Daily Search Forum Recap: May 23, 2023

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

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Google Rich Results Test Tool Gains Brings Back Code Button

Google has added back the edit code button to the Rich Results Test tool. Ryan Levering from Google posted this news on Mastodon saying, "Excited for this new button in Rich Results Test that makes it easier to test fixes to live code."

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Bing Search Tests Blue Highlighted Text In AI Chat Answers Within Search

Microsoft Bing is testing highlighting portions of the AI chat answer in blue, the one embedded in the Bing Search results. Bing Search started to test embedding its Bing Chat AI answers into the Bing search results two months ago and now Bing is testing highlighting part of the answer in blue.

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Google Featured Snippets Puts Vertical Lines Between Answer & Images

Google now shows vertical lines between the featured snippet text and the featured snippet images. This is on the full-width featured snippet, which has a horizontal line below the featured snippet, separating it from the main search results. Now Google added this vertical line.

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Google Tests Services Button First In Local & Map Search Results

Google seems to be testing displaying the "services" button as the first action button in the local and maps search result listings. Usually, the first action buttons would be the call button, the directions, or even the website buttons. But Google is testing showing the "services" button first.

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Impressive Google Nederland Lobby Wall Sign

Impressive Google Nederland Lobby Wall Sign

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