{"id":19163,"date":"2016-03-17T10:52:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T14:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=19163"},"modified":"2016-03-18T09:37:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T13:37:01","slug":"google-expands-people-also-search-for-on-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/17\/google-expands-people-also-search-for-on-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Expands &#8220;People Also Search For&#8221; on Mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I noted that&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/09\/google-updates-mobile-branded-search-with-people-also-search-for-option\/\">Google updated&nbsp;its mobile branded search results <\/a>with the addition of the &#8220;People Also Search For&#8221; option showing in the search results as opposed to being buried in a Knowledge Panel. It appears that the update has also expanded the concept by adding additional nuance and detail to those suggested alternative&nbsp;results.<\/p>\n<p>Now, on a local brand search, if a given listing is strong in multiple search categories&nbsp;and if there is&nbsp;adequate listing inventory&nbsp;for these categories, Google is expanding beyond the &#8220;People also Search For&#8221; with multiple local carousels.<\/p>\n<p>In this mobile result example we see that Google provides 3 carousels instead of &#8220;People also search for&#8221; by showing results for additional Plastic surgeons (the original search) as well as Medical spas and similar Nearby places.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19164\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ezgif.com-crop.gif\" alt=\"ezgif.com-crop\" width=\"297\" height=\"537\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I noted that&nbsp;Google updated&nbsp;its mobile branded search results with the addition of the &#8220;People Also Search For&#8221; option showing in the search results as opposed to being buried in a Knowledge Panel. 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