Comments on: Google Local Search Results Lotto http://searchmarketingcommunications.com/2009/09/30/google-local-search-results-lotto/ Tim Cohn's Applied Market Research, Analysis, Development and Business Intelligence Blog Sat, 26 May 2012 14:40:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: SEO Surrey http://searchmarketingcommunications.com/2009/09/30/google-local-search-results-lotto/#comment-2444 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:45:32 +0000 http://searchmarketingcommunications.com/?p=4505#comment-2444 SEO Surrey…

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]]> By: localoptimizer http://searchmarketingcommunications.com/2009/09/30/google-local-search-results-lotto/#comment-1091 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:22:08 +0000 http://searchmarketingcommunications.com/?p=4505#comment-1091 With several businesses and websites, my smb’s have at times been big winners w/ one boxes, have at times been “somewhere in the 3 or 10 pac” and at times have been shut out be some other business one box. Additionally over time some of the sites have gravitated in and out of one boxes and/or seen a competitor do so.

This all was happening before the recent volume of comments suggesting greater visibility of one boxes for a wide variety of search phrases.

I would strongly agree having the one-box creates a tremendous winner..and being shut out by a one box creates a loser. Its been that simple with our traffic for various phrases.

A commentator in Mike’s article referenced above, whose maps positioning was recently dramatically changed for the worse, had a great paragraph with which I totally agree…

“The type of power that Google yields with the 10 pack and SERPs, all subject to vague algorithms and mysterious site reviews, with no opportunities for appeal is an increasingly good example of why anti-trust laws exist. They are a great company, but, as we all know, “with great power comes great responsibility”.

In this case businesses that are heavily reliant on google’s search results–if only because that is how the public looks for products and services–are now totally subjected to the whims of google’s algo’s.

They have become the king makers. Its somewhat dangerous!!!

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