{"id":296,"date":"2016-03-17T22:39:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T22:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fixmyinfo.org\/?p=145"},"modified":"2016-03-17T22:39:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T22:39:40","slug":"google-posts-is-now-experimenting-with-business-cards-in-search-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fixmyinfo.com\/google-posts-is-now-experimenting-with-business-cards-in-search-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Posts is now experimenting with Business Cards in search results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Test feature allows local businesses to promote specific content, which can be shared directly from the &#8220;card carousel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Google is experimenting with new \u201cBusiness Cards\u201d in search results, as part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/library\/google\/google-posts\">Google Posts<\/a> system. Both\u00a0Business Cards and\u00a0Google Posts\u00a0are our\u00a0terms, not Google\u2019s, which has declined to name them. But they are\u00a0a reasonable description of a new card carousel test that features content from local businesses near the top of search results.<\/p>\n<p>This was first <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/04\/googles-newest-social-sharing-environment-google-posts\/\">spotted<\/a> by Mike Blumenthal, but I have confirmed with Google that this is a real test. Business Cards are built on the same display functionality as <a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-introduces-candidate-cards-for-presidential-election-season-241026\">Candidate Cards,<\/a> launched a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-experimenting-with-local-business-cards-in-search-results-243985\" target=\"_blank\">Read full article on Search Engine Land here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/figz\/wp-content\/seloads\/2016\/03\/google-search-new-logo1-ss-1920-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Test feature allows local businesses to promote specific content, which can be shared directly from the &#8220;card carousel.&#8221; Google is experimenting with new \u201cBusiness Cards\u201d in search results, as part of the Google Posts system. Both\u00a0Business Cards and\u00a0Google Posts\u00a0are our\u00a0terms, not Google\u2019s, which has declined to name them. 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