Lost A position in Local Business results

Anything I can do?

[Demaestro]

For about 8 months I have been holding the first position (A) in the "Local Business Results" in a local Google search.

I have been bumped to the (C) position.

I did a small update to my meta desc tag recently and I also moved the flag marker in local business center to be more accurate about our location.

Could it be a result of one of those things?

Is there anything I can do or is it a wait and see game now?

My organic position for the search term is #2

[anallawalla]

In my observations of the onebox, I see regular movements of some players, while some are steady. A while ago when I had a PO Box I got dumped off the onebox when Google gave preference to physical locations.

[AnkitMaheshwari]

I have a really bad experience of loss of ranks whenever I make any changes to a listed entry.
At times, I even have to verify the listings again if description is modified.
For some of them rankings do come back (but never improved); on others they slip without bouncing back.

[Demaestro]

Well here is hoping.. thanks

[rmjvol]

Could be just a temporary thing. There's alot of chaos right now that seems related to the change to Place Pages.

I'd sit tight for a few days before trying anything else related to this.

[Demaestro]

rmjvol, dead bang on.

Back to my A position this morning!

What is curious is it seemingly didn't affect my traffic. I was a little fearful that it would, we landed in the "A" spot originally 8 months ago but we had no previous position at all, but since gaining the "A" position revenue is up over $100,000 YTD.

Thanks all.

[rmjvol]

Sweet, good to hear :)

A natural trickle of reviews might continue to lock up position A for you.

[Demaestro]

rmjvol, thanks for that additional insight.