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Hi everyone, this is my first post here. I read the rules but if I missed something let me know.
I have 2 computers in my office - one for generating search ranking reports and one for everything else. I am seeing a lot of situations where I'm getting different results on the two computers.
For example, when I search Google on my computer for ?Christian Churches near Middletown, OH? I see 3 ads followed by the local 3 pack. I click ?More Places? I see that one of our SEO clients, First United Methodist Church of Middletown, is #7 out of 36 local listings. But when I search Google from the computer we use to generate search ranking reports, there are 49 local listings and First UMC Middletown is not in them.
Second example, when I search Google on my computer for ?Blended churches near Middletown, OH? I?m shown the local 3 pack at the top of the results and First UMC is #1. But when I search Google from the other computer, Google does not include the local 3 pack in the search results at all (though First UMC is #1 in the general results shown). Continuing on the other computer, when I go directly to Google Maps and search there it says it has no results.
Any idea what's going on here?
I know there was a big Google local update last week. I also know rankings can fluctuate while an update is rolling out. Do you think this is related?
Since both computers are in the same office, I believe the IP addresses would look the same to Google, but there could be cookies or something else that might distinguish them for Google. Are maps/local results personalized?
Thanks for your help!
I have 2 computers in my office - one for generating search ranking reports and one for everything else. I am seeing a lot of situations where I'm getting different results on the two computers.
For example, when I search Google on my computer for ?Christian Churches near Middletown, OH? I see 3 ads followed by the local 3 pack. I click ?More Places? I see that one of our SEO clients, First United Methodist Church of Middletown, is #7 out of 36 local listings. But when I search Google from the computer we use to generate search ranking reports, there are 49 local listings and First UMC Middletown is not in them.
Second example, when I search Google on my computer for ?Blended churches near Middletown, OH? I?m shown the local 3 pack at the top of the results and First UMC is #1. But when I search Google from the other computer, Google does not include the local 3 pack in the search results at all (though First UMC is #1 in the general results shown). Continuing on the other computer, when I go directly to Google Maps and search there it says it has no results.
Any idea what's going on here?
I know there was a big Google local update last week. I also know rankings can fluctuate while an update is rolling out. Do you think this is related?
Since both computers are in the same office, I believe the IP addresses would look the same to Google, but there could be cookies or something else that might distinguish them for Google. Are maps/local results personalized?
Thanks for your help!