Google Search results now showing ‘Actively discussed on Google+’ on some links


Google continues to push Google Plus through their search result page.

We already have multiple level of integrations. Google Plus content appears in the right column for certain keywords. Author integration also links to Google Plus.

Google is now showing a new option named “Actively discussed on Google+” below links that are popular on Google+.

Clicking on this new option loads a recent comment posted by a Google+ member right on the search result page. User also get the option to open that post in Google Plus.

Google Search results now showing 'Actively discussed on Google+' on some links

The concept behind this feature is useful. You get to instantly see an opinion about that link on the search result page from Google+. But it is already appearing on multiple results for popular queries which sort of clutters the search result page.