{"id":19202,"date":"2016-03-31T21:18:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T01:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=19202"},"modified":"2016-03-31T21:24:10","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T01:24:10","slug":"google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Google My Business Updates &#8220;Improve your local ranking on Google&#8221; Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google My Business updated their help file page:\u00a0&#8220;Improve your local ranking on Google&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/business\/answer\/7091?hl=en\">Page<\/a>. \u00a0And surprisingly, after a slow start, actually added some real\u00a0ranking information (this does not appear to be a April 1 Joke):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Prominence is also based on information that Google has about a business from across the web (like links, articles, and directories). Google review count and score are factored into local search ranking: more reviews and positive ratings will probably improve a business&#8217;s local ranking.<\/p>\n<p>Your position in web results is also a factor, so SEO best practices also apply to local search optimization.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am archiving the page as a <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Improve-your-local-ranking-on-Google-Google-My-Business-Help.pdf\">PDF<\/a> for future reference. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google My Business updated their help file page:\u00a0&#8220;Improve your local ranking on Google&#8221; Page. \u00a0And surprisingly, after a slow start, actually added some real\u00a0ranking information (this does not appear to be a April 1 Joke): Prominence is also based on information that Google has about a business from across the web (like links, articles, and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-plus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Google My Business updated their help file page: &quot;Improve your local ranking on Google&quot; Page. And surprisingly, after a slow start, actually added some real ranking information (this does not appear to be a April 1 Joke): Prominence is also based on information that Google has about a business from across the web (like links, articles, and\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike Blumenthal\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.9\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mike Blumenthal | Developing Knowledge about Local Search\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Google My Business Updates \u201cImprove your local ranking on Google\u201d Page\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Google My Business updated their help file page: &quot;Improve your local ranking on Google&quot; Page. And surprisingly, after a slow start, actually added some real ranking information (this does not appear to be a April 1 Joke): Prominence is also based on information that Google has about a business from across the web (like links, articles, and\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-01T01:18:56+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-04-01T01:24:10+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Google My Business Updates \u201cImprove your local ranking on Google\u201d Page\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Google My Business updated their help file page: &quot;Improve your local ranking on Google&quot; Page. And surprisingly, after a slow start, actually added some real ranking information (this does not appear to be a April 1 Joke): Prominence is also based on information that Google has about a business from across the web (like links, articles, and\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/31\\\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Google My Business Updates \\u201cImprove your local ranking on Google\\u201d Page\",\"headline\":\"Google My Business Updates &#8220;Improve your local ranking on Google&#8221; Page\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mike-blumenthal\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-31T21:18:56-04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-31T21:24:10-04:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"commentCount\":9,\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/31\\\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/31\\\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Google+ Local\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/31\\\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/google-plus\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Google+ Local\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/google-plus\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Google+ Local\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/google-plus\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/31\\\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Google My Business Updates &#8220;Improve your local ranking on Google&#8221; Page\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/31\\\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Google My Business Updates &#8220;Improve your local ranking on Google&#8221; Page\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/google-plus\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Google+ Local\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mike Blumenthal\",\"description\":\"Developing Knowledge about Local Search\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mike-blumenthal\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mike-blumenthal\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mike Blumenthal\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/31\\\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4d8617e019d2d1ac91870df8164089168280ad79e57bb264a9f383abaee26b77?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Mike Blumenthal\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/31\\\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/31\\\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\\\/\",\"name\":\"Google My Business Updates \\u201cImprove your local ranking on Google\\u201d Page\",\"description\":\"Google My Business updated their help file page: \\\"Improve your local ranking on Google\\\" Page. And surprisingly, after a slow start, actually added some real ranking information (this does not appear to be a April 1 Joke): Prominence is also based on information that Google has about a business from across the web (like links, articles, and\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/03\\\/31\\\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mike-blumenthal\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mike-blumenthal\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-31T21:18:56-04:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-31T21:24:10-04:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mike Blumenthal\",\"description\":\"Developing Knowledge about Local Search\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blumenthals.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Google My Business Updates \u201cImprove your local ranking on Google\u201d Page","description":"Google My Business updated their help file page: \"Improve your local ranking on Google\" Page. And surprisingly, after a slow start, actually added some real ranking information (this does not appear to be a April 1 Joke): Prominence is also based on information that Google has about a business from across the web (like links, articles, and","canonical_url":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\/#article","name":"Google My Business Updates \u201cImprove your local ranking on Google\u201d Page","headline":"Google My Business Updates &#8220;Improve your local ranking on Google&#8221; Page","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/author\/mike-blumenthal\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/#organization"},"datePublished":"2016-03-31T21:18:56-04:00","dateModified":"2016-03-31T21:24:10-04:00","inLanguage":"en-US","commentCount":9,"mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Google+ Local"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/category\/google-plus\/#listItem","name":"Google+ Local"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/category\/google-plus\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Google+ Local","item":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/category\/google-plus\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\/#listItem","name":"Google My Business Updates &#8220;Improve your local ranking on Google&#8221; Page"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Google My Business Updates &#8220;Improve your local ranking on Google&#8221; Page","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/category\/google-plus\/#listItem","name":"Google+ Local"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Mike Blumenthal","description":"Developing Knowledge about Local Search","url":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/author\/mike-blumenthal\/#author","url":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/author\/mike-blumenthal\/","name":"Mike Blumenthal","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4d8617e019d2d1ac91870df8164089168280ad79e57bb264a9f383abaee26b77?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Mike Blumenthal"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\/","name":"Google My Business Updates \u201cImprove your local ranking on Google\u201d Page","description":"Google My Business updated their help file page: \"Improve your local ranking on Google\" Page. And surprisingly, after a slow start, actually added some real ranking information (this does not appear to be a April 1 Joke): Prominence is also based on information that Google has about a business from across the web (like links, articles, and","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/author\/mike-blumenthal\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/author\/mike-blumenthal\/#author"},"datePublished":"2016-03-31T21:18:56-04:00","dateModified":"2016-03-31T21:24:10-04:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/","name":"Mike Blumenthal","description":"Developing Knowledge about Local Search","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Mike Blumenthal | Developing Knowledge about Local Search","og:type":"article","og:title":"Google My Business Updates \u201cImprove your local ranking on Google\u201d Page","og:description":"Google My Business updated their help file page: &quot;Improve your local ranking on Google&quot; Page. And surprisingly, after a slow start, actually added some real ranking information (this does not appear to be a April 1 Joke): Prominence is also based on information that Google has about a business from across the web (like links, articles, and","og:url":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\/","article:published_time":"2016-04-01T01:18:56+00:00","article:modified_time":"2016-04-01T01:24:10+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"Google My Business Updates \u201cImprove your local ranking on Google\u201d Page","twitter:description":"Google My Business updated their help file page: &quot;Improve your local ranking on Google&quot; Page. And surprisingly, after a slow start, actually added some real ranking information (this does not appear to be a April 1 Joke): Prominence is also based on information that Google has about a business from across the web (like links, articles, and"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"19202","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2021-01-07 20:18:56","updated":"2026-01-28 15:47:43","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/category\/google-plus\/\" title=\"Google+ Local\">Google+ Local<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tGoogle My Business Updates \u201cImprove your local ranking on Google\u201d Page\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog"},{"label":"Google+ Local","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/category\/google-plus\/"},{"label":"Google My Business Updates &#8220;Improve your local ranking on Google&#8221; Page","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/google-my-business-updates-improve-your-local-ranking-on-google-page\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19202"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19207,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19202\/revisions\/19207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}