Local search is the natural evolution of traditional offline advertising, typically distributed by newspaper publishers and TV and radio broadcasters, to the Web. Historically, … See more

Major search engines have algorithms that determine which local businesses rank in local search. Primary factors that impact a local business's … See more

Local search that incorporates internal or external social signals could be considered social local search-driven. The first site to … See more

Several providers experimented with providing local search for mobile devices, but on March 5, 2020, Google was the first to announce mobile-first indexing by default shifting the focus of optimization from desktop to mobile. Some of these are location aware See more

One can search for local information via search engines. These often return local search results from directories and maps. Google for … See more

Google can show a business's information in mobile or desktop google search results, or/and in mobile and desktop google maps … See more

Traditional local media companies, including newspaper publishers and television and radio broadcasters, are starting to add local search to their local websites to attract … See more