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 ...

Earlier this month we covered a report from Sterling Sky that said the Google Local search ranking algorithm now uses if a location is open as part of its local ranking system. Google's Search Liaison ...

BrightLocal has launched a new free tool called “Local RankFlux,” designed to alert marketers to changes in local search rankings across multiple industries. Exclusively focused on the Google local ...

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 ...

The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 55, No. 7, Part Special Issue: Local Search (Jul., 2004), pp. 694-704 (11 pages) The multi-index assignment problem (MIAP) with decomposable costs ...

The Travelling Salesman Problem with Pickups and Deliveries (TSPPD) consists in designing a minimum cost tour that starts at the depot, provides either a pickup or delivery service to each of the ...

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Google makes changes to its ranking algorithm almost every day. Some of them remain unnoticed, others turn the SERPs upside down. This cheat sheet contains the most important algorithm updates of the ...

Data from 8.7 million Google Business Profiles reveals how industry signals – not generic SEO tactics – determine who wins ...