Google has added the “add notice” search labs notes characteristic to the URL bar and in SGE while browsing. This makes it far more seen so as to add a notice to a doc than earlier than, by inserting the add notice button immediately on the internet web page you’re studying, and never simply within the search outcome snippets.
Glenn Gabe noticed this the opposite day and posted about it on X, he noticed Google including an “add notice” button to the SGE whereas searching display. Glenn wrote, “Many have questioned who would truly add a notice BEFORE studying an article? Effectively, now all of us have a Google commenting system on our websites. As of yesterday, I am seeing “Add notice” present up in ‘SGE whereas searching’ (in ‘Associated insights’ that exhibits up while you entry ‘SGE whereas searching’). It is entrance and middle too. This might begin to yield many extra Notes, and makes rather more sense than simply having it accessible within the SERPs.”
However after I seemed, I noticed the “add notes” button much more in your face, immediately within the search bar whereas utilizing the Google Search app on iOS, whereas signed in:
It additionally confirmed up within the SGE whereas searching slide-up window:
Listed below are extra particulars from Glenn:
Additionally, attention-grabbing to NOT see the Notes possibility present up in ‘SGE whereas searching’ for websites blocking Google-Prolonged. That does NOT cease SGE from utilizing the content material, solely Bard (and different AI programs). SGE is a search characteristic so you possibly can’t block it by way of Google-Prolonged. However checking… pic.twitter.com/7LPb4Ya1kd
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) January 28, 2024
And this can be a good response 🙂
LOL, yeah, needs to be attention-grabbing to see how this modifications issues… I’ve all the time mentioned it was silly to have Notes within the SERPs and Uncover solely… Who’s including a Observe earlier than studying?? After which you would need to observe the article down once more so as to add a Observe after studying. This makes… pic.twitter.com/XsEOCRZqVl
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) January 28, 2024
The extra publicity this characteristic must survive:
Yet another notice about this, pun meant. This transformation will even expose *present* notes to many extra folks. Once you go to a web page that has notes already and you utilize ‘SGE whereas searching’, the “Add notice” button is there, but additionally the present notes for the web page. See beneath. Once more, this… pic.twitter.com/02DMH0RTOn
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) January 28, 2024
Some are additionally seeing it on the high of the search outcomes web page, however I’m not certain if that’s new, it needs to be on a snippet/URL by URL foundation:
I see within the search outcomes web page too pic.twitter.com/jlOlez1pJl
— Shameem Adhikarath (@shemiadhikarath) January 28, 2024
I suppose Google is working laborious to get folks to make use of the Notes characteristic in Search and Uncover by inserting the “add notes” button in additional locations.
I ought to notice, that the “Add notice” button exhibits up within the Google Search app for iOS and never but for Android. At the least based mostly on the restricted assessments I’ve carried out.
Yep, appears that is even larger than I believed. Within the Google Search App on iOS, the “Add notice” button is within the url bar. Holy cow, many individuals will now be uncovered to Notes. So on Android, it is in ‘SGE whereas searching’, however on iOS it is within the freaking url bar. Wow. 🙂 https://t.co/iMp9XAEvlc
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) January 28, 2024
Discussion board dialogue at X.