# Google Tests Verified Checkmarks to Help You Spot Real Websites! ✅

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/google-tests-verified-checkmarks-to-help-you-spot-real-websites/292818>\
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**Created:** [October 5, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-tests-verified-checkmarks-to-help-you-spot-real-websites/292818 "2024-10-05T18:52:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-tests-verified-checkmarks-to-help-you-spot-real-websites/292818/1 "2024-10-05T18:52:14Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **New Verification Feature**  
Google is testing a **verified checkmark** feature in search results to help users identify legitimate websites and avoid scams.

2. **Visible Checkmarks**  
Checkmarks have appeared next to official links for big companies like Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon, but this feature is not yet widely available.

3. **Hover for Details**  
When you hover over a checkmark, a message appears explaining that “Google’s signals suggest that this business is the business that it says it is,” based on various verification methods.

4. **Determining Authenticity**  
The verification is determined through website checks, Merchant Center data, and manual reviews to ensure trustworthiness.

5. **Limited Rollout**  
Currently, this experiment seems to be limited to certain accounts and isn’t fully rolled out to all users yet.

**Read more at:** [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/4/24261877/google-search-verified-checkmarks-experiment-feature)