{"id":1614,"date":"2016-04-01T16:32:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T16:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agencyplatform.com\/blog\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2019-08-30T08:24:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T08:24:08","slug":"googles-amp-news-carousel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agencyplatform.com\/blog\/googles-amp-news-carousel\/","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s AMP News Carousel Goes Live in 12 Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agencyplatform.com\/blog\/google-to-officially-launch-amp-mobile-content-in-serps-on-feb-24-2016\/\">February 24, 2016<\/a> when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agencyplatform.com\/blog\/googles-much-awaited-amp-project-goes-live-for-specific-mobile-searches\/\">Google&#8217;s much awaited AMP project went live<\/a> for specific mobile searches. Post that, businesses, especially those without a mobile-friendly presence were a bit concerned whether Google was going to make it a major ranking factor to get ahead in searches.<\/p>\n<p>Google then surprised advertisers by rolling out AMP enabled Google Search Analytics reports which led to some doubts in their minds about the possibility of it becoming a ranking factor.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly speaking, it does make some sense, since Google started showing the AMP content in mobile SERPs on an experimental basis in only a few selected regions. As of now, Google&#8217;s streamlining the AMP-based news carousel in 12 countries. Elena L from Google lists these countries in the <a href=\"https:\/\/productforums.google.com\/forum\/#!msg\/webmasters\/gECaJ0KGxgQ\/c3NhRn41CQAJ\" rel=\"nofollow\">webmasters forum<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brazil<\/li>\n<li>Spain<\/li>\n<li>Germany<\/li>\n<li>France<\/li>\n<li>India<\/li>\n<li>Italy<\/li>\n<li>Indonesia<\/li>\n<li>Mexico<\/li>\n<li>Russia<\/li>\n<li>Japan<\/li>\n<li>United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>United States<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hence, businesses need not worry as there&#8217;s no official word from Google about expanding the AMP news carousel support on a global basis. If you need more information about Google&#8217;s AMP project, you can learn more <a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/library\/google\/google-amp-project\" rel=\"nofollow\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or you can email us at <a href=\"mailto:sales@agencyplatform.com\">sales@agencyplatform.com<\/a> for professional help.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was February 24, 2016 when Google&#8217;s much awaited AMP project went live for specific mobile searches. Post that, businesses, especially those without a mobile-friendly presence were a bit concerned whether Google was going to make it a major ranking factor to get ahead in searches. 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