Google Profiles in UK Search Results
Today I noticed the new Google Profiles section inserted into the UK search results (see screenshot below).
When the new plans for Google Profiles were announced last month, it was mentioned that they would insert up to four matching results in a Profiles section at the foot of the first page of the SERPs (for a search on a name). The roll out was due to start in the U.S., but with no announced timetable for the rest of the world.
Well, it seems the UK is ready. I noticed my face staring out at me from the screen over breakfast this morning. Now at mid-morning, it had disappeared – that is until I login into my Google Account via Gmail. Now I’m there looking out at me again. So it seems the Google Profiles are being tested through account holders in the UK, before a likely launch in all results.
It will be interesting to see how the use of Google Profiles develops, not just here in the UK but generally as a global product offering from Google.
There is still time to go grab your own Google Profile vanity URL – get it before it’s gone!
