....
Is the featured snippet bubble bursting?
What's going on with featured snippets? Columnists Brian Patterson and Chris Long share data which suggests that Google may be testing a...
Voice search: Content may be king, but context is queen in the new voice-first world
Yext VP of Industry Insights Duane Forrester discusses his new e-book, "How Voice Search Changes Everything," and what marketers can do to adapt...
How machine learning levels the SERP playing field
Contributor Kristopher Jones explains how SEOs should be changing their practices to keep up with trends in the way Google evaluates web pages....
Targeting featured snippet and ‘People also ask’ SERP features
Wondering how to obtain the elusive "position zero" in Google search results? Columnist Marcus Miller discusses how to target answer boxes and...
Inside the new Google Search Console at SMX East
Attend the AMA With Google Search session at SMX East to learn more about the new improvements to the Google Search...
Featured snippets: How much do you really know about them? [QUIZ]
Think you're an expert on featured snippets? Then put your money where your mouth is and take this quiz, created by columnist Stephan...
What I learned from the Danny Sullivan/Gary Illyes keynote at SMX Advanced
Columnist Eric Enge breaks down the "AMA With Google Search" session at SMX Advanced, where Search Engine Land founding editor Danny Sullivan...
Featured snippets: Optimization tips & how to ID candidate snippets
Contributor Brian Ussery breaks down featured snippets, explaining his observations and offering tips for pursuing the coveted "position...
Google won’t add featured snippets analytics in Search Console
Don't bank on Google sharing any data on how your website is being used in the featured...
Yet another study shows featured snippets lead to significant drops in organic clicks
With Google showing more and more featured snippets, more studies are coming out showing how they impact the core web...
How to rank for ‘position 0’ in 3 simple steps: A featured snippets primer
What is a featured snippet, and how can you position your content to rank for one? Columnist Stephan Spencer explains this search feature and...
Another study shows how featured snippets steal significant traffic from the top organic result
When a featured snippet is present, CTR for the first organic result falls below 20...
Are you a featured snippet? If so, Google’s testing dropping your web listing
Google has confirmed they are testing removing the featured snippet from the main core web...