Google is testing a brand new show and person interface for discussion board content material inside its search outcomes. “We’re testing a brand new show for discussion board content material when it seems in search outcomes, permitting folks to shortly view prime feedback and associated discussions to assist them discover helpful info and dig deeper,” a Google spokesperson informed us.
What is that this new show. The brand new show will spotlight the “prime feedback” on a particular dialogue discussion board thread after which additionally spotlight associated discussions on that subject.
Google informed us that searchers usually need to be taught from others’ experiences with a subject, and due to that, Google is making an attempt new methods to focus on these experiences in Google Search. That is along with the “Discussions and Forums” characteristic and the Forums filter, beforehand named views.
Google has proven “top answers” for years, a decade truly, however this new UI reveals extra to the searcher. Google informed us additionally that in some circumstances, Google has agreements from a discussion board to indicate these further particulars. I assume that is concerning the Reddit partnership. However Google added that it surfaces content material from lots of of boards and different communities throughout the net.
What it seems like. Here’s a mock up of the interface {that a} Google consultant despatched me, displaying the “prime feedback” part” and in addition the “associated content material” part – you possibly can click on to enlarge the picture:
No affect on rankings. Google mentioned this search characteristic has no affect on rankings. Once more, it doesn’t have an effect on how discussion board pages rank in Google Seek for a given question. That is only a new means for folks to entry this content material, and it seems on searches the place discussion board content material would have already surfaced in outcomes.
Why we care. Like Google doesn’t present sufficient discussion board content material, i.e. Reddit, within the search outcomes, Google is now testing displaying this content material with new options. Google will present the highest feedback and associated feedback for these discussion board outcomes.
We’ve seen Google testing various flavors of this earlier than, however this one appears totally different.
It’s unclear when and if it will totally roll out however Google is testing it now to see the way it performs.
