Google Maps: Submitted Feedback Changed Results
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I came across something interesting today.
So there is a business in one of my clients areas that had submitted and was being listed on google maps for some spammy locations. I went in and submitted feedback informing google of bad listings. Within 30 minutes or so my results for the same key phrase was different.
I decided to see why. I went to other browsers on my computer and searched that key phrase and the results went back to how I originally saw them before the feedback submission. I then erased my browsers cache and after this the results now showed the original results.
Does anybody know what cookies and such get placed in a browser that affect listing results?
Sincerely,
Garret
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Wow, Garret - that is interesting! Sounds like some type of personalization you ran into, but it's the first time I've heard of something working this way. Really strange. Have you tried to do it again? I'd be curious to see if it happens again. I hope someone in the community will have further feedback on a similar experience, but it's the first time I've seen something like this reported. Curious!
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