Something that has been hinted upon for a couple years, was finally announced – Big G is working a penalty for slow load time into their algorithm. According to Google’s Webmaster Central blog, the penalty at this time is a minor one, and only affects:
less than 1% of search queries
only queries in English made [...]
The introduction of Google’s Local Search into it’s regular results (Universal Search) has been a real game changer as more, and more categories and locations are offered up near the top of organic searches. We’re going to cover the bases on what to do to improve your business’s rankings in the local search results & [...]
