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8% -- local pack ranking weight for Links (backlink signals) (2026)
Whitespark's 2026 Local Search Ranking Factors survey attributes 8% of local pack ranking weight to links.
- Based on an expert consensus survey polling around 50 practitioners rather than direct measurement by Google
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8%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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50
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B
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50
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60
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20
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30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Whitespark
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https://seohandbook.co.uk/local-seo/google-business-profile/ ↗
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Whitespark 2026 Local Search Ranking Factors survey weighting of link signals in local pack rankings; survey polls around fifty practitioners
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Links (backlink signals): 8% local pack ranking weight. Source: Whitespark (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/whitespark-2026-local-pack-links-weight
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/whitespark-2026-local-pack-links-weight" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>8%</strong> -- local pack ranking weight for Links (backlink signals)<br><small>Source: Whitespark (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/whitespark-2026-local-pack-links-weight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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