Google has updated its local ranking documentation and Tips to improve your local ranking on Google page. The new wording is shorter and has fewer details than the older version. A lot of the page was actually updated, so you can compare the old document here to the new document here.Here...
Microsoft is testing showing the "See more" button at the top of the Bing local pack, instead of the bottom of the local pack. I suspect this is a test and not a bug, but who knows.This was spotted by Khushal Bherwani who posted this screenshot on X:This was spotted first by Sachin Patel in...
What Is a Yahoo Business Listing?A Yahoo local business listing is an online mention of your local business information (i.e., a local citation) that can appear in Yahoo results. These listings include key information about your business. Like your business’s name, address, and phone number...
Starting around June 25, 2025, many are noticing huge declines in impressions and clicks from their local rankings in Google. This is from the Google Business Profiles performance reports and I think it is a data/reporting glitch, but who knows, maybe it was a ranking change?I first spotted...
Microsoft is testing showing the local/places listings in green within the Bing search results. Normally, you'd see them in the normal white background color, but here it is in green.This was spotted by Frank Sandtmann who posted the following screenshot on Mastodon:In comparison, this is...
