Google Search people also ask feature returns to normal

Posted On 27 Jul 2022
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This is a feature many search marketers use for keyword research, and searchers use it for query expansion.

What is people also ask. People also ask is a search feature in Google that shows other queries or questions people enter into Google Search. Those questions can be expanded to show more questions and answers to those questions.

Here is what it looks like:

The data. Here are charts from these data providers showing the 30-point drop and then return in the people also ask feature. It went from 60% saturation to 30% and then back to 60%.

RankRanger data:

Semrush data:

seoClarity data:

Why we care. Not only is the people also ask box a useful search refinement and expansion tool for searchers, but search marketers love it.

You can use the people also ask feature for content and keyword generation ideas. It can help you come up with new content that they can potentially rank for and show up in the featured snippets section of Google.

It seems like this reduction was not intentional and Google restored it, although, I personally did not see any reduction of people also ask boxes in my daily searches, at least anecdotally.

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