Well Im sure Im not the only one but my listing has dissapeared in Google Local Search results.
Ive got quite a few businesses listed but only one ever got displayed for some reason? The listing that appeared was for the key term "Web Design Perth" and my website http://www.webdesign-perth.co.uk was the one displayed (although I have two others business websites listed which dont appear?).
I recently added another business to my Local Business Centre account and now nothing shows up. No listings are displayed anywhere in the local results!!
Because I am no listed prominently in the proper organic listings I rely on the local results to get a bit of traffic! I dont think anything I have done anything that would cause this to happen but if anybody has any ideas why my listings have been dropped please use the comment form below and share.
I have noticed that there has been some recent Algorithm changes and now Google has introduced 'Place Pages' which display more information on the buisiness and take away the need for the user to actually visit the website, I think this will detriment the businesses and web designers. The business will suffer because the user might not visit the website to get the latest info and deals, plus if you run Google Adsense then this could reduce your revenue (and Googles, although it will offset because more people are staying on Google and clicking as they go). Obviously web designers will lose out because business owners will say why do I need the expense of a site when Google lists me front page with all the information I need. So now its an even harder task to talk them around as to why its a good thing, and it is!
Well Im a bit pissed off anyway, if Google are going to drop my sites from Local search the least they could do is put them on page one for the key terms I want……where is Google CEO's phone number again…phone him and get him to sort it personally for me…
Any thought about anything above anyone?
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