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Leading the SEO team @ Nth Degree Search

Small ranking boost (or drop) in local SERP 🚀 I read an article from Joy Hawkins (link in comments) a while back regarding a ranking boost happens when you acquired the 10th review on GBP. Did a test on a service-based client in Sydney. The local ranking started spread across Sydney CBD when they acquire the 10th review early Oct as seen on 6 Oct screenshot. It works! The experiment doesn't end here. I wasn't intentionally going to test the next part. 😅 Google decides to remove one of the reviews end of October for whatever reason. Within a week, the local ranking went back to the original state. It is interesting to see how local search algo reacts to the this. Just because you see a ranking boost after reaching your 10th review doesn't mean continuing to add more will produce the same results. Other factors will come in to play to improve the local rankings.

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