Over the past day, people in different parts of the US and the world have reported seeing phone numbers return to Google’s 3-pack of results. Here in Red Sox land, I didn’t see any phone numbers until now, but now I’m seeing phone numbers and full addresses once more.
I wasn’t the first to notice this:
Looks like phone #'s and addresses are back in the #snackpack @phixed @golander59 pic.twitter.com/Q6wEhybc74
— M.Fritzsche (@Mike_Fritzsche) September 24, 2015
Dave Oremland also noticed the addresses earlier today, as did Linda at the Local Search Forum.
Also, Darren tells me that he’s seeing the same thing up in Canada:
And in Australia, according to Andrew Webber in his comment, below.
So far, it seems like a full rollout, rather than one that people only see in certain regions or industries.
This, plus the blended paid/free 6-pack of local results that Mike Blumenthal reported on yesterday, suggests that Google probably isn’t taking the local results in 100% pay-to-play direction.
Or maybe it’s simply another test, meant to amuse the engineers at Google.
Are you seeing full addresses and phone numbers, too?
Have you noticed any other changes?
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