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2017 Local Search Ranking Factors

Local Pack/Finder Ranking Factors My Business Signals : 19% My Business Signals  (Proximity, categories, keyword in business title, etc.)  19% Link Signals  (Inbound anchor text, linking domain authority, linking domain quantity, etc.)  17% On-Page Signals  (Presence of NAP, keywords in titles, domain authority, etc.)  14% Citation Signals  (IYP/aggregator NAP consistency, citation volume, etc.)  13% Review Signals  (Review quantity, review velocity, review diversity, etc.)  13% Behavioral Signals  (Click-through rate, mobile clicks to call, check-ins, etc.)  10% Personalization    10% Social Signals  (Google engagement, Facebook engagement, Twitter engagement, etc.)  4% Localized Organic Ranking Factors Review Signals : 7% Link Signals  (Inbound anchor text, linking domain authority, linking domain quantity, etc.)  29% On-Page Signals  (Presence of NAP, keywords in titles, domain authority, etc.)  24% Behavioral Signals  (Click-through rate, mobile clicks

How to speed mobile page load times with AMP

Here's the short version: If you use WordPress.org, install the AMP-WP plugin. The longer version may be more interesting: Want to dramatically reduce WordPress page load times for mobile browsers? Want to deliver your WordPress pages quickly to a viewer from a nearby Google datacenter for free? Google, Twitter, and WordPress all support the  Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) Project , which aims to make the mobile web experience faster. AMP offers a framework designed to deliver web pages optimized for speed to mobile devices. TechRepublic's Dan Patterson covered the  launch details in October 2015 . Following the launch, the WordPress team released the  open source plugin, amp-wp  on GitHub. The plugin auto-generates Accelerated Mobile Pages for your site—with /amp/ added at the end. WordPress also  plans to support AMP on WordPress.com . The WordPress amp-wp plugin creates pages with '/amp/' added at the end. AMP Speed The focus