{"id":19948,"date":"2016-10-05T03:26:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T07:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=19948"},"modified":"2016-10-05T08:56:27","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T12:56:27","slug":"google-adds-sharing-link-to-knowledge-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/05\/google-adds-sharing-link-to-knowledge-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Adds Sharing Link to Local Knowledge Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have not seen this before. Not sure if a test or a release. Google is getting downright social in their old age.<\/p>\n<p>And in typical Googly fashion THEY decide which sharing I should be able to use rather than relying on the iPhone OS level options. Oops just seemed to have forgotten SMS\/iMessage. Big surprise there.<\/p>\n<p><del datetime=\"2016-10-05T12:50:19+00:00\">It seems that Google just can&#8217;t resist falling into this sort of passive aggressive monopolist mode. <\/del> It must be what is best for the user.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sharing-button.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19956 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sharing-button.gif\" alt=\"sharing-button\" width=\"750\" height=\"1334\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/img_2115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19946\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/img_2115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/img_2115.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/img_2115-112x200.jpg 112w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/img_2115-337x600.jpg 337w, https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/img_2115-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have not seen this before. 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