Why is map listing split this way ?

[Saijo.George]

I am trying to figure out why map listings gets split up this way. Some people gets their maplisting to the right while the generic map listing block is down after a few organic listings .

Didn't they at some point of time club orgainc + map together so only one shows up in SERPs ?

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[MiriamEllis]

Hi Saijo,

There a quite a few different ways in which Google displays local results and your screenshot shows one of them. As to why Google tries so many different layouts, I believe they are always testing things to see which layouts serve users (and Google) best.

Regarding your question:

"Didn't they at some point of time club orgainc + map together so only one shows up in SERPs ?"

I believe what you are referring to is the blended results. A blended results is a result in which there is both information coming from Google's local product (like reviews) as well as information coming from the business' website (like the title tag and URL). The majority of local listings are blended now and will appear on a page of both blended results and organic results, as in your screenshot. So, what you are seeing is normal.

Hope this helps!

Miriam

[Saijo.George]

Thanks for your input