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City included in search vs geolocation detection

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Feb 11, 2016 - Posted by Brian Bambl in Support - Moz Analytics: Search | 1 Response | 93 Views
  • First.  I read an article a while ago about different terminology for results that are triggered by a keyword + a location vs just a keyword entered and the location is detected.  I can't find the article right now. Are there a common term for these types of searches?

    Second.  When tracking keywords locally using the "tracked keywords" tool how does Moz get these rankings?  Do they enter the keywords + the location or use geolocation detection?

    I hope this makes sense.

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    • Hi there!
      I'm not sure that I can answer all of your question, as I'm not hip with all the cool SEO jargon, but I believe you could refer to those as "keyword modifiers". Perhaps more specifically, they could be called "keyword location modifiers".

      I can speak to the fact that Moz does not add any keyword modifiers to the term you're tracking in your campaigns when making our query. I'm afraid I can't necessarily say the exact method we use to make those queries, though.

      I hope this helps!

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    Jordan, you know your stuff, as always. :) It's geolocation. We don't add modifiers for local rankings.

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