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Google Restores Google Posts to Upper Section of Local Knowledge Panels

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Google has repositioned the Google Posts section higher on local knowledge panels, reversing a 2018 move that had relegated it to the bottom.

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SERoundtable reports that Google has shifted the Google Posts section upward within local knowledge panels. The feature had been moved to the bottom of local panels in 2018; this repositioning restores it to a more prominent placement higher on the panel.

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