Google recently updated its local search ranking algorithm to strengthen its “openness” signal for non-navigational queries. “We’ve long used ‘openness’ as part of our local ranking ...

Confirmed: Google Local Search Algorithm "Openness" Now Stronger Signal Dec 18, 2023 - 7:51 am 4 — by Barry Schwartz ... Filed Under Google Maps ...

Google developed an algorithm that extracts “job types” (i.e., services offered) from business websites to display in Google Maps and Search. Pipeline Extracts From Unstructured Content ...

There are reports of a major local search ranking change with Google Maps and Local Search results. The reports of this local search algorithm update started to funnel in over the weekend, with ...

Google’s secretive search algorithm has birthed an entire industry of marketers who closely follow Google’s public guidance and execute it for millions of companies around the world.