Daily Search Forum Recap: October 6, 2021

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...

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Google Tests Five Results In The Local Pack - A 5 Pack

Google is possibly testing the local pack in a five pack form, with five local results. The local results box is known as the three pack because it has shown 3 results since 2015 but we've seen Google recently test this five pack, also a two pack and a ten pack - all recently.

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Google Hints It Will Penalize Interlinked Link Schemes?

Google's John Mueller posted a cryptic tweets this morning with a dark photo with the date, October 6, 2021 imprinted on an object. John's tweet says "A system of sites interlinked." To me, this says Google has claimed interlinked sites as a link strategy as dead as of October 6th - but John did not say much more.

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Google Tests Search Refinements In Autocomplete

Google is testing placing those search refinement bubbles directly in the Google suggest autocomplete. Shalom Goodman spotted this and posted a screenshot on Twitter showing this in action.

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Sustainability With Google Initiative: Eco-Friendly Map Routes, Flights With Carbon Emissions & More

This morning, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, announced a slew of initiatives that Google is taking to make their efforts more sustainable and eco-friendly. This includes new features in Google Flight Search, Google Maps and also across Nest, their offices, server farms and more.

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