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Google has added the “add note” search labs notes feature to the URL bar and in SGE while browsing. This makes it way more visible to add a note to a document than before, by placing the add note button directly on the web page you are reading, and not just in the search result snippets.
Glenn Gabe spotted this the other day and posted about it on X, he spotted Google adding an “add note” button to the SGE while browsing screen. Glenn wrote, “Many have wondered who would actually add a note BEFORE reading an article? Well, now we all have a Google commenting system on our sites. As of yesterday, I’m seeing “Add note” show up in ‘SGE while browsing’ (in ‘Related insights’ that shows up when you access ‘SGE while browsing’). It’s front and center too. This could start to yield many more Notes, and makes much more sense than just having it accessible in the SERPs.”
But when I looked, I saw the “add notes” button even more in your face, directly in the search bar while using the Google Search app on iOS, while signed in:
It also showed up in the SGE while browsing slide-up window:
Here are more details from Glenn:
Also, interesting to NOT see the Notes option show up in ‘SGE while browsing’ for sites blocking Google-Extended. That does NOT stop SGE from using the content, only Bard (and other AI systems). SGE is a search feature so you can’t block it via Google-Extended. But checking… pic.twitter.com/7LPb4Ya1kd
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) January 28, 2024