The Google Map Pack takes up prime real estate in the Google local search results. This is an important placement for businesses, as the #1 spot gets the highest click-through rate of all listings.

Google’s Local Guides program is an open-source project that allows contributors, officially called “Local Guides,” to upload photos, answers, reviews, edits and other content to Google Maps ...

Google reduces support for local news publishers in California. However, the sunny forecast for California’s news fund has hit a snag. Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to trim the state’s ...

Local search ads are becoming a bigger part of the local SEO landscape and search results. You can see them pop up at the top of the page. They show up in the Google Maps app and mobile now.

Google Local enables users to find relevant local information with neighborhood business listings, maps, directions, and useful web pages from a combination of traditional business listings with ...

Justifications are snippets of text that Google shows in the local pack to help users “justify” why the business is showing up for their search query.

Sometimes Google makes mistakes. The local rankings have been much more stable over the past couple of weeks since Google fixed this particular bug. Why we care.

How Google is hurting local news. Our audit reveals that Google News sends readers — and advertising dollars — away from local news outlets. December 22, 2020. The Google company logo.

Google, local leaders say huge downtown San Jose village will be built Top exec with Google owner Alphabet helps to kick off tech titan’s Creekside Socials ahead of vast development.