What Signals Are Moving Maps Most? GBP Menu Test Ranking Impacts & Movement from Other Signals
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GBP Menu Test Ranking Impacts + More Movement from Other Signals!
Hey SEO Mad Scientist, welcome back to another weekly update!
Last week we went over some primary signals that we saw impacting our new GBP listing¦
Lets start by taking a quick review of last week’s GBP signals and menu test¦
Since we launched our GBP listing, we have seen these primary signals influence the listing most within the first 30 days:
- Business Name
- Business Category
- Website Homepage Menu
- Website Homepage Headings
- Website Homepage Content
Within the first week, we saw impacts from the business name and category listed on the GBP. About 1 week after that, we saw the movement for terms on the website. Last week we identified that these terms pulled from our website were automatically added to our GBP listing by Google. However, the service web design, which was not listed on our website but was a service on the GBP, was not showing anywhere in their SERPs for any terms or variations.
So we added the term website design to the website menu and to the main section of content that we saw Google pulling our services from.
We have also begun to see additional movement on our other service words that Google pulled from our website!
One thing we do see now, however, is additional terms ranking that we specifically referenced in our GBP products section SEO Services Company.
We are unsure if the products alone influenced this ranking increase at this time. However, we have seen no movement on this exact keyword until now.
Join us again next week when we will review a full summary of our GBP test findings as we move into some new GBP signal testing to see if we can find the most impactful GBP signals. (On the listing and off the listing)
Until next week, Happy Testing!
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