Google seems to be testing a grid-like format for local results in the mobile web search results. We see these grid formats primarily for product and shopping search results, but I don’t think I’ve seen this for local search listings. This was spotted by Brandon on Twitter who posted a video cast of this in […]
This week in search, we covered the new April 2023 reviews update that goes beyond just product reviews. We also covered the possible impact the Google March 2023 broad core update had on local search. Google’s John Mueller said they don’t launch algorithm updates and say they got everything wrong. Google released its web spam […]
Google has let you book reservations within the local pack and via Google Assistant for a while now. But what may be new is that Google may show you if you have already booked reservations in the local pack, if you booked those reservations using the Reserve with Google feature. Krystal Taing spotted this the […]
Google is testing new placements for the request a quote feature in the local search results. I’m not sure how new this is, but Joy Hawkins, a local SEO expert, said it was new, and I trust her. She said on Twitter that she is “seeing a new placement for the request a quote feature […]
I don’t know if this is new (sorry Mordy) but Google is showing this blended local finder result set that seems to bridge two or more different but similar queries in the same set of results and then Google shows a line of text on what the local results are matching on. In the screenshot […]
Google is testing displaying a business profile listing in an overlay interface within the web search results instead of taking you into the Google Maps interface. So when you click on a business listing in the local pack, instead of taking it into Google Maps to view more details on that business, Google is testing […]
By now, most marketers and business owners should have an understanding of just how vital SEO and Google Rankings are to the success of a business. Each year, Whitespark, a leading provider of local search marketing services, releases a comprehensive report examining the latest findings on local SEO and the most important ranking factors. The […]
The folks over at Whitespark has published there 2023 local ranking factors study, where they asked dozens of local SEO experts to rank what they think are the most important ranking signals for local pack and organic local search rankings. Of course, most SEOs know by now that these ranking studies are controversial, but I […]
Google may be testing a new search result snippet that blends a typical search result snippet with a local snippet result. This one has the favicon, sitename, URL, title and image but it removed the description portion and replaced it with local features, like map, directions, call and hours. This was spotted by Manish Chauhan […]
Google now lets some reviewers leave reviews specifically recommending dishes from that restaurant. Customers can manually add the foods and dishes they recommend at that restaurant. This was spotted by Claudia Tomina on Twitter the other day, she shared this screenshot (which I cropped a bit): This looks similar to the sub reviews feature we […]