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Google Shows “Highly Rated” in Hotel Listings in Search Results

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By Jennifer Slegg on May 01, 2017 06:37 am

Google has just raised the reviews bar for hotel listings.  Google is testing a new “highly rated” addition to some hotel listings in the search results, which adds the highly rated note along with a thumbs up symbol. Sergey Alakov spotted the highly rated test and shared these screenshots of it. The threshold for earning the […]

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Google Testing New Local Reviews Tab in Knowledge Panel

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By Jennifer Slegg on May 01, 2017 06:02 am

Google is testing a new format to showcase reviews in the local knowledge panel on mobile.  Instead of the usual format, Google is testing placing the reviews in its own tab instead. Here is what it looks like, courtesy of Sergey Alakov who spotted the test. Sergey Alakov also created an image showing a user […]

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