Which local SEO ranking factors carry the most weight this year for service-area businesses like my plumbing company?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Which local SEO ranking factors carry the most weight this year for service-area businesses like my plumbing company?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
2026 local SEO ranking factors service area businesses plumbing Google local ranking relevance distance prominence GBP reviews proximity studyGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Google Business Profile service area business guidelines address hide service areas ranking local results officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (2)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
2026 local SEO ranking factors service area businesses plumbing Google local ranking relevance distance prominence GBP reviews proximity study Google ↗
Google Business Profile service area business guidelines address hide service areas ranking local results official Google ↗
- Google's Local Algorithm and Local Ranking Factors · brightlocal.com
- Local SEO Index: Google Maps Ranking Factors 2026 · goodatmarketing.com
- Manage your business address · support.google.com
- Manage your service areas for service-area & hybrid businesses · support.google.com
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 local SEO ranking factors service area businesses plumbing Google local ranking relevance distance prominence GBP reviews proximity study OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Google Business Profile service area business guidelines address hide service areas ranking local results official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |