In part one with Dave DiGregorio we spoke about his journey from working in sports memorabilia to getting into SEO. Then in part two, we talk about some local pack reductions, diversifying your local SEO efforts, the services feature, and the amazing SEO community. Several months ago we saw some local packs shrink or disappear […]
Google is testing a new local pack design that shows reviews, menu details and more in these card design. It is not too far off from the original local pack design in Google Search, outside of these cards under the main action buttons. Here is a screenshot of this from Shameem Adhikarath who posted this […]
Since April, Google has been testing a local pack in the search results that auto-expands the map section when you hover your mouse cursor over it. This now seems to be live or rolling out fully. I can replicate it myself and so can Mike Blumenthal, Robert Spinrad and others I asked privately. Here is […]
Google can now show six top stories in a uniform gird format in the top of the desktop Google Search results. We normally see four top stories but if we see more, it is not normally in a uniform grid format. I am not sure if this is new but Shalom Goodman thinks it is […]
Google seems to be showing fewer and fewer local packs for various queries in the Google Search results interface. For the past few days or so, local SEOs have been noticing this trend and it is concerning them and their clients. Joy Hawkins posted about this in the Local Search Forums saying, “I’ve been tracking […]
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 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 […]
For the past few months or so, I’ve been tracking reports that suggest that Google Search Console is not properly tracking clicks and impressions from the local pack. This first came up in September and after numerous requests from SEOs, I have not seen a serious reply from Google on the matter, not yet at […]
There are some signs that Google web search results are displaying the local pack, the local search results box, less often and for fewer queries. The most shocking state is from Mozcast which says it use to show around 40% of queries but now it is showing for 24% of queries. Here is the Mozcast […]
Google Search’s local pack has for a long time let you filter the local results by hours of operations. But I am not sure when Google added by the day of the week. I’m not sure if this is new but I don’t think I’ve seen it before. Shameem Adhikarath spotted this and posted about […]