Yet again Google continues to reel out the changes… This time it’s Google Places and the change is the massive increase in prominence in the SERPs. It seems as though the layout changes are being restricted to certain type of retailer and service providers, and the results are now displayed in a completely different way.
So what’s changed? Firstly, the map with the ‘place pointers’ to indicate the location of the business has shifted right- and in what seems to be a bizarre decision replaces the top sponsored links. We say bizarre because the majority of Googles income is generated from Adsense. This points towards an imminent change to Google Places being a pay per click service, however this is yet to be announced so we’ll wait for upcoming announcements. Read all
