Google launches “about this result” menu item to its search results to give users more information about the sites they are about to visit
Google regularly tweaks its search results pages and tries out new designs. It's not that often, though, that it adds new features to those results …
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Discussion
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@raju
Raju Narisetti
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Good to see @Google offer few more details about how search works for all of us, and ever better to see how much @Wikipedia contributes to contextual accuracy https://blog.google/... cc @Wikimedia
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@searchliaison
@searchliaison
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Google Search is now rolling out a special icon that provides more information about the source of a result, if your connection to it will be secure, and more. This is a beta feature for now, offered in English in the US. https://blog.google/... https://twitter.com/...
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@mantzarlis
Alexios
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a small step forward for a more contextual web: https://blog.google/...