{"id":177942,"date":"2020-06-05T09:49:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T08:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=177942"},"modified":"2020-06-05T09:49:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T08:49:22","slug":"google-search-makes-it-easier-to-find-what-youre-looking-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=177942","title":{"rendered":"Google Search makes it easier to find what you&#039;re looking for"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\">\n<p>It&#8217;s happened to me a thousand times: I enter a query into Google Search, get exactly what I need right there in the search results, but when I click on the result to find out more, a webpage opens and the info I needed is&#8230; well, somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>I then have to find it a second time, typically by clicking Ctrl-F to bring up the &#8220;find in page&#8221; feature.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It seems those days are gone, though.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-launches-featured-snippet-to-web-page-content-highlight-feature-335511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Search Engine Land<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/6\/4\/21280115\/google-search-engine-yellow-highlight-featured-snippet-anchor-text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Verge<\/a>) has discovered that Google launched a new Search feature that highlights and scrolls down to text found in a featured snippet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Featured snippets are those little blurbs you get when searching for certain topics \u2014 you&#8217;ll recognize them by their gray border and (sometimes) a screenshot of the resulting webpage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<p><picture itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><source   type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><source   type=\"image\/jpeg\"><\/source><img alt=\"An example of a featured snippet in Google search results.\" class=\"\" data-fragment=\"m!3456\" data-image=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1331134%252Feefe8d00-097e-44fa-a128-e90db9e347f0.png%252Ffull-fit-in__1200x2000.png?signature=9mDz9FffIEyATEuL_2x3IBNSLEQ=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com\" data-micro=\"1\"   src_type=\"jpeg\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\">\n<p>An example of a featured snippet in Google search results.\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><div class=\"image-credit\">\n<p>Image:  google\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>And now, when you click through to that webpage, you&#8217;ll be sent to the exact part of the page the snippet was taken from, and you&#8217;ll see the text from the snippet highlighted yellow (see below).\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<p><picture itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><source   type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><source   type=\"image\/jpeg\"><\/source><img alt=\"The text from the snippet is now highlighted on the page from which the snippet was taken from.\" class=\"\" data-fragment=\"m!8d7b\" data-image=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1331136%252F4da5f54b-6352-4826-ada6-f362ede2bbf0.png%252Ffull-fit-in__1200x2000.png?signature=ATp-Kbso0EdiMymW1O4EkUHvjsY=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com\" data-micro=\"1\"   src_type=\"jpeg\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\">\n<p>The text from the snippet is now highlighted on the page from which the snippet was taken from.\n<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/figcaption><div class=\"image-credit\">\n<p>Image:  <a href=\"http:\/\/Whatis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-auto-link=\"true\" data-href=\"http:\/\/Whatis.com\">Whatis.com<\/span><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The interesting thing about this functionality is that it doesn&#8217;t require webmasters to do anything to enable it. Google shared some details on how it works in a couple of tweets on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There is no markup needed by webmasters. This happens automatically, using Scroll To Text for HTML pages <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cE9O2cBgKu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/cE9O2cBgKu<\/a>. See also more background here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vKFmR3HLK3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/vKFmR3HLK3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/searchliaison\/status\/1268240786845384704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 3, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The feature should work on both desktop and mobile, but it doesn&#8217;t work in all scenarios. I&#8217;ve tried it out in Chrome with no issues, but I couldn&#8217;t get the feature to work in Safari. Google <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/6229325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says<\/a> that if a browser doesn&#8217;t support the underlying technology needed for the feature to work, the user will be taken to the top of the web page.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-also\">\n<p class=\"see-also-link\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/10396\/googles-pixel-4a-may-have-been-delayed-yet-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google&#8217;s Pixel 4a may have been delayed yet again<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>SearchEngineLand says the feature has been in testing for a couple of years, so&#8230; better late than never, right?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/10548\/google-search-makes-it-easier-to-find-what-youre-looking-for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] It&#8217;s happened to me a thousand times: I enter a query into Google Search, get exactly what I need right there in the search results, but when I click on the result to find out more, a webpage opens and the info I needed is&#8230; well, somewhere. 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