Google is formally transferring the Local Pack outcomes up and map to the appropriate

To many months of testing, Google did Confirmed it moves the local pack results up and the map to the right of those local results in the desktop search. Google said the search company “expects this to be widely available in the coming weeks”.

In the past few days a lot of people have asked me if this is new and the answer is no, Google has been testing it for a while. But I also saw it myself as I posted on twitter So I asked Google if it was rolling out now and Google confirmed it.

Google said, “We’re constantly looking for ways to connect people to the helpful information they’re looking for. We’re currently rolling out an update to the desktop search interface so people can search for nearby places or businesses, such as” Parks in the. ” Proximity “. Me ‘or’ restaurants near me ‘, they can easily see local results on the left and a map on the right. We anticipate this will be widely available in the coming weeks.”

Here is the new layout (click to enlarge):

Here is the old layout (click to enlarge):

I wonder if this new design has anything to do with it Local SEOs see more or less traffic via local search?

Forum discussion at Twitter.