Linda Buquet
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UPDATE 4/1 A BUNCH of people are reporting missing Local Packs today. I mean local results TOTALLY gone and it's no April Fools joke.
See starting at post #16 below.
Then this post starts the original issue where it looked like packs were gone but they were just hiding.
Was surfing this weekend and saw a SERP display change that concerned me a little.
Hope it's only a test!
You search on desktop. If there is no map on top right, you think no pack or local results, right?
Well think again and scroll WAY DOWN!
Searched for "Dentist" (No GEO modifier, location set to Los Angeles.)
Also checked NY and San Diego. Then checked Chiropractor - same thing.
Had heart attach after 6 searches with no map. Thought the local results were gone.
Did several searched for Dentist & Chiropractor with no GEO modifiers. NO map or pack above the fold.
However searching Dentist or Chiro WITH City, shows the normal display with map on top.
Next I searched for Plumber, Shoe Store and Pest Control in those cities and they all showed the map on top. The standard display that alerts you that it's a local result with a pack.
So from my limited checking only Dentist and Chiropractor had this new display.
Now most SEOs search WITH GEO. (I think, or maybe I should speak for myself.) But the majority of consumers search 1st with NO GEO, then add it if they don't get the results they are looking for.
So I'm wondering if surfers looking for medical, not using a GEO modifier will just surf away thinking there are no local map results? Where will they go? Maps? Bing? Yahoo?
I guess many will scroll down. But I spot checked 6 SERPs, thinking local results were gone, before I realized the map and pack had just been pushed way down below the fold.
It was late, I was tired. Maybe not a big deal. But to me seeing that map on top right is what sort of signals that there are local results on the page. You too?
What do you think???
Are you seeing same thing? Or is this just a test that only I am seeing?
P.S. Like my gif?
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See starting at post #16 below.
Then this post starts the original issue where it looked like packs were gone but they were just hiding.
<img src="http://marketing-blog.catalystemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/GoogleChange.gif" alt="GoogleChangeFORUMPOST" width="55%" />
Was surfing this weekend and saw a SERP display change that concerned me a little.
Hope it's only a test!
You search on desktop. If there is no map on top right, you think no pack or local results, right?
Well think again and scroll WAY DOWN!
Searched for "Dentist" (No GEO modifier, location set to Los Angeles.)
Also checked NY and San Diego. Then checked Chiropractor - same thing.
Had heart attach after 6 searches with no map. Thought the local results were gone.
No Map or pack - only ads, organic & news above the fold!
(22 inch monitor, using FF)
<a href="http://marketing-blog.catalystemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/DentistNoMap.jpg"><img src="http://marketing-blog.catalystemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/DentistNoMap.jpg" alt="DentistNoMap" width="65%" /></a>
Scrolled down and saw this!
Map and pack WAY BELOW the fold.
<a href="http://marketing-blog.catalystemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/DentistNoMapBelow.jpg"><img src="http://marketing-blog.catalystemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/DentistNoMapBelow.jpg" alt="DentistNoMapBelow" width="65%" /></a>
(22 inch monitor, using FF)
<a href="http://marketing-blog.catalystemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/DentistNoMap.jpg"><img src="http://marketing-blog.catalystemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/DentistNoMap.jpg" alt="DentistNoMap" width="65%" /></a>
Scrolled down and saw this!
Map and pack WAY BELOW the fold.
<a href="http://marketing-blog.catalystemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/DentistNoMapBelow.jpg"><img src="http://marketing-blog.catalystemarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/DentistNoMapBelow.jpg" alt="DentistNoMapBelow" width="65%" /></a>
Did several searched for Dentist & Chiropractor with no GEO modifiers. NO map or pack above the fold.
However searching Dentist or Chiro WITH City, shows the normal display with map on top.
Next I searched for Plumber, Shoe Store and Pest Control in those cities and they all showed the map on top. The standard display that alerts you that it's a local result with a pack.
So from my limited checking only Dentist and Chiropractor had this new display.
Now most SEOs search WITH GEO. (I think, or maybe I should speak for myself.) But the majority of consumers search 1st with NO GEO, then add it if they don't get the results they are looking for.
So I'm wondering if surfers looking for medical, not using a GEO modifier will just surf away thinking there are no local map results? Where will they go? Maps? Bing? Yahoo?
I guess many will scroll down. But I spot checked 6 SERPs, thinking local results were gone, before I realized the map and pack had just been pushed way down below the fold.
It was late, I was tired. Maybe not a big deal. But to me seeing that map on top right is what sort of signals that there are local results on the page. You too?
What do you think???
Are you seeing same thing? Or is this just a test that only I am seeing?
P.S. Like my gif?
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