Has anyone else noticed a change in local Google Places results? The traditional "7 pack" of results seems to have been replaced by a greatly reduced "3 Pack".
NYC and Boston were showing a 3-pack yesterday, but are back to a 7 pack today. However both are showing 3 organic listings above the 7 pack plus the usual paid listings today.Its all over the map in my area especially for different verticals. Auto related seems to be pretty consistent with a 7 pack though. I am also still seeing some places results getting broken up with an organic listing in between sometimes.
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