It's actually quite simple. The closest geograhical location to the town showing the listings, gets the highest position ranking. Therefore for searches you appear in, in the local listing, you cannot influence the ranking except by moving closer in!
Google Local ranking?, Quantos, 18 Apr 12:26 Hi guys. Anyone know how to influence Google Local rankings? I.E. getting into the top 3 places next to Google's locals map. I can't seem to find anything on e-consultancy about it ...
Google Local ranking?, whichwebdesigncompanycouk, 18 Apr 20:23 Google uses completely different algorithm when it come to local search. I would advise you to add your business to its directory http://www.google.com/local/add/businessCenter. ...
Google Local ranking?, Quantos, 18 Apr 20:36 Thanks. You're right. That is what I'm talking about. Anyone know what comes into play here? With Google not charging for it and our client's excellent general search performance b ...
Google Local ranking?, whichwebdesigncompany, 18 Apr 21:10 Google Maps gathers information from a variety of sources, like Yellow Pages. Some companies buy local listing through Yellow pages, so I think this is a grey area.
I can effec ...
Google Local ranking?, DavidRothwell-AdWordsProfessional, 20 Apr 18:39 It's actually quite simple. The closest geograhical location to the town showing the listings, gets the highest position ranking. Therefore for searches you appear in, in the local ...
Google Local ranking?, Quantos, 21 Apr 08:47 Thanks for the reply David. But that's plainly not the case. Read this again and see for yourself:
"I've actually seen Google maps with multiple display results from a single bu ...
Google Local ranking?, JonathanDavey, 21 Apr 17:32 thanks for this chaps... i was checking things out the other day and didn't get round to registering... just done it now after your prompting... will keep you posted on the results ...
Google Local ranking?, BDRecruitment, 26 Apr 18:35 Hi Guys,
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