Barry SchwartzJun 28, 2024

Menu items and how busy you are during popular times newly discovered Google local ranking factors according to @ClaudiaTomina https://www.seroundtable.com/menu-items-popular-times-are-google-local-signal-37642.html

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Report: Menu Items & Popular Times Are Google Local Ranking Signal

There is a new report out that says menu items and how busy you are during Google Maps popular times are both ranking factors and signals for Google's local ranking system. Claudia Tomina posted the

Search Engine Roundtable
Barry SchwartzMay 16, 2024
Local SEOs buzzing about service areas possibly being a new Google local ranking factor https://www.seroundtable.com/new-google-local-ranking-factor-service-areas-37398.html via @darrenshaw
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New Google Local Ranking Factor: Service Areas

A bunch of local SEOs are buzzing about a possible new local SEO Google ranking factor and are looking to confirm it. Darren Shaw posted on X that while setting the service area historically had no influence on your Google local rankings, that may now have changed.

Search Engine Roundtable
Barry SchwartzJan 29, 2024

New report from Sterling Sky says custom services in Google Business Profiles does have an impact on local rankings, but not as much as the pre-defined services https://www.seroundtable.com/custom-google-business-profile-services-impact-rankings-36794.html

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Report: Custom Google Business Profile Services Impact Rankings Too

A new report says that custom Google Business Profile services also impact rankings, maybe to a lesser degree than normal services. This report was from the folks at Sterling Sky who shared some limit

Search Engine Roundtable
Barry SchwartzDec 18, 2023

Google confirmed the local search ranking algorithm changed to make "openness", if a place is open or closed, as a stronger signal for non-navigational queries https://www.seroundtable.com/google-confirms-local-search-algorithm-open-signal-36565.html

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