A temporary Search experiment for hotel results in Germany, Belgium and Estonia

On Monday, November 25th, we will begin a test affecting hotel results in Germany, Belgium and Estonia. During the test we will remove some hotel features which include the map, hotel results underneath the map, property info and other data for hotels.

Links to individual websites - including hotel and vacation rental websites and comparison sites - will be shown instead.

The test will apply to users located in these three countries. For example, it will apply to a user located in Germany who is searching for hotels within Germany, e.g. [hotels in Berlin], as well as outside Germany, e.g. [hotels in Bangkok].  If  any user located outside of Germany, Belgium or Estonia searches for [hotels in Berlin] the test will not apply. The test will also not apply if a user searches for an individual hotel.

More details about the purpose of the test can be found in our blog post.

It is a short, temporary test. Once it ends, results will show up as they did before. Websites do not need to take any action.

Posted by: Gary Illyes, Google Zurich