Google makes it easier to delete your contact information from Search results

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Google is launching a new feature to help you find and delete your contact information from its Search results. The company will now alert you when it detects your address, phone number, or email on the web. It will then let you review and request to remove that information from Search.

You can access this feature from Google’s “results about you” dashboard on mobile and web, which it introduced last September. With the update, you can enter your personal information, and the dashboard will automatically show you websites with matches. It allows you to check each webpage it appears on and then ask to remove it. This move is a significant improvement, as Google used to require you to look for your personal information yourself and then manually ask for its removal.

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Google's Perspectives feature lets you see content from real people

Google is launching a new search feature that will let you explore different perspectives from real people on various topics. Perspectives will be available as a tab on Friday, the company announced on Twitter. When you tap the Perspectives tab, you will see different content from discussion boards, Q&A sites, and social media platforms, such as videos, images and written posts. Google said in a blog post that this feature is designed to help you find "information from people on forums and social media sites," allowing you to benefit from the experiences of others.

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Google brings continuous scrolling for search results on desktop

The rollout is still limited to the US, but Google has begun bringing "continuous scrolling" for search results on the desktop. If you use Google on your smartphone, you're familiar with how this looks like. You no longer need to click Next when you reach the bottom of the page or see the page numbers at the bottom of your search results. According to Google, it will automatically show up to six pages of results before you need to click a "More results" button. It's available for English results in the US right now, but we expect it to roll out in more regions soon.

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Google labels ads in mobile search results as 'Sponsored'

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Google is changing how paid search results show up on mobile. These will now carry a larger "Sponsored" tag instead of a simple "Ad" tag. The website name is listed at the top of each search result too. The "size and shape" of each site's favicons are also getting updated, so they're easier to see. Google plans to test a "similar experience" on the desktop "soon."

The change is implemented because Google wanted to ensure "ads are clearly labeled" with a tag that's "prominent and clear across different types of paid content." While the more prominent position of site names and favicons should make it easier to "identify the website that's associated with each result at a glance."

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