Google published a research paper describing how it extracts “services offered” information from local business sites to add it to business profiles in Google Maps and Search. The algorithm describes ...

Local search is no longer just about maps and directories. What began as a game of citation consistency has grown into a dynamic, intent-driven ecosystem shaped by real-time data, customer ...

Researchers introduce a group-driven initialization that fuses search history with graph modularity, boosting ...

Most Small businesses invest heavily in storefronts yet remain invisible online when nearby customers search for their ...

While Google still dominates local search, ChatGPT has made notable strides. Its local results, though not yet on par with Google’s, have improved significantly since we ranked it last among AI search ...

Motif-based graph local clustering is a popular method for graph mining tasks due to its various applications, such as community detection, network optimization and graph learning. However, the ...

There are reports of a major local search ranking change with Google Maps and Local Search results. The reports of this local search algorithm update started to funnel in over the weekend, with some ...

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