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The 2010 practitioner survey ranked proper Place Page categories as a high-importance ranking factor.
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Sources
- The 2010 Local Search Ranking Factors
David Mihm · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-22
“Associating Place Page with Proper Categories ... 3.91 high importance” — Results list item 3 and factor heading
“Participants were asked to rate the importance of 69 criteria” — The Survey section
- 2011 Local Search Ranking Factors
David Mihm · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-22
“CHANGE FROM 2010” — 2011 survey lines 136-139
“3. Proper Category Associations (PLACE PAGE) ... --” — 2011 survey lines 141-155
- Formic Media Seminar Series: Increasing Revenue through Local SEO
Formic Media · retrieved 2026-08-22
“Choose the most appropriate categories for your business ... Source: David Mihm, Local Search Ranking Factors” — Top Ranking Factors slide
- Search Marketing insights
The RIC Blog / Dev Basu · retrieved 2026-08-22
“3. Associate Your Google Place Page with the Proper Categories” — RIC Blog lines 117-129
Related claims
Release: seo-geo-product-v0.3 · Phase Two freeze: P2-CORE300-FINAL-v1.0 · Generated: 2026-08-23T08:01:40Z