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32% -- local ranking factor weight for Google Business Profile signals (2024)
Google Business Profile signals account for 32% of local ranking factors according to a 2024 study by Whitespark.
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32%
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Data Vintage
2024
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B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Whitespark
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https://www.spacecentersystems.com/local-seo-in-pearland-the-2026-business-owners-guide-to-dominatin… ↗
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Local SEO in Pearland: The 2026 Business Owner’s Guide to Dominating Search
Your most aggressive competitor in Pearland isn’t the shop with the best service; it’s the one that appears first when a customer searches on Broadway Street. Since 1990, we’ve seen local businesses lose over 40% of their potential revenue because they’re buried on page two of search results. Master…
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Whitespark Local Search Ranking Factors study, cited by the article
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Google Business Profile signals: 32% local ranking factor weight. Source: Whitespark (2024). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/gbp-signals-local-ranking-factors-2024
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/gbp-signals-local-ranking-factors-2024" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>32%</strong> -- local ranking factor weight for Google Business Profile signals<br><small>Source: Whitespark (2024) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/gbp-signals-local-ranking-factors-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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