{"id":16751,"date":"2014-06-19T16:55:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T20:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=16751"},"modified":"2014-06-20T07:45:14","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T11:45:14","slug":"google-carousel-now-appearing-on-results-for-people-also-searched-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/19\/google-carousel-now-appearing-on-results-for-people-also-searched-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Carousel Now Appearing on Results for “People Also Searched For”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kerry Fager<\/a> pointed out a recent post by Alex Cordes where he noted that the Local Carousel was showing for searches on professionals<\/a> when you clicked through to the “People Also Searched For” results at the bottom of any given Knowledge Panel. It appears that this expanded display of the carousel is happening on almost all general queries that return a 7 pack when you click through to competitor results. I guess Google really does want to make sure that folks also search for some other business\u00a0and when\u00a0\u00a0they do, the results sure get dressed up.<\/p>\n

This points out the need for every business to be sure that their listings look the best they can possibly look with\u00a0the critical element being\u00a0the profile photo that shows in their knowledge panel, at the bottom of competitors knowledge panel and now (apparently) in the carousel.<\/p>\n

The carousel is tough because it crops the bottom of profile image off in such weird ways it is often tough to get one image that works in all situations. Greg Gifford provides a good tutorial<\/a> on how Google crops profile photos for the carousel.\u00a0Given the broad exposure of the Profile photo in the main search results, it is should become a critical engagement point for most businesses and it should be tested as to how well it displays in the full range of Google’s presentation.<\/p>\n

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Click on any of the “People also search for” results to be presented a carousel of competitors<\/p>\n

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Whether this is a test or a rollout is unclear but it was on all results that I looked at across browsers with one exception noted below. Thus it appears to be a roll out as I saw it on results for jewelers, car dealers, dentists and many others.<\/p>\n

It seems\u00a0that if you following a given business and select them from the “People also search for”\u00a0results you are shown their Plus profile and recent post NOT competitors listings.<\/p>\n

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Kerry Fager pointed out a recent post by Alex Cordes where he noted that the Local Carousel was showing for searches on professionals when you clicked through to the “People Also Searched For” results at the bottom of any given Knowledge Panel. It appears that this expanded display of the carousel is happening on almost …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-plus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t