SEARCHENGINES
Google Maps Interface With Question & Answers

The questions and answers section is often found for local listings local knowledge panel listing on both desktop and mobile but now it is also showing up in the Google Maps interface.
Allie Margeson’s team spotted this now in the Google Maps interface and posted a screenshot on Twitter – here is that screenshot:
Here is a bit more on this:
For a business without any Q&A, there’s a prompt to ask a question and the statement “Questions are often answered by the community within 20 minutes.” Where do you think this estimate comes from? (2/2) pic.twitter.com/la8awfDiBY
— Allie Margeson (@SeoAllie) February 17, 2022
Again, Q&A in local is not new in Google Search, but I think it is new in the Google Maps interface.
Not everyone can see it yet, so maybe it is rolling out?
I can see it. pic.twitter.com/09wp09GVoG
— Damian Rollison (@damianrollison) February 17, 2022
Q&A in local is fun, but it is something every business should make sure to look at for their local listings.
Forum discussion at Twitter.
SEARCHENGINES
Google Shopping Ads Retail Brand Slider

Google seems to be testing a new feature for shopping ads, where as you slide through the shopping ads carousel, it shows you which stores retail brands are being displayed. I cannot currently replicate this but it does help you see which merchants are being featured in this shopping ads carousel.
Here is a GIF I made from a video shared from Khushal Bherwani on Twitter of this in action:
He shared a lot more examples on Twitter:
🧵 it could be new.
Because here is the normal version of shopping ad for same query without any seperator and filters by brand name. pic.twitter.com/LjD57zRMe4
— Khushal Bherwani (@b4k_khushal) June 24, 2022
Here are more examples:
I just had a random Google search, and noticed these ads in Google SERP with Brand filter.
NB: DuckDuckGo is a search engine, not a rain coat brand. (As I mentioned just had a random search)@rustybrick pic.twitter.com/BMUEl6nn26— Shameem Adhikarath (@shemiadhikarath) May 21, 2022
It is subtle, I am not sure that I dislike it or not.
Forum discussion at Twitter.
Source: www.seroundtable.com
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