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Google Maps Search Results Now With A Scroll Bar

Barry Schwartz on July 21, 2014 at 8:56 am

Google has quietly changed the search results interface within Google Maps to show more listings via a scrollable search box. You can now scroll through the first ten or so local search results when you conduct a search in the Google Maps search box.

Here is an example:

This new feature launched sometime over the weekend and many local search marketers and businesses are happy about this.

The old Google Maps interface showed many local search results in the search area but the new google Maps limited it to just a few. This opens up the opportunity of more business to other businesses that may have not ranked as well in the Google Maps local search listings.

About The Author

Barry Schwartz

Barry Schwartz is Search Engine Land's News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on SEM topics.