{"id":18413,"date":"2015-08-06T08:21:08","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T12:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=18413"},"modified":"2015-08-06T18:24:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T22:24:44","slug":"7-pack-becoming-3-pack-with-mobile-like-snak-pack-rollout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/06\/7-pack-becoming-3-pack-with-mobile-like-snak-pack-rollout\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Pack Becoming 3 Pack with Mobile Like Snak Pack Rollout?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I woke this morning to reports of the new mobile styled Snak Pak<\/a> being seen via Safari in the Netherlands and to it now being seen nationwide in my Firefox browser.<\/p>\n

Given its increasing visibility across the US and internationally, I would suggest that this is likely a rollout not a test. I have asked Google for a comment.<\/p>\n

I would also note that on the many searches where I am seeing it in Firefox, many previous 7-Packs are now showing as the 3 listing Snak Pak. I was unable to elicit a 7 Pack regardless of geography or search phrase.<\/p>\n

Obviously with the reduction of the 7-pack to only showing 3 listings, organic and adwords both will take on increasing importance.<\/p>\n

Tip: If you want to see the Local Finder for any given local search that is not yet returning the new Snak Pak add the operator “&tbm=lcl” to the end of the search.<\/p>\n

Eduard de Boer<\/a>, long time local specialist now with Whitespark noted their appearance in the Netherlands on a range of searches:<\/p>\n

\"20150806-tandarts-beuningen\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As a note, this test\/rollout would complete the total removal of Plus from local as not only do non verified pages not link the G+ page but verified listings with active pages show no link.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/p>\n

\"no-plus\"<\/a>
Note the TOTAL ABSENCE of any links to the Google Plus page!<\/figcaption><\/figure>More screen shots from around the country in varying categories showing the new Snak Pak:<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/a><\/p>\n

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