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The Whitespark Local Pulse for 03/31/2021

March 31, 2021

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Google Testing Mobile SERPS With No 3-Packshttps://localu.org/google-testing-mobile-serps-with-no-3-packs/By Joy Hawkins on Mar 30, 2021 06:33 am In the last couple of weeks, Google has been slowly testing a change to mobile search results that is one of the biggest changes I have seen in local search in quite some time.  Last week, Mariano Rodriguez from LawRank asked us if we were noticing more 2-packs in the...Read it! »Pickup and delivery attributes, indoor Live View and more AI-powered features are coming to Google Maps and GMBhttp://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/channel-local/~3/bm5YT8sJV2U/pickup-and-delivery-attributes-indoor-live-view-and-more-ai-powered-features-are-coming-to-google-maps-and-gmb-347333By George Nguyen on Mar 30, 2021 04:00 am Google is packing more features, many commerce-related, into Maps, helping the company maintain its position as the intermediary between our online and offline activities.The post Pickup and delivery attributes, indoor Live View and more AI-powered features are coming to Google Maps and GMB...Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.Read it! »Odd Relationships in Local Searchhttps://www.localvisibilitysystem.com/2021/03/30/odd-relationships-in-local-search/By Phil on Mar 29, 2021 11:49 pm One of the first things you notice about Google Maps and the rest of the local search zoo is that usually there’s no single, isolated reason one business outranks another.  Rather, all kinds of factors come into play: some obvious, some less obvious, lots of maybes, and some that probably nobody knows about.  But I’d […]Read it! »How to Track Google Posts in Google Analytics & Search Consolehttps://www.sterlingsky.ca/tracking-google-my-business-posts/By Joy Hawkins on Mar 29, 2021 10:00 pm We have a big study on Google My Business posts that I’m presenting at LocalU...Read it! »Video: Last Week in Local for March 29, 2021https://localu.org/last-week-in-local-3-29-21/By Carrie Hill on Mar 29, 2021 05:19 pm Join Mike & Carrie as they discuss the latest news in local – with a bit of an in-depth discussion about messaging vs chat vs SMS and what it means in the fight against Google giving “too much” info in the search results.  Also Mike updates his masking research, Court...Read it! »  

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