Google Place Results Continuing to Change

Google Place results are continuing to show changes in both format and number of results. Over the past three weeks there has been a significant increase in the number of bugs and glitches occurring in the Google Places help forum. In the past when there has been a spike of glitches in Google Places it is Google in the process of initiating a fairly substantially update to the Google Place algorithm. Below is an example of the new format of the Place results. The search was "phoenix real estate agents". As you can see it is the standard 7-pack of results but we have seen 8 and 10-packs start to appear recently as well. One of the most notable changes is the short business descriptions are no longer displaying as part of the results information. The main focus has switch to the number of reviews. Several other Local SEO experts are suggesting the change is related to Google+ and if logged into your Google account you will see more information generate in the blank spaces. More information this can be found on a post published earlier today at catalyst e marketing.

Google Place Results in AZ

We will continue to track the changes in Google Place's so check back for more information on the issue soon.