(Entry was posted by Cassy Richardso on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 06/13/2019).

Local Search Predictions

Iâ€™m curious..what are some predictions you all have for where local search is headed in the next few years?

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YOUR ANSWERS

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

Tim Capper: I think Google is trying to become the home page.

Less visibility
Less clicks to actual site
Pay for leads from Google
Michael Stricker: Tim Capper ... and, the Alibaba model wins.
Scott Clark: Pay to play on GMB for sure. Google shareholders are not going to settle for ad revenue... they will get into all transactions from ecommerce to leads where there is available margins to extract.
Michael Stricker: Less about SERPs. More about Discovery, Assistant, predictive recommendations, voice via Asst., Siri, Alexa (expands to app/car/multi-platform, as does Facebook recommendations).