Breaking News: Google Local Packs Missing Due to Google Maps Outages

[bluetech2003]

3 packs not showing on google search results anyone know if google having issues?

 

[mgonzalez]

I too see the same, Google accidentally removed the 3 map pack from search results, and I see no article about this! Is it a bug on Google's end after the Google spam update....

 

[sixthcitysarah]

yup, many have confirmed this on Twitter. Google hasn't posted or stated anything about it yet but it's been a few hours.

 

[bluetech2003]

yup, many have confirmed this on Twitter. Google hasn't posted or stated anything about it yet but it's been a few hours.

Oddly, as of this time, when using the Edge browser on a Desktop, 3 packs are displayed. On mobile, nada.

 

[sixthcitysarah]

Oddly, when using the Edge browser on a Desktop, 3 packs are displayed. On mobile, nada.

That's so weird! I'm on Chrome and can't get anything. People are having issues with Google Maps itself, too

 

[bluetech2003]

That's so weird! I'm on Chrome and can't get anything. People are having issues with Google Maps itself, too

Can you try it on the EDGE brower, for now, its working for me.

 

[JoyHawkins]

One of my colleagues shared this morning that there are some huge outages with Google Maps currently:

Shortly after, we had several clients emailing us saying they weren't seeing local packs at all on Google.

Searches in Google Maps aren't even working, either.

Don't stress guys - there is no way this is intended and hopefully things are back working soon!

 

[JoyHawkins]

If you're still seeing local packs, it looks like the outages are worse in certain areas than others:

 

[bluetech2003]

Outage....

Google Maps Platform Status Dashboard

status.cloud.google.com

 

[ibweb]

We are also seeing this issue. As Bluetech2003 mention, there is a confirmed outage with Google Maps Google Maps Platform Status Dashboard
Naturally, this impacts both Google Maps and the Local Pack/Local Finder within the SERPs.
Naturally, both Maps Embed API and Directions API being out may also affect any embedded location maps (or other systems using these APIs) on client's websites.
From what we can see this isn't impacting all users though.

I'm curious what the commonalities are for affected/not-affected users. Time will tell.

 

[bluetech2003]

Looks like 3-packs are now showing in search results.

 

[RobSEO]

Looks like 3-packs are now showing in search results.

Yep, looks like the issue is being resolved in various locations. Likely a server issue somewhere.

 

[JoyHawkins]

I posted about this issue today in a different thread so I'm going to merge the threads.