A World With No Map Pack Coming soon?

[nicoco]

I've come across an article from Mike Bluementhal about Antitrust legislation going before congress that could bring the end of the Local Pack.
Apparently, Google is quietly testing an alternative. This is concerning for those of us who do marketing for local businesses. Does anyone have an idea as to when congress is likely to make a decision on this topic?
Many thanks

 

[nicoco]

Anyone?

 

[keyserholiday]

Anyone?

No clue. Congress has been looking into Anti-trust issues for years.

 

[nicoco]

No clue. Congress has been looking into Anti-trust issues for years.

Thanks Jason

 

[Nikki Stine]

This doesn’t answer the ‘when’ question, but I just read this Moz article on the same topic this morning.

Planning for a Post-Local-Pack Possibility

Local SEOs are accustomed to continuous change in the SERPs, but if the American Innovation Online Choice Act becomes law and prevents monopolies like Google from preferencing their own assets, we need to prepare for what could be the largest search overhaul we’ve ever seen.

moz.com

 

[nicoco]

This doesn’t answer the ‘when’ question, but I just read this Moz article on the same topic this morning.

Planning for a Post-Local-Pack Possibility

Local SEOs are accustomed to continuous change in the SERPs, but if the American Innovation Online Choice Act becomes law and prevents monopolies like Google from preferencing their own assets, we need to prepare for what could be the largest search overhaul we’ve ever seen.

moz.com

Thanks Nikki