Bill Slawski has written about Google Local Search Glossary, as reported by Matt Cutts. One month back Slawski had mentioned in the post to 10 Likely Elements of Google’s Local Search Algorithm, writing about glossary of terms.
Many of the terms in the glossary has been explained in simplest language. According to Bill Slawski the glossary has been taken from several Google patent fillings on local search and is a collection of definitions and terms related to it.
The list consists of -
Category Classification Component
Category Classification Model
Directory listings
Miscellaneous Pre-Classified Business Data
Query traffic data
Advertisement traffic data
Results of local search, based on location prominence-
Location Prominence
Centerpoint
Postal Codes
Latitude and longitude coordinates
Combination Scores
Broad Area
Zcodes
Map Boundaries
Search Area
Relevant Documents
Broad Area Relevant Documents
Additional Scoring Factors
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