Google Tests Map Toggle Expansion Button In Local Pack

Oct 25, 2016 - 7:45 am 0 by
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Here is a small but interesting change Google is testing for the local pack map in the search results. Sergey Alakov posted a screen shot of it on Twitter showing a small toggle button in the map image that lets you expand the map fully.

Here is that screen shot:

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I personally don't believe I ever saw this and I am not able to replicate this myself but it is a nice little feature that I think might stick and be used by searchers.

What do you think?

Forum discussion at Twitter.

This post was scheduled to go live today but was written earlier - I am currently offline today.

 

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