Google Local Search Update On March 23rd 'Corrects' Vicinity Update

On March 22nd and 23rd I noticed the BrightLocal tracking tool spike up a bit, so I kept tabs on that we may have had a Google local search update. Well, Joy Hawkins posted in the Local Search Forums that this update seems to have been a "correct" of the "Vicinity Update," which was the update we reported on in December 2021 that later Google confirmed.

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Google Visual Stories Showing On Page One For Competitive Keywords

Brodie Clark reported that Google is now showing web stories / visual stories on the first page of the mobile results even for competitive keyword phrases. I can confirm that do see these coming up for me in New York as well.

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Google Search Results Rolls Out Much More Visual Design In Grid Formats & More

On Friday afternoon, Google confirmed with me that the search company has rolled out more visual results for some queries in the mobile search results. I've been experimenting with a number of queries and for some of those queries, saying the results are "more visual" is an understatement.

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Google Search Console To Kill URL Parameter Tool On April 26th

Google has announced this morning that on April 26, 2022 it will be killing off the URL parameter tool under the legacy Google Search Console. This is a bit of a surprise being that Google did say it was planning on vastly improving it but some Googlers also wanted to see the tool go away.

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