Comments on: Google Organic Local and Google Maps Local data diverge http://blumenthals.com/blog/2006/10/25/google-organic-local-and-google-maps-local-data-diverge/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Wed, 22 May 2013 05:55:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local » “The most relevant results” sort of… http://blumenthals.com/blog/2006/10/25/google-organic-local-and-google-maps-local-data-diverge/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local » “The most relevant results” sort of… Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:38:37 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=30#comment-231 [...] One of the interesting results that I covered in previous posts ( here and here ) was the occasional and glaring difference (using the same data set) of the results in the Google Onebox Local Listing and the Maps top results. [...]

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2006/10/25/google-organic-local-and-google-maps-local-data-diverge/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Mike Blumenthal Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:23:48 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=30#comment-24 Matt-

The data set is the same (even if the index is different). I have changed the title’s in listings in unique ways and they show up on the Google Organic Top 3 Local List AND the Google Maps list with the exact same changes.

When you say the index is different, what do you mean?

]]> By: Matt McGee http://blumenthals.com/blog/2006/10/25/google-organic-local-and-google-maps-local-data-diverge/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Matt McGee Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:59:26 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=30#comment-23 Mike – I believe it’s not just a different algorithm at play here, but also a different index. That is to say, a search on Maps queries a different index of pages than a search on Google.com.

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