Google seems to be testing its AI-organized search results pages for local search queries. We saw Google testing this for shopping-related queries after Google announced at I/O that it would roll out AI-organized search results in the coming months.
Mike Blumenthal spotted this test and posted a video of it in action on X - he said, "We have yet to see Google's ai play out that much in the local sphere. Search yesterday: "restaurants Olean” resulted in this fascinating Google Local AI overview experiment - multiple (and I mean multiple) horizontal place results & very few non local results in the mix."
Here is a GIF of this in action:
Here are some videos he posted of this:
Here is another, richer example of the AI experience with autostart shorts and interactive neighborhood views as well as Buffalo specialties like sponge candy pic.twitter.com/lChKn3YXNW
— Mike Blumenthal (@mblumenthal) July 12, 2024
Back in 2007, Google tested organized/grouped results. They also tested it twice in 2020.
Forum discussion at X.
