local rankings updatethe google API spill showed us a lot about how they rank businesses. its not just your business name and category anymore; there are new factors at play. reviews disappearing?
theyre really going away, but dont worry too much yet - algorithms change fast in the search world
ai overviews & geminigoogle's ai tools like Gemini might be behind this shift. theyre making local discovery and conversion more dynamic with AI mode ⚡️
what do you think about these changes? have your business rankings taken a hit or gotten better since all of this started?
anyone else noticing different results in their searches lately?
https://www.nearmedia.co/ep-240-inside-google-local-rankings-and-the-review-purge/