Google “Pigeon” Updates Local Search Algorithm With Stronger Ties To Web Search Signal. Published: July 24, 2014 at 8:07 pm. Read Time: 2 minutes. Share. Written by Barry Schwartz.

Search the Search Engine Land site Search Matt McGee’s 10 Likely Elements of Google’s Local Search Algorithm explores what makes Google Local different from Google.com algorithmically.

They dove into the latest search algorithm updates from Google and provided strategies for using local search to your advantage to improve your search ranking. Here is a summary of the webinar.

It’s estimated that 46 percent of all searches performed on Google have a local intent, and the Map Pack appears for 93 percent of these. In September 2016 Google unveiled a new local search algorithm ...

Google may have also pushed out a local search and map algorithm and ranking update over the past week or so. There has been some recent chatter and the Bright Local RankFlux tool has been off the ...

Google released an update to their Local Search Algorithm last week. Search Engine Land coined this update “Pigeon” and noted that this update is expected to have a significant impact on local ...

There is some question around if Google did a local search ranking algorithm update this past January 31st. Some local SEOs said they saw some drops or changes for their clients and even the ...