First spotted by Cyrus Shepard, and later confirmed by Google, a new content module is being tested in SERPs. It is currently called “Sources”.
Quote:
Last night Google showed something I've never seen before - a "Sources" SERP. Not sure if this is a test, or fully rolled out. See the screenshot below if you haven't seen it yet. These only seem to appear for certain queries. It looks like an attempt at filling in the empty space on the right hand side of the screen when no ads appear.
The "sources" contain background information about the query, such as definitions, company information, recent news, etc. When I queried Twitter, it returned a Wikipedia entry, info on the CEO, headquarter location, what language the application is written in (Ruby) and so forth.
- 7th Nov, 2011, G+ post
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Google is silent on how many users are seeing the experiment or when it might roll out more widely.
Google Testing “Sources”
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