Google recently updated its local search ranking algorithm to strengthen its “openness” signal for non-navigational queries. “We’ve long used ‘openness’ as part of our local ranking ...

Google's Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, confirmed the change late on Friday saying, "we've long used "openness" as part of our local ranking systems, and it recently became a stronger signal for ...

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Find out how open business hours affect visibility in local search and maps, as 'openness' is confirmed by Google as a local ranking factor.

Besides, local search algorithms have a common phenomenon that they are easy to trap into a local optimum. The team also proposes a new scheme to help the algorithm find a feasible solution faster ...