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I wanted to post this example here to see if anyone has experienced anything similar recently or if this is just one of those edge cases.
The query is "plumber cincinnati" and you get these results if you search from either "cincinnati, oh" as the location or the zip code 45238. I used Bright Local's tool but also confirmed with someone physically located in this area that they are seeing the same thing.
Here is what I currently get today when I search from 45238.
When I search from Cincinnati, OH, I get this:
This change happened on June 8 and obviously the map is super-zoomed-in now in comparison to before. I totally get that the location of the searcher is important and is a big ranking factor but I think this is the first time I've seen a 3-pack full of listings without websites in a very long time.
Here is how the SERPs looked before June 8th:
The query is "plumber cincinnati" and you get these results if you search from either "cincinnati, oh" as the location or the zip code 45238. I used Bright Local's tool but also confirmed with someone physically located in this area that they are seeing the same thing.
Here is what I currently get today when I search from 45238.
![Plumber Cincinnati - 45238.png Plumber Cincinnati - 45238.png](https://localsearchforum.com/data/attachments/2/2699-23bd4a1ff187820687952d383dd8aba0.jpg)
When I search from Cincinnati, OH, I get this:
![Cincinnati search.png Cincinnati search.png](https://localsearchforum.com/data/attachments/2/2700-cc9ea03b36d4f395abc241c1ab6f38e9.jpg)
This change happened on June 8 and obviously the map is super-zoomed-in now in comparison to before. I totally get that the location of the searcher is important and is a big ranking factor but I think this is the first time I've seen a 3-pack full of listings without websites in a very long time.
Here is how the SERPs looked before June 8th:
![cincinnati plumber before.png cincinnati plumber before.png](https://localsearchforum.com/data/attachments/2/2701-a1809b4e1fc49f44cc355e73990f01bd.jpg)
![Plumber cincinnati before.png Plumber cincinnati before.png](https://localsearchforum.com/data/attachments/2/2702-84f83bfb42168eb21c48f186c06dfbc0.jpg)