{"id":17257,"date":"2014-10-14T13:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T17:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=17257"},"modified":"2014-10-14T13:00:27","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T17:00:27","slug":"pack-tests-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/14\/pack-tests-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Pack Tests Continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a slight variation on the Pack results that Google has <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/08\/pack-and-carousel-tests-continue\/\">been testing.<\/a> It was visible yesterday on IE (which I don&#8217;t have on my machine so I can replicate).<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;more&#8221; links take the searcher to a brand search rather than a knowledge panel. 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