Comments on: Recent locations influence Google Search Results http://seogadget.co.uk/most-recent-location-based-search/ UK SEO Services Company in London - SEOgadget.co.uk Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:45:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tom Szekeres http://seogadget.co.uk/most-recent-location-based-search/comment-page-1/#comment-5646 Tom Szekeres Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:12:03 +0000 http://seogadget.co.uk/?p=1754#comment-5646 I've got a strong feeling we're going to be seeing more of these kinds of results over the coming months, although weirdly I don't get this feature appearing in my personalised results yet - despite actually living in Croydon (I'll add I'm a heavy Google/iPhone user, and Google Maps definitely knows where I live when I'm signed in). From a cynical point of view, however, would Google really implement a feature that could harm its PPC earnings? Part of the appeal of PPC is that you can provide more geo-relevant results, so why remove this incentive for advertisers? I’ve got a strong feeling we’re going to be seeing more of these kinds of results over the coming months, although weirdly I don’t get this feature appearing in my personalised results yet – despite actually living in Croydon (I’ll add I’m a heavy Google/iPhone user, and Google Maps definitely knows where I live when I’m signed in).

From a cynical point of view, however, would Google really implement a feature that could harm its PPC earnings? Part of the appeal of PPC is that you can provide more geo-relevant results, so why remove this incentive for advertisers?

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