undefined
Skip to content
Moz logo Menu open Menu close
  • Products
    • Moz Pro
    • Moz Pro Home
    • Moz Local
    • Moz Local Home
    • STAT
    • Moz API
    • Moz API Home
    • Compare SEO Products
    • Moz Data
  • Free SEO Tools
    • Domain Analysis
    • Keyword Explorer
    • Link Explorer
    • Competitive Research
    • MozBar
    • More Free SEO Tools
  • Learn SEO
    • Beginner's Guide to SEO
    • SEO Learning Center
    • Moz Academy
    • SEO Q&A
    • Webinars, Whitepapers, & Guides
  • Blog
  • Why Moz
    • Agency Solutions
    • Enterprise Solutions
    • Small Business Solutions
    • Case Studies
    • The Moz Story
    • New Releases
  • Log in
  • Log out
  • Products
    • Moz Pro

      Your all-in-one suite of SEO essentials.

    • Moz Local

      Raise your local SEO visibility with complete local SEO management.

    • STAT

      SERP tracking and analytics for enterprise SEO experts.

    • Moz API

      Power your SEO with our index of over 44 trillion links.

    • Compare SEO Products

      See which Moz SEO solution best meets your business needs.

    • Moz Data

      Power your SEO strategy & AI models with custom data solutions.

    NEW Keyword Suggestions by Topic
    Moz Pro

    NEW Keyword Suggestions by Topic

    Learn more
  • Free SEO Tools
    • Domain Analysis

      Get top competitive SEO metrics like DA, top pages and more.

    • Keyword Explorer

      Find traffic-driving keywords with our 1.25 billion+ keyword index.

    • Link Explorer

      Explore over 40 trillion links for powerful backlink data.

    • Competitive Research

      Uncover valuable insights on your organic search competitors.

    • MozBar

      See top SEO metrics for free as you browse the web.

    • More Free SEO Tools

      Explore all the free SEO tools Moz has to offer.

    NEW Keyword Suggestions by Topic
    Moz Pro

    NEW Keyword Suggestions by Topic

    Learn more
  • Learn SEO
    • Beginner's Guide to SEO

      The #1 most popular introduction to SEO, trusted by millions.

    • SEO Learning Center

      Broaden your knowledge with SEO resources for all skill levels.

    • On-Demand Webinars

      Learn modern SEO best practices from industry experts.

    • How-To Guides

      Step-by-step guides to search success from the authority on SEO.

    • Moz Academy

      Upskill and get certified with on-demand courses & certifications.

    • MozCon

      Save on Early Bird tickets and join us in London or New York City

    Unlock flexible pricing & new endpoints
    Moz API

    Unlock flexible pricing & new endpoints

    Find your plan
  • Blog
  • Why Moz
    • Small Business Solutions

      Uncover insights to make smarter marketing decisions in less time.

    • Agency Solutions

      Earn & keep valuable clients with unparalleled data & insights.

    • Enterprise Solutions

      Gain a competitive edge in the ever-changing world of search.

    • The Moz Story

      Moz was the first & remains the most trusted SEO company.

    • Case Studies

      Explore how Moz drives ROI with a proven track record of success.

    • New Releases

      Get the scoop on the latest and greatest from Moz.

    Surface actionable competitive intel
    New Feature

    Surface actionable competitive intel

    Learn More
  • Log in
    • Moz Pro
    • Moz Local
    • Moz Local Dashboard
    • Moz API
    • Moz API Dashboard
    • Moz Academy
  • Avatar
    • Moz Home
    • Notifications
    • Account & Billing
    • Manage Users
    • Community Profile
    • My Q&A
    • My Videos
    • Log Out

The Moz Q&A Forum

  • Forum
  • Questions
  • Users
  • Ask the Community

Welcome to the Q&A Forum

Browse the forum for helpful insights and fresh discussions about all things SEO.

  1. Home
  2. SEO Tactics
  3. Technical SEO
  4. Where did the "Location" go, on Google SERP?

Moz Q&A is closed.

After more than 13 years, and tens of thousands of questions, Moz Q&A closed on 12th December 2024. Whilst we’re not completely removing the content - many posts will still be possible to view - we have locked both new posts and new replies. More details here.

Where did the "Location" go, on Google SERP?

Technical SEO
6
11
2.0k
Loading More Posts
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as question
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with question management privileges can see it.
  • measurableROI
    measurableROI Subscriber last edited by Nov 10, 2015, 11:26 PM

    In order to emulate different locations, I've always done a Google query, then used the "Location" button under "Search Tools" at the top of the SERP to define my preferred location.  It seems to have disappeared in the past few days?  Anyone know where it went, or if it's gone forever?  Thanks!

    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
    • measurableROI
      measurableROI Subscriber @Shawn124 last edited by Dec 18, 2015, 1:20 PM Dec 18, 2015, 1:20 PM

      Wow - hadn't thought of that!  Very creative use of resources!!  🙂  Thanks so much ~ Scott

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • Shawn124
        Shawn124 last edited by Dec 18, 2015, 1:20 PM Dec 17, 2015, 5:05 PM

        Hi Scott, you can actually find out specific locations via Google Ad Preview:

        https://adwords.google.com/apt/AdPreview?__u=1000000000&__c=1000000000

        Enjoy!

        measurableROI 1 Reply Last reply Dec 18, 2015, 1:20 PM Reply Quote 1
        • topic:timeago_earlier,13 days
        • O2C
          O2C last edited by Dec 4, 2015, 8:04 AM Dec 4, 2015, 8:04 AM

          Looks like they have fully rolled out the update now!

          http://searchengineland.com/google-drops-change-location-search-filter-from-search-results-237247

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • topic:timeago_earlier,22 days
          • Dr-Pete
            Dr-Pete Staff last edited by Nov 12, 2015, 2:46 PM Nov 12, 2015, 2:46 PM

            Yeah, hearing multiple reports, but no word yet if this is a test or a permanent change. Our tools support geo-location now, but I don't of any other way to manually set it in the Google interface. There is a URL variable (uule) that still works, but it's oddly complicated (it uses an encoded value that takes some sleuthing).

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • Tymen
              Tymen @measurableROI last edited by Nov 12, 2015, 9:03 AM Nov 12, 2015, 9:03 AM

              Hi, What I see from Google in The Netherlands is:

              https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/179386?p=ws_settings_location&hl=en&rd=1

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • Eric_Rohrback
                Eric_Rohrback last edited by Nov 18, 2015, 3:00 AM Nov 11, 2015, 6:39 PM

                We were actually discussing this on the Local Search Forum - http://www.localsearchforum.com/google-local-important/38249-heads-up-google-either-moving-removing-search-location-setting.html - Looks like Google is removing that function in many of the data centers across the country. This may be a test, or it may be a full depreciation of the function since it is possible most people aren't aware of it. I would assume consultants and marketers know of the ability to change location, but normal searchers will just tack on a location to the query.

                Check out the other forum to read up on the discussion.

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                • measurableROI
                  measurableROI Subscriber @O2C last edited by Nov 11, 2015, 10:39 AM Nov 11, 2015, 10:39 AM

                  Yep, I was afraid that I'm in the "test group" - hope the test fails!!  That's an important tool for me!  Thanks ~ Scott

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • measurableROI
                    measurableROI Subscriber @Tymen last edited by Nov 11, 2015, 10:39 AM Nov 11, 2015, 10:39 AM

                    Yes, but is it editable at the bottom of the page?  Mine isn't.  Thanks! ~ Scott

                    Tymen 1 Reply Last reply Nov 12, 2015, 9:03 AM Reply Quote 0
                    • Tymen
                      Tymen last edited by Nov 11, 2015, 9:47 AM Nov 11, 2015, 9:47 AM

                      Hi Scott,

                      I had the same issue. Now I found that in the very bottom of the SERP page the location it uses is shown. Hope this help!

                      Tymen

                      measurableROI 1 Reply Last reply Nov 11, 2015, 10:39 AM Reply Quote 0
                      • O2C
                        O2C last edited by Nov 11, 2015, 7:08 AM Nov 11, 2015, 7:08 AM

                        I am still able to access these settings under the 'Search Tools' tab

                        It might be that they are testing users actions by removing it for a few people, Google are always doing this.

                        Worth keeping an eye on it if you still can't find it though, might be an indication of things to come.

                        Cheers

                        measurableROI 1 Reply Last reply Nov 11, 2015, 10:39 AM Reply Quote 0
                        • 1 / 1
                        1 out of 11
                        • First post
                          1/11
                          Last post

                        Got a burning SEO question?

                        Subscribe to Moz Pro to gain full access to Q&A, answer questions, and ask your own.


                        Start my free trial


                        Browse Questions

                        Explore more categories

                        • Moz Tools

                          Chat with the community about the Moz tools.

                        • SEO Tactics

                          Discuss the SEO process with fellow marketers

                        • Community

                          Discuss industry events, jobs, and news!

                        • Digital Marketing

                          Chat about tactics outside of SEO

                        • Research & Trends

                          Dive into research and trends in the search industry.

                        • Support

                          Connect on product support and feature requests.

                        • See all categories

                        Related Questions

                        • CREW-MARKETING

                          Quick Fix to "Duplicate page without canonical tag"?

                          When we pull up Google Search Console, in the Index Coverage section, under the category of Excluded, there is a sub-category called ‘Duplicate page without canonical tag’.  The majority of the 665 pages in that section are from a test environment. If we were to include in the robots.txt file, a wildcard to cover every URL that started with the particular root URL ("www.domain.com/host/"), could we eliminate the majority of these errors? That solution is not one of the 5 or 6 recommended solutions that the Google Search Console Help section text suggests.  It seems like a simple effective solution.  Are we missing something?

                          Technical SEO | Nov 13, 2018, 1:07 PM | CREW-MARKETING
                          1
                        • hampgunn

                          SEO advice on ecommerce url structure where categories contain "/c/"

                          Hi! We use Hybris as plattform and I would like input on which url to choose. We must keep "/c/" before the actual category. c stands for category. I.e. this current url format will be shortened and cleaned:
                          https://www.granngarden.se/Sortiment/Husdjur/Hund/Hundfoder-%26-Hundmat/c/hundfoder To either: a. 
                          https://www.granngarden.se/husdjur/hund/hundfoder/c/hundfoder b.
                          https://www.granngarden.se/husdjur/hund/c/hundfoder (hundfoder means dogfood) The question is whether we should keep the duplicated category name (hundfoder) before the "/c/" or not. Will there be SEO disadvantages by removing the duplicate "hundfoder" before the "/c/"? I prefer the shorter version ofc, but do not want to jeopardize any SEO rankings or send confusing signals to search engines or customers due to the "/c/" breaking up the url breadcrumb. What do you guys say and prefer from the above alternatives? Thanks /Hampus

                          Technical SEO | Dec 13, 2017, 6:56 AM | hampgunn
                          0
                        • promodirect

                          How to show number of products in your Google SERP?

                          I have used to rich snippet to my website & everything is working fine except showing the total number of products listed in the particular category. Check out the screenshot below: aH7XM

                          Technical SEO | Aug 10, 2016, 8:17 AM | promodirect
                          0
                        • RocketStats

                          "5XX (Server Error)" - How can I fix this?

                          Hey Mozers! Moz Crawl tells me I am having an issue with my Wordpress category - it is returning a 5XX error and i'm not sure why? Can anyone help me determine the issue? Crawl Issues and Notices for: http://www.refusedcarfinance.com/news/category/news We found 1 crawler issue(s) for this page. High Priority Issues 1 5XX (Server Error) 5XX errors (e.g., a 503 Service Unavailable error) are shown when a valid request was made by the client, but the server failed to complete the request. This can indicate a problem with the server, and should be investigated and fixed.

                          Technical SEO | Mar 4, 2023, 7:39 AM | RocketStats
                          0
                        • eglove

                          Does my "spam" site affect my other sites on the same IP?

                          I have a link directory called Liberty Resource Directory. It's the main site on my dedicated IP, all my other sites are Addon domains on top of it. While exploring the new MOZ spam ranking I saw that LRD (Liberty Resource Directory) has a spam score of 9/17 and that Google penalizes 71% of sites with a similar score. Fair enough, thin content, bunch of follow links (there's over 2,000 links by now), no problem. That site isn't for Google, it's for me. Question, does that site (and linking to my own sites on it) negatively affect my other sites on the same IP? If so, by how much? Does a simple noindex fix that potential issues? Bonus: How does one go about going through hundreds of pages with thousands of links, built with raw, plain text HTML to change things to nofollow? =/

                          Technical SEO | Mar 31, 2015, 11:06 AM | eglove
                          0
                        • FranFerrara

                          Why do some URLs for a specific client have "/index.shtml"?

                          Reviewing our client's URLs for a 301 redirect strategy, we have noticed that many URLs have "/index.shtml." The part we don'd understand is these URLs aren't the homepage and they have multiple folders followed by "/index.shtml" Does anyone happen to know why this may be occurring? Is there any SEO value in keeping the "/index.shtml" in the URL?

                          Technical SEO | Jan 15, 2014, 7:18 PM | FranFerrara
                          0
                        • melen

                          Staging site and "live" site have both been indexed by Google

                          While creating a site we forgot to password protect the staging site while it was being built.  Now that the site has been moved to the new domain, it has come to my attention that both the staging site (site.staging.com) and the "live" site (site.com) are both being indexed.  What is the best way to solve this problem?  I was thinking about adding a 301 redirect from the staging site to the live site via HTACCESS. Any recommendations?

                          Technical SEO | Sep 16, 2013, 6:51 PM | melen
                          0
                        • Scott-Thomas

                          What is best practice for redirecting "secondary" domain names?

                          For sites with multiple top-level domains that have been secured for a business or organization, I'm curious as to what is considered best practice for setting up 301 redirects for secondary domains. Is it best to do the 301 redirects at the registrar level, or the hosting level? So that .net, .biz, or other secondary domains funnel visitors to the correct primary/main domain name. I'm looking for the "best practice" answer and want to avoid duplicate content problems, or penalties from the search engines. I'm not trying to game the system with dozens of domain names, simply the handful of domains that are important to the client. I've seen some registrars recommend hosting secondary domains, and doing redirects from the hosting level (and they use meta refresh for "domain forwarding," which I want to avoid). It seems rather wasteful to set up hosting for a secondary domain and then 301 each URL.

                          Technical SEO | Jul 13, 2011, 5:13 PM | Scott-Thomas
                          0

                        Get started with Moz Pro!

                        Unlock the power of advanced SEO tools and data-driven insights.

                        Start my free trial
                        Products
                        • Moz Pro
                        • Moz Local
                        • Moz API
                        • Moz Data
                        • STAT
                        • Product Updates
                        Moz Solutions
                        • SMB Solutions
                        • Agency Solutions
                        • Enterprise Solutions
                        Free SEO Tools
                        • Domain Authority Checker
                        • Link Explorer
                        • Keyword Explorer
                        • Competitive Research
                        • Brand Authority Checker
                        • Local Citation Checker
                        • MozBar Extension
                        • MozCast
                        Resources
                        • Blog
                        • SEO Learning Center
                        • Help Hub
                        • Beginner's Guide to SEO
                        • How-to Guides
                        • Moz Academy
                        • API Docs
                        About Moz
                        • About
                        • Team
                        • Careers
                        • Contact
                        Why Moz
                        • Case Studies
                        • Testimonials
                        Get Involved
                        • Become an Affiliate
                        • MozCon
                        • Webinars
                        • Practical Marketer Series
                        • MozPod
                        Connect with us

                        Contact the Help team

                        Join our newsletter
                        Moz logo
                        © 2021 - 2025 SEOMoz, Inc., a Ziff Davis company. All rights reserved. Moz is a registered trademark of SEOMoz, Inc.
                        • Accessibility
                        • Terms of Use
                        • Privacy

                        Looks like your connection to Moz was lost, please wait while we try to reconnect.