Google Testing Cache/Similar Drop Down Links More

Apr 3, 2013 - 9:01 am 1 by
Filed Under Google

In February we reported this but it seems like the test Google is running to show "similar" and "cache" links in a drop down on the right side of the search snippet is starting to grow.

Here is a picture:

Google Testing Cache/Similar Drop Down Links

This picture was from a video of it in action by tecnonetblog.

A webmaster noticed it and posted about it at WebmasterWorld saying:

Today I noticed a little drop-down arrow in my Google results right next to the URL. The options on the URL are "cached", "share", and sometimes "similar." More interestingly, in the results where I see this test, instant previews have been removed for organic results and are only available to the PPC advertisers. Makes sense to Google I'm sure, why allow users to cover up the right side ppc ads with an instant preview? I don't like that they've left the instant preview option in place for PPC ads. That's just one more paid "feature" to reduce the impact of organic.

What do you think?

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

 

Popular Categories

The Pulse of the search community

Search Video Recaps

 
- YouTube
Video Details More Videos Subscribe to Videos

Most Recent Articles

Search Forum Recap

Daily Search Forum Recap: February 21, 2025

Feb 21, 2025 - 10:00 am
Search Video Recaps

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Volatility, In-Content Learning, Google AI With Ads, Local & More

Feb 21, 2025 - 8:01 am
Google Ads

Google Response Search Ads (RSAs) Second Headline In Sitelinks & More

Feb 21, 2025 - 7:51 am
Google

Google Hotel Results Tests Book With Official Site Box

Feb 21, 2025 - 7:41 am
Bing Search

Bing Copilot AI Answers Tabbed Carousel Card

Feb 21, 2025 - 7:31 am
Google Ads

Google Ads To Stop Placing Your Ads On Parked Domains By Default

Feb 21, 2025 - 7:21 am
Previous Story: Squidoo Now NoFollows Their Outbound Links