For journalists & researchers
Press & expert sources
Working on a story about local search, Google Business Profile, the Map Pack, or AI Overviews? Map Observer’s editors are available as on-the-record sources, and our trackers are free to cite.
Available to comment on
- Map Pack volatility and unannounced ranking shifts
- Google Business Profile suspensions, reinstatement, and policy
- AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Ask Maps’ impact on local discovery
- Review and reputation policy, fake-review enforcement
- Local Service Ads (LSAs) and Google’s pay-to-play surfaces
- Multi-location and franchise SEO operations
Reach the editorial desk at press@mapobserver.com. We typically reply within one business day.
Cite Map Observer
Citation snippets, free to use:
APA
Map Observer. (1970). Map Observer: Local search, Google Maps & Business Profile intelligence. https://mapobserver.com
HTML link
<a href="https://mapobserver.com">Map Observer</a> — independent reporting on Google Business Profile and the Map Pack.
For per-article citations, every story has a built-in "Cite this" button that produces APA, MLA, Chicago, and BibTeX. Our trackers — the Local Search Index, algorithm updates, and product changelog — are updated continuously and free to reference.
Embed our data
We publish free, do-follow-attributed widgets you can drop into a story or dashboard: live Map Pack volatility, the last confirmed algorithm update, and a free Business Profile health check. See the embed library.
Need raw JSON for a story or dashboard? See the public data API.
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Map Observer
The daily briefing on Google Business Profile, the Map Pack, and local search — read by local SEO agencies, GBP specialists, and the multi-location operators they serve.