Google Local Services Ads Receive 13% of All SERP Clicks

A new local search study finds Google’s Local Services ads account for 13.8% of all SERP clicks.In addition, the very presence of LSAs affects the number of clicks for all other SERP types.BrightLocal monitored 5,500 local searches to compile this data, studying where people click on local SERPs as well as their reasons for doing so. When LSAs are present, clicks on all search types are affected compared to when LSAs are not present.Around 25% of all clicks are on paid results when LSAs are present.When LSAs are not present, only 14% of clicks are on paid results