New SAB Local Ranking Factor & Interpreting Google AI Tea

New SAB Local Ranking Factor & Interpreting Google AI Tea leaves around Search

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Send us a Text Message.New SAB Local Ranking Factor: Service area businesses have long been a problem on Google Maps. Spam, privacy, suspension AND ranking issues have plagued them since the beginning. Now it appears that there may be hope on the ranking issue. Historically they were ranked around the location from which they were claimed regardless of the service area. Darren Shaw of Whitespark has uncovered some indications that this is starting to change and the ranking signals are m...

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