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Mortal Kombat 1: The Ultimate Fighting Game Experience for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC! Unleash Your Inner Fighter Today!

In the realm of gaming, few titles have achieved the iconic status and enduring popularity of the Mortal Kombat franchise. With its rich history, captivating characters, and visceral gameplay, Mortal Kombat has captivated gamers around the world for decades. Today, we are thrilled to announce the highly anticipated release of Mortal Kombat 1 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and PC (Steam, Epic Games Store). In this article, we will delve into the thrilling details of this upcoming installment, immersing you in the electrifying world of Mortal Kombat. The Ultimate Fighting Game Experience Mortal Kombat 1 is poised to redefine the fighting game genre, delivering an unparalleled experience that will leave players breathless. Developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. 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With robust online features and a dedicated community, Mortal Kombat 1 ensures that the fight never ends. Preparing for Mortal Kombat 1 Now that you're eager to dive into the Mortal Kombat universe, let's discuss how you can prepare for the upcoming release. Release Date and Platforms Mortal Kombat 1 is set to release on September 19, across various platforms, including PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and PC (Steam, Epic Games Store). Make sure to mark your calendars and secure your preferred platform for an unparalleled gaming experience. Mortal Kombat 1 Premium Edition For avid fans and dedicated fighters, Mortal Kombat 1 offers a Premium Edition that enhances your gaming journey with exclusive content and exciting perks. The Premium Edition, available physically and digitally, includes all the features of the Standard Edition along with the highly coveted Kombat Pack. 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Hypothetically Rewriting Assault’s Story + Some General Assault Opinions

There’s a game my husband and I like to play when we watch a movie, play a game, or read a book that has a story that we don’t really enjoy or we enjoy certain parts of but not others. We look at things we’d keep and things we’d change and we build a story from there-- sort of like an AU but we don’t really go into the writing part, we just stick to theorizing and mapping a general story.

I decided to play that game with Star Fox. Not because I think Star Fox has a bad story but because sometimes I think the stories could have been handled better. Note: for the rewrite game, I only really look at story, even for video games, I don’t really look at gameplay mechanics, but I do understand those have a lot to do with story potential so I do take it in as a factor... I just don’t bother to “rewrite” the mechanics, if that makes any sense at all. Some of my list today will include boss encounters but I wouldn’t necessarily say those are mechanic-related... more like “event-related”.

I’ve mused a bit in the past about rewriting Adventures and Command and I do have plans to do a mock up of an Adventures remake eventually. However, today I was thinking about how I would go about handling an Assault re-write in particular. Much like Command and Adventures, I don’t have any beef with the core story but I do think there’s a few things that could’ve been better about Assault’s storyline-- like they had good ideas rolling but they didn’t quite refine them.

Under the cut because SUPER long.

My basic feelings on Assault are pretty positive. I think the game is generally just fun and I like that it feels like the natural progression from SF64. I liked getting to see planets we haven’t seen since the N64 era in better graphics and I liked seeing Star Wolf return. I also just thought the aparoids were neat enemies.

Generally speaking, though, when it comes to Assault, I think it suffers from the thing it tries to push the most-- the story. I think a lot of people get caught up in thinking the story is better than it is because it’s the first game since SF64 that really follows the same Star Fox vibe without retelling the Lylat Wars. Don’t get me wrong, the overall plot is great but the execution and pacing are... wonky. Certain characterizations also take a hit in some regards but no one really talks about that when Command exists. That’s something we’ll talk about later on with this post.

That being said, Assault really does have a lot good going for it. An absolute banger of a soundtrack, some great dialogue, a neat story synopsis, the introduction of cool characters like Panther and Beltino (who existed but was always off-screen), and just good levels.

So, here’s what I would add, I suppose, if I were to somehow have the ability to rewrite Assault. Originally I had this in paragraph form, but I’ve made it into more of a list under topic segments with main points bolded for your viewing pleasure. Some of these points might be considered nitpicky and while I do understand that yes, this is a game about space animals, I do hold the developers in high enough regard to make a game with a continuity that makes sense.

The Story Changes

- Reduce Pigma’s storyline in Assault. This is the biggest one for me because a bulk of the plotline feels like a giant chase to just get at Pigma and it feels like it derails from the actual plot with the aparoids. We only go to Sargasso because of Pigma. We only go to Fichina and then back to Meteo again, because of Pigma. That’s 3 levels in a 10 level game devoted to just tracking down Pigma and chasing him. While it makes the build up to fighting Pigma kind of nice, I personally feel like the plot could be reduced to 2 levels. If Assault overall was a longer game, I could see them making it 3 levels. Overall, though, in its current state, I feel like the side plot overstays its welcome and the aparoids promptly get shoved to the side in favor of “Oh no, we gotta get to Pigma!” And I get the main motive here is to show how the aparoids affect people and because of the build up, it does a good job at showing how utterly terrifying the aparoids are. But it’s still too long given the length of Assault’s story. The only alternative to this is make Assault longer, which... honestly, it should be.

- Revise the scene with Tricky. I’m obviously not well-versed in dinosaur biology but I’m pretty sure dinos didn’t grow that fast from what studying I HAVE done. And why is he suddenly king now? Did his parents die? He seems not affected by this at all? Like it’s a funny scene with him, Fox, and Krystal, but it’s odd if you really look at it. Give us, as players, more context because I’m still not even sure what happened to make Tricky suddenly the leader and... big. As a note, you’re gonna hear me gripe a lot about the Sauria level in this post.

- The Star Wolf + Peppy sacrifice is a low effort way to raise tension/stakes and then cop out. Oldest trick in the book, imo, is to act like you’re going to kill off important characters only for them to be alive miraculously. And let’s face it, as an audience we all know they aren’t going to kill those characters because it’s Nintendo and those characters are too beloved. I would’ve forgiven them for only doing this with Peppy or Star Wolf, but when you tack them both together and throw in the fact they make it seem like you’re going to have to kill General Pepper too... yeah, it’s just a bit much of the same trope over and over again. I wanted to put a note in here about how I’m fine with the Great Fox being “sacrificed” but overall, it needed to return to the series because of it’s icon status, but I think that’s more of a gripe at Command instead of Assault.

- Keep Pigma alive. This will conflict with a point I have later on about the game consistently having characters cheat death for easy drama points but with Pigma, I would’ve kept him fully alive... but maybe with some physical damage from the aparoids. I understand he’s semi-alive in Command and tbh I don’t know where I stand on that. Why keep Pigma alive, you might ask? I feel like his character has a lot more potential than being “just the greedy guy”. Like he’s got good potential future villain material for future games and... if I’m honest? I just don’t see Nintendo wanting to keep Pigma dead so why even bother killing him off? They couldn’t even commit to him being dead in Command anyways so it seems very moot.

- Bring Bill and Katt back. Assault is acts a bit like a big reunion of all of our SF64 favorites but our two favorite side characters are suspiciously missing. Wouldn’t Bill be out on the front lines fighting against Andrew in the beginning? Or maybe back in Katina? And wouldn’t Katt inevitably show up in the midst of the invasion, maybe to pointedly check in on Falco?

- Bring Andrew back for the final fight. I think Andrew being defeated early into the game is fine overall but I think bringing him back in for a reunion final fight against the aparoids would serve to really solidify that it’s really everyone vs the invading aparoid force. It would show that not only is Star Wolf willing to put aside their differences but so is basically everyone in the Lylat System in the name of survival. Imagine the Venomians and Cornerians working together against an aparoid fleet, giving Star Fox and Star Wolf time to attack the queen? I just think it’d be neat and it’d open up the potential for some fun banter mid-mission. I do understand that quite a few people consider Andrew canonically dead after Assault but personally, I feel that his defeat left his fate questionable (I’m a staunch believer that unless there’s a body, they’re probably alive, especially for Nintendo games because, again, they never like to kill people off) so him returning in Command never really bothered me.

- In general, reconsider some of the character portrayals. Unfortunately, when a series has a different studio for each game, character portrayals will inevitably have inconsistencies. While I give Namco a lot of credit for putting in oodles and oodles of detail into the game (particularly the levels), I think they failed in their portrayal of Fox, at the least, and Wolf is a considerable offender as well. While it’s obvious that Fox in Adventures was effectively modeled off of Sabre even in terms of personality, Rareware was at least able to justify Fox’s newfound jaded attitude with the passing of many years and a distinct lack of steady income, resulting in the team being in disarray. Assault’s Fox is a stark contrast to his cynical interpretation with seemingly no explanation other than maybe “Oh, I have more money and a gf, maybe I should behave myself”. As if the sudden change in personality wasn’t random, Fox also just seems very blah, like a blank slate stereotypical shooter game protagonist dude with little to no emotion. Wolf is less obvious but gets slated into a mentor-like role midway through the game and ends up in a respectful rivalry with Fox... which there’s nothing inherently wrong with that except for it happening abruptly (and, I mean, Peppy is right there). But I take less issue with this and more of an issue with the fact that there’s an entire level establishing that Wolf now runs a crime den with effectively what seems to be an army and no one bats an eye at this. He doesn’t even call on them to help with the aparoids. Did they all die when the aparoids attacked Meteo? Are they safe somewhere else? Where do they go? How was Sargasso able to operate without the CDF being on their doorstep with warrants for arrests?

- Don’t kill all the dinosaurs. A bit of a dramatic statement but the ending screen that showed all the damage to Sauria really bothered me. While I understand that the dinosaurs had less of a chance against the aparoids than a more technology-focused society like Corneria, I was a bit disappointed that the decision was made to just state that a lot of tribes had been wiped out. I know this could easily be retconned in a future game and I feel like it should be. “But why, Amalia? Why are you disappointed by that?” 1) It’s a little too grimdark for my tastes. 2) The fact it all happened off-screen felt very hand-wavy. And 3) It brings into question the entire point of Adventures. Why did we bother to save this planet if it was going to be reduced to rubble and ash 1 year later? Where were the Krazoa in all of this? Why did they not make an appearance at all to try to stop the invasion with their alleged powers? It just raises too many weird questions and I feel like Namco didn’t think it through too much. Which I mean, sure. Family, kiddo game. I’m not asking for bigbrain plot and lore but I’m squinting at this bit because it does feel very contrary to the lore from the previous game.

- Make the aparoids more relevant. As nice as it is to have a random bad guy from another galaxy, I feel like there was more that could be done with the aparoids in terms of their origins. Tiny things, mind you, not huge revelations. Off the top of my head, they could have been tied into Krystal’s backstory to help alleviate some of the complaints that she was too random to be added to the series’ main cast. Alternatively, they could have been a product of Andross or even a weapon prototype from Corneria that fled the lab (I actually thought the game was leaning in that direction for a bit then just Nothing Happened). I get that the vagueness of their origins leaves room for people to speculate and speculation is nice but... when you leave too many things unknown, it starts to feel less like giving fans room to interpret and more like just doing random things for the sake of it. I think a lore tidbit here or there would work wonders for the aparoids instead of leaving them as just borg/zerg clones.

Level-Based Changes

- Add either Aparoid RedEye or Aparoid General Scales as a boss to Sauria. Given that this level mysteriously lacks a boss, which is just weird compared to the other levels, I think that they had the opportunity to add something cool to go along with the cinematic feel they were going for with Assault. Assault’s cutscenes do play in a movie-like fashion and it’s clear they’re trying to make the game as epic as possible. It’s a shame they had so much fodder for a great boss here but they failed to go through with it. Alternatively: Add a Krazoa-Aparoid fusion. Why? Because Star Fox is about cool epic sci-fi and that would be cool epic sci-fi incarnate.

- Add a boss to the Aparoid Homeworld Level, aka the penultimate level. Another one I felt was personally weird that there was no “final defense system” to challenge the team. Would be cool to do an aerial battle over the aparoid planet with some giant flying aparoid.

- Be kinder to Sauria. The level had some good homages but overall was incredibly small and incredibly short. It felt like a bone tossed to Adventures fans but was not entirely true to the setting built by Rareware. I’m... not even sure where the Sauria level is supposed to take place? I presume it’s Walled City but it doesn’t really have the same color scheme or aesthetic? Also where is my revised Adventures music? Why do all the other levels get it but Sauria doesn’t?

- Put some of those funky items from the multiplayer into the main campaign. I don’t know why some of these things, items especially, were omitted unless it was purely due to time constraints. I remember having missile launchers and jetpacks in the multiplayer and was a bit sad that they were not in the main campaign. Retuning the levels and adding those in would be a nice breath of fresh air for the more tedious on-foot missions.

- More levels. Self-explanatory. Still sad we didn’t get the Zoness or Titania levels in the single-player mode.

I think all of the above changes would improve the game, though I recognize all of this is being said 16 years later after lots of time to contemplate Assault’s weaker points. I’m not entirely certain how long Star Fox Assault took to develop but given that there’s obviously quite a bit scrapped from the game (an entire arcade mode was scrapped as well), I’m going to assume that the studio felt pressured to shove the game out the door and into the hands of customers. It’s a shame, really, because I think a little bit longer in the oven would have done a lot of good. Still, the product we got was good in its own right and a game that many people look back on fondly. I haven’t gotten to replay it in years but I hope to quite soon.

You might wonder why I bothered typing this all out and I guess my point was this-- Assault was great but it wasn’t perfect, and while a lot of other games fall under a crushing amount of scrutiny, Assault seems to dodge it. And don’t get me wrong-- I adore Assault. But given that not many takes exist out there about rewriting it, I decided to give it a shot. For variety’s sake.

I do want to a mock up of a revised Assault story, which I think I will get to work on after completing this while all my ideas are still fresh in mind. So stay tuned for that sometime in the near future. I will also be doing my Adventures mock up at some point but probably not for a little bit as I do wanna focus some of my free time on actual fic-writing.

Anyways, if you stuck around this long, thank you for reading! Have any changes you’d like to see to Assault if you could time machine your way back to the early 2000s? Feel free to post in the comments, I’d love to read your ideas!

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☕️ not sure if it counts as a topic, but I'm curious to hear your thoughts on Tagon x Taealha in general (love them? mediocre about them? they are a mess?)

Oh yes! Thank you for the question, that’s a great topic = D Short answer: I love them.

I’m going to put the rest under a cut because a friend of mine is currently watching it for the first time and I don’t want to spoil her (however, I’ll be honest and admit that I’m shit at remembering plot details anyway but still. krystal don’t read this)

So yeah, I love them??????????? Honestly, OTP with a capital O. I love love love love them, and it’s strange because I wouldn’t necessarily be into them on paper. The “two terrible people love each other” is a lovely trope, it is, but I usually lean toward “one terrible person loves an amazing one and it’s angsty” (aka, villain x hero or similar dynamics. it’s just a preference.)

But with them, it works, and I am so into it? It helps that Tagon and Taealha are more than antagonists. They have sympathetic traits, and honestly, their romance is one of their respective redeeming qualities as far as I’m concerned. Taealha’s ongoing journey re: breaking free of her father, her being torn between protecting herself and wanting to protect him too... God, I can’t remember the exact wording, but that scene where they promise not to sacrifice themselves for each other, to look out for their own interests always and then they struggle to do that forever, but the fact that they also trust each other to survive? That just gets me. It’s so good

It also helps that Tagon is clearly, obviously, painfully in love with Taealha. That scene in episode... 2, I think, where she walks in and he faints or something? Iconic and relatable. I love a man whose veins are filled with loving my wife juice, and Tagon is the epitome of that. He’s so in love??? I can’t???

I can’t think of anything I don’t like about them tbh. I mean, yeah, they’re a mess, but they’re a thoroughly enjoyable one. I don’t expect things to end well for either of them, as far as the show’s direction. They’re not the heroes. I’m fully prepared for one of them or both to die, and you know, I’m okay with that, as long as they are fiercely in love to the end. (I don’t remember the exact events of the finale because I have a shit memory, but I do remember Tagon doing something that put them at odds, and that was UPSETTING, but I can’t wait to see where the angst takes them.) I would happily watch them do their thing forever.

So yeah, um. I love them a lot. Favorite ship on the show hands down

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A fake dating AU about contracts, soulmates and risking it all for love.

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There are certain phone calls you don't want to receive in your life. For some, it's the dreaded voice of a telemarketer asking you to buy their product. For others, it's the 2 am phone call from their ex who is plastered at the bar. For Niall, it was the angry voice of Mike, his agent, asking who on earth the girl was he was papped with the night before.

"Wait what?" Niall asked, his mind trying to comprehend the endless attack of words coming at him from the other side of the phone. He's not sure he's ever heard this kind of anger leave his agent's mouth before.

"The girl. Who is she Niall?"

Niall was silent for a moment. Who was Kelsey? Who should he say she is? Would it be better to come clean? Explain that this was a girl that he was developing feelings for and that this relationship was far more real than anything the PR team could have written up? Or should he write Kelsey off as a nobody and hope that the team puts it to rest?

"She's..."

"She's not your girlfriend, Niall," Mike interrupted before Niall had a chance to say otherwise. "Michaels wants to meet with you. 1pm. If I were you I'd come bearing an apologetic face and some sort of solution to this PR nightmare." And with that, the phone call ended.

Niall slammed his phone down on his crisp white bedspread with a thud. Then he sat down, setting his head in his hands. This was the worst case scenario. This was exactly the situation that he had been trying to avoid.

"What's wrong?" Kelsey asked, entering the room from her shower with a towel wrapped around her torso and her wet hair forming a small puddle on the floor. She wasn't sure she'd ever seen a face like this on Niall before, this look of fear. Almost as if he'd seen a ghost.

Niall pondered whether or not he should bring Kelsey into this. It wasn't her fault that they were caught by a camera or that they'd even been in that situation in the first place. If he leaves her out of it, he can be in and out of a meeting with Alan Michaels at Capitol without her being any the wiser. Taking that route keeps Kelsey from having to worry, or worse feeling guilty for going out to dinner in the first place.

But then a different thought crosses his mind. Maybe this wasn't a problem at all. Maybe this was an opportunity. Maybe this was just what they needed to have a shot at a real relationship, the kind that didn't involve baseball caps and restaurant back rooms and sneaking around as not to be spotted.

"It appears that our outing last night was not quite as stealthy as we had hoped," Niall admitted, eyeing Kelsey carefully to gauge her reaction.

Kelsey felt her stomach drop. Last night had been perfect. It had been the first time that she truly felt like what she and Niall had wasn't just some hidden behind-the-scenes love affair. It felt like a normal date. The things a normal couple would do. And now, the thing that Niall had feared the most had come true.

This was all her fault, if she hadn't pushed Niall. If she hadn't been so insecure about the standing of their relationship they never would have been put in this situation.

"Don't you dare start thinking this is your fault," Niall seemingly read Kelsey's mind. He comes over where she is standing, grabbing her hands and squeezing them between his.

"I..." Kelsey began to argue back but then realized that was exactly what she was thinking. "Well, What are you going to do?"

"I think that maybe..." Niall paused, hardly believing he was about to say the words aloud. "I think maybe we tell them about us."

"What?" Kelsey exclaimed. "Are you crazy?!" She couldn't believe that Niall was even considering the idea, especially with how he'd described the label's representatives so far.

"Maybe a little bit," Niall laughed nervously. "But if you think about it, what did they hire Krystal for in the first place? They hired her to show that I was in love. That my new album wasn't all heartbreak and loneliness. So what difference does it make if I'm in a relationship with a hired actress or someone that I'm actually interested in? In fact, I would argue that if we used our relationship instead, it would be more authentic and better for the image in the long run."

"I think you are overlooking one minor detail Niall," Kelsey said, taking a seat on the bed. She didn't want to get her hopes up. Sure, she'd love to be seen out in public with Niall, but she had a feeling it would be far more complicated than that. "If you start dating me, you are going to have to dump Krystal."

"And?" Niall asked, his voice growing excited as he began to further think about how this was actually the perfect solution. "People in Hollywood break up all the time. It's nothing new."

"I just think its going to be more complicated then you think Ni."

"So you don't want me to go through with it? You want me to keep up this act with Krystal and keep sneaking around? I thought you wanted a real relationship?" Niall replied with confusion.

"Of course I want a real relationship, Niall," Kelsey said, grabbing his hand and pulling him to sit beside her. "I would love to be able to do what we wanted without worrying about someone spotting us." She squeezed Niall's hand, letting him know that there was nothing she wanted more in the world. "But I just don't want you to jump into this decision. This is your career we're talking about."

"I've already made my decision, Kels. Mike told me to come bearing a solution and this is it. You are my solution." He reached a hand up and brushed Kelsey's cheek. "Just trust me on this, everything is going to be okay."

Kelsey nodded her head in agreement. But she still couldn't shake the feeling that this meeting wasn't going to go as planned.

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The Capitol Records building is just as fancy as you would expect the office of a premier icon of the music industry. Modern décor, framed albums and autographed photos. The ambience would be intimidating to someone entering for something as casual as a tour, let alone a someone entering for a meeting with executives.

Kelsey felt her heart racing as she entered the elevator. Niall must have sensed her nervousness, because he grabbed her hand and gave it an encouraging squeeze as the elevator makes its ascent. She wondered what they would do when they saw her with him. Would they yell at her? Demand that she leave the building immediately? Or would they shake her hand and ask her about herself, to see that maybe she was in fact, the perfect person for Niall Horan to be dating in the midst of his album promotion?

As they get off they elevator, they were greeted by a stoic looking red head with her hair slicked back in a ponytail so tight it looked like it was squeezing her head. "Have a seat right there, Mr. Michaels will be right with you."

They took a seat on a slick, black leather loveseat. Kelsey could tell Niall was nervous by the way that he was chewing at his fingertips. Mr. Michaels is large, bald man with a freshly ironed suit and red tie that only adds to his intimidating aura. Kelsey can't help but think that he looks somewhat familiar, but she can' t place. Maybe he'd been a patron at The Manhattan or perhaps she'd simply passed him on the street.

"Mr. Horan," he grumbled, offering out his hand which Niall quickly stood and shook. He looked towards Kelsey, shooting her a mischievous smile. "And Miss Benton, what a pleasant surprise."

Niall looked over at Kelsey with a confused glance. "Didn't think I'd have done my research so quickly Mr. Horan? I'm offended," Mr. Michaels chuckled. He adjusted his tie before taking a step back towards his office. "Well I believe we have some business to attend to, shall we?"

Niall stood and Kelsey stood up following him. Mr. Michaels took a seat behind a large glass desk as Kelsey and Niall sat in two hard metal chairs in front of him. Mr. Michaels clasped his hands in front of him before clearing his throat loudly. "So let me guess, both of you are here today because you'd like your relationship to take the place of the one that we've hired Miss Hoffman for?"

Niall gulped. The stare Mr. Michaels was giving him wasn't one that reflected him thinking this was a brilliant idea by any means. He tried to mentally remind himself of all the points he had come up with on the drive over. All the reasons he could convince Michaels and the rest of the PR team that this was all a benefit to his album sales, and not a detriment. But in this moment, he couldn't seem to come up with any of them. Instead he muttered a shaky, "That would be correct, sir."

"A question for you Miss Benton," Mr. Michaels declared rather than asked. Kelsey nodded her head slowly. "What do you know about dating a celebrity?" His eyes latch onto Kelsey's and she felt her already pounding heart increase in speed.

"I mean, I know there is always the risk of being caught by the paparazzi's. And that there are a lot of performances and appearances," she glanced over at Niall hoping for some reassurance. He offered her the slightest of smiles. "And I know that you have to grow a thick skin, because their are always going to be people: fans, media, stars, critiquing your every move." Kelsey wanted to add on that she thought she could handle it. That she realized that bringing her relationship with Niall out to the public would come with these new challenges, but that she was prepared to face them, but before she can begin to speak, Mr. Michaels has shifted his gaze towards Niall.

"And you, Mr. Horan. I'd like to hear just what you must think the benefits of dating this girl instead of Miss Hoffman are to you and your team here at Capitol. They must be good ones, hmm," Mr. Michaels raised his eyebrows. "Considering you brought Miss Benton here to our meeting today when it wasn't part of our request."

Niall looked over at Kelsey, then back at Mr. Michaels, his beady gray eyes piercing into his soul. If the goal was to make Niall feel like he had made an incredibly stupid decision then it had most definitely been accomplished, because the longer that Niall sat in this chair enduring the stare of a man who for held his music career in his hands, the smaller he felt.

"I just thought," his voice cracked. He cleared his voice, taking a deep breath and trying to command ever ounce of confidence that remained in his body. "I thought that if the whole goal of me being in a relationship this promotion cycle was that you could portray me as a guy that wasn't heartbroken, wouldn't it be more authentic if I actually was with someone who I'm developing feelings for. You of all people should know my fanbase, they aren't just naïve little girls who believe everything in front of their eyes. They investigate things, they can sense things aren't quite right. Hell, sometimes I think they know me better than I know myself!"

He glanced over at Kelsey who was giving him a reassuring smile. "The point is, I think they can sense that something isn't quite there with my relationship with Krystal. And I think this pap shot is exactly the kind of opportunity to come clean about the whole thing and just tell the truth. And then let me be in an authentic relationship. One with this amazing, smart, beautiful girl sitting next to me."

If Mr. Michaels is moved or convinced by Niall's answer, he didn't show it. Instead, his face remained blank, as he scratched his hairless head with his fingers. "And what of Miss Hoffman then, Mr. Horan?"

"I'm sure you have plenty of ways to frame the end of relationship. I mean, some stars getting a divorce nearly every other day in the newspaper."

Mr. Michaels leaned forward in his chair, picking up a black pen and rolling it between his fingers. "Let me play for a just a second...devil's advocate."

He took a long drawn out pause. Niall shifted nervously in his seat. Kelsey found herself picking at a hangnail on the edge of her thumbnail.

Mr. Michaels continued. "What happens when people hear that Niall has broken up with Krystal and is now with some other girl? They might think that you are a player, or a heartbreaker. Or maybe that you were cheating the whole time you were with Krystal." He set the pen in his hands down on the countertop once again, staring Niall down in a way that made Niall feel like he was a specimen in a lab. "Or say we go with your suggestion, Mr. Horan. We tell your fans that Krystal was just for the publicity and that in the meantime you have met someone else. Then what will they think of you. Their idol is a liar, he'll do anything to promote his music... blah blah blah, blah blah."

"Do you see why you've put the team in quite the predicament here?" Mr. Michaels leaned forward once again, closing the distance between them. "One that simply isn't solved just by 'telling the truth'. People outside the industry don't realize that there is no true honesty in the entertainment industry. It's all about perception. Public perception. Media perception. Changing that perception to fulfill your needs and goals."

Mr. Michaels stood from behind his desk, and Niall and Kelsey exchanged a confused glance. Niall wasn't sure if this meant that the team would consider his suggestion, or if Mr. Michaels had already made his decision.

"Miss Benton, if you will have a seat back in the lobby, I believe Mr. Horan and I have a bit more to discuss," Mr. Michaels gestured towards the door as Kelsey stood up slowly. "It was a pleasure to see you again. Really was a shame the job didn't work out. But I think we made a pretty good choice with Miss Hoffman don't you think?"

That's when Kelsey finally made the connection. This man was the man sitting behind the coffee table with a stack of papers higher than any Kelsey had ever seen. The one that had asked her the strangest interview questions of her life. But that had been for a PR job Becca had told Kelsey might give her a leg up for entertainment law later in life. The job description had been vague, will little explanation of responsibilities or requirements. But that hadn't been for Krystal's job...had it?

Kelsey caught a glance of Niall's face as she exited Mr. Michaels' office. His face was formed in a scowl. He stared at her in a way that he never had before. This stare was a mix of anger, hurt and shock all in one. Kelsey wanted to stop right there and explain. Explain that she hadn't even known that the job she had applied for was to be Niall's fake girlfriend. Explain that she wouldn't have ever taken if it once she found out that was what it was. But instead she's ushered out of the office by Mr. Michaels' assistant, taking a seat on the hard black leather chair and having to let her mind wander about just what was being said in that office right now.

When Kelsey leaves the room, Niall sat for a moment stunned. The world seemed like it was moving in slow motion. At first he thought he had misheard, because how could Kelsey have applied for Krystal's job and not told him. Especially after all they'd talked about it. But the look on her face when she left the room wasn't one of shock or defensiveness. It was more of recognition, and the thought that Kelsey might have been keeping this secret from Niall was terrifying to him.

But Niall doesn't have time to linger on the thought of being betrayed, as Mr. Michaels begins to lecture once again."Mr. Horan, we expect that you will put an end to this...to this little charade of yours. When you are out of promotional season you are free to date whomever you wish, but if you'll remember our contract..."

So that was it. Niall would get no discussion. No consideration of a new plan. In fact, he was sure now that Mr. Michaels had made his decision the moment Niall and Kelsey stepped into his office.

"Unless you don't want your album released?" Mr. Michaels added, his voice threatening.

Niall nodded. "Of course I want the album released, I understand."

Mr. Michaels pulled out a large manila folder. He opened it, revealing a photo of Kelsey and Niall, hand and hand, walking down the Los Angeles streets. "If you are asked about these photos, she's a good friend. Nothing more. We think we've done enough that they should stay out of the press for now, but you know how things can be. But if pictures like this were to surface again, well, that could be catastrophic."

Niall knew that Mr. Michaels wasn't talking about catastrophic for Capitol Records. Mr. Michaels was hinting at catastrophic for Niall's album, his music career.

"Understood, sir," Niall said standing from his chair and begrudgingly giving Mr. Michaels a handshake.

"End it, Niall." Mr. Michaels commanded, once more before Niall walks out the door.

Niall didn't say anything to Kelsey as he exited the office. He simply makes his way towards the elevator, Kelsey clattering behind him. Tension hangs in the elevator as they make their way back down, and Kelsey knew an explosion was coming.

They slide into the car awaiting them outside the building in silence and when the driver asks if they are going back to Niall's place or Kelsey's. She responded "Mine first," without missing a beat.

"When I got that phone call do know what the first thing that ran through my mind was?" Niall broke the silence, his voice laced with frustration. "It wasn't the thought that I might get dropped from my label or that I wouldn't get to make music again. The first thing that came to my mind Kelsey was that they might try to get rid of you." Niall's voice continued to raise in volume, his face reddening by the second. "Do you even realize how much it scares me that I didn't for a second think that maybe I should end this. That I would literally risk my standing with the label then lose you?!"

"And then," he continued, barely even looking at Kelsey. "And then I find out that you could have been her. All this time when I told you how I just couldn't understand what kind of person would volunteer for a job like that. Well, apparently that type of person is you." His last words sting Kelsey as they leave his mouth.

"Niall, it's not like that I can explain..." Kelsey tried to protest. She needed Niall to understand that this wasn't something that she had kept from him willingly. If she had known that the job was the one Krystal had she would have told him from the beginning.

"Explain what Kelsey? How you aren't the person I thought you were." Niall yelled, crossing his arms in front of him. The look on his face is a look of disgust, his eyes fiery. And Kelsey isn't sure that she can say anything that will change is mind.

"I..." Kelsey began.

"When I said no more secrets that didn't just apply to me. I thought it would apply to you to!" Niall interrupted.

"Listen to me Niall," Kelsey's voice came out for more like a yell than she intended. "I didn't know that I was applying for that job. They never told me when I interviewed. I wasn't keeping anything from you!"

"You should have something the moment you recognized him," Niall spat.

"And what good would that have done Niall? You wouldn't have brought me into that office with you is that what you are trying to say?" Kelsey felt her pulse beating violently in her head.

Niall didn't respond for a moment. "Maybe," he muttered, turning his gaze to look out of the car window.

"I told you Niall, I had NO idea. You aren't even listening to me," Kelsey said with frustration, throwing up her hands. Niall didn't turn his head, instead, he kept his gaze firmly planted on the Los Angeles streets outside. He stayed that way, back turned away from Kelsey until they reach Kelsey's apartment.

As Kelsey opened the door of the black Escalade, she wanted to say something else. To remind him that things aren't always what they seem. His relationship with Krystal had proved that. But she knew that he was in a place where he couldn't even hear the words. She knew because she'd been in that place before.

Instead, she softly spoke the question that had been burning in her mind ever since Niall exited Mr. Michaels office. "Did they tell you to end it? To end us?" Her voice comes out meek, like she's not quite sure she even wants to know the answer.

Niall turned to look at her, his face stoic. "Yes."

"Are you going to?" She asked, her voice now shaking.

"I don't know," he answered, before Kelsey stepped out the car and closed the door. Watching Niall's car drive away as she stood in shock on the sidewalk.

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me trying to “objectively” compare solar’s different “ships:”

(just for fun pls don’t attack lol these things that i’m gonna discuss are all backed by things i’ve read and watched; none of them came from my imagination; i just watched and read things but obv these are my interpretations so if you want to interpret the proofs yourself, you can just search the stuff i’ve mentioned :) )

Solar w/ an unknown and secret bf (this isn’t really a ship but it’s a common claim by people who think she’s dating):

It’s possible:

- b/c there are idols who successfully date other idols/people from outside the entertainment industry without anyone knowing

- if solar is straight

- b/c some people (the ones who don’t believe she can’t be with a girl whatsoever) think it’s hard to be single for 6-7 years and she’s almost 30

- if her “bf” doesn’t mind her spending most of her trips and short vacations with her “sister”/colleague 1/bestie (byul)

It’s not possible:

- b/c in almost all solarsido videos, she’s either with her sister and/or moonbyul

- b/c idk how she has the time when she posts new videos every three days + do collabs + make music + practice + learns english

Ddongi (Solar and EN) ship:

It’s possible:

- b/c they spent time together in WGM

- b/c they apparently had chemistry in WGM

- b/c they looked at each other once

It’s not possible:

- b/c solar changed her phone number and haven’t contacted EN after WGM (i can’t say if she changed it right after WGM or years after so let’s not argue about this)

- b/c EN literally just released a vid with him talking to his bro and whoever watches their youtube about Mamamoo and Solar saying that they’re awkward with each other because WGM became a sensitive topic and fans are either crazy hating on them or crazy shipping them; he even said they couldn’t even be friends so end of discussion (i honestly felt bad about EN b/c I can really now see it’s the crazy “fans” who make these things too big)

Moonsun/YKBK (aka the SHIP of all ships):

It’s possible:

honestly, there are too many things but here are “some”:

- b/c (trying to say this in the most objective way possible) yong talks about moonbyul (and vice versa) in all of her solo interviews/vlives

- b/c moonbyul is always at her house (byul is that comfortable that she would go in and stay while yong and her older sister are fighting)

- b/c of the way they look at each other (eyes, nose, lips, HIP~ lol jkjk but for real their “elevator eyes” are so real)

- b/c in the vlive where they were in the bathroom and byul asked yong what she wants for her bday and yong was thinking but when she was about to say it byul was like text it in kakao talk and that she shouldn’t talk about “it” in public BUT yong says “byul, i want your heart (moonbyul’s face at that moment got me sold but then she laughs when solar said right after): ..is what you thought i would say, right?” (while smiling foolishly (lovingly) at byul)

- b/c of that krystal video (c’mon im pretty sure i dont need to explain that iconic video)

- b/c SEARCH UP CECI INTERVIEW

- b/c whenever solar and byul are asked about who makes them happy, it’s either their family, dogs, or each other

- b/c i thought that solar really hates when byul bothers her until i read her interview where yong says she gets annoyed of byul but if byul isn’t there, yong constantly looks for byul’s presence

- b/c yong literally dances naked even when byul can see

- b/c yong only gets flustered when it’s byul (i’ve seen her literally do sexy dances with wheein/hwasa and she’s so confident)

- b/c you can see in that WGM episode where Mamamoo visited and yong looked at byul for almost the whole episode

- b/c search up wheesa being wingwomen for moonsun

- b/c they are almost always present on each other’s solo activities

- b/c they can’t be apart physically in almost all videos i’ve seen (even the ones not exactly “moonsun” related)

- b/c moonbyul made that cheesy fmv about them sledding together (the one everyone including myself thought was an fmv made by a fan)

- b/c that nose/chin kiss

- b/c people around their age would usually be enjoying free time separately (i.e. look at wheesa) and since they’ve been in the same group since trainee days (~8-9 years and counting) won’t they want to hang more with people they don’t see everyday

- b/c they’re together even in very short day offs

- (this is to the people saying that only byul could be bi/les) b/c if byul is indeed bi/les, wouldn’t yong come off as a tease, selfish, and possessive if she’s not actually into byul at all and they act the way they do

- b/c byul is always touching her leg or her hands and arms under the table

- b/c they are always together that they have to clarify more than once if they’re hanging with someone else

It’s not possible:

- b/c apparently it can only be a real ship if the two people does the pepero game/kiss onstage/says theyre together..

- b/c gay ships can’t be real

- b/c there are apparently no “strong” proofs

(you can see that i’ve clearly given up being “objective” b/c honestly how can this fanfiction-perfect ship even be looked at without thinking they’re together?? i’ve looked at all their videos from 2014-present and the development ive seen between them is something that can’t be faked nor can’t be simply platonic..to prove that i’ve tried my best to compare these possibilities objectively, i’ve looked at all proofs (i’ve even seen that brazil photo), i’ve watched all moonsun videos you can find, all of mamamoo’s vlives/interviews/guestings, i’ve watched all of WGM, i’ve read all of the L chat discussions about moonsun, onehallyu forums about moonsun AND ddongi couple AND the ones saying that solar is clearly “straight”) BUT ONCE AGAIN if moonsun is actually not dating/has not dated/will never date in the future, I still admire their care and admiration for each other b/c that sht is real and rare)

I made this b/c i have these thoughts in my head (plus so many more that i’m to tired to type about) and it’s killing me not to share. I hope that no one gets offended by this b/c, truthfully, all we can do as fans/shippers is look at minor and major details to come to a conclusion about something; thus, no one knows anything for sure until they confirm what we suspect. :D

#moonsun #i believe they're real #moonbyul #solar #yongkong byulkong #mamamoo #yongsun #byul #kim yongsun #moon byulyi #ships #kpop #proofs

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suho looks masterpost 🐰👔

bc he’s exo’s most fashionable member. doesn’t include Every look… im not That crazy… just the good and important ones. will continue to be updated

* = personal fav

~2012 omitted bc yikes~

130603 ap: baseball shirt and cap

131006: baseball jersey and he just looks rly cute

131103 they’re doing yoga or smth: cutie in red

*131107 radio: plaid schoolboy uniform

131114 rc: suit and tie with a shiny knot, hair slicked back (h*t)

131122: just a big blue coat w/ fur hood but he’s cute

131223 ap: black coat w/ grey plaid sleeves and red scarf over face

131229 gayo: all black suit with gold accents

140116 rc: suit and tie w/ gold knot

140405 ap: beginning of blondemyeon

140415: blonde hair, all black, leather pants, extremely powerful

140525 tlp presscon: blonde hair, all black w/ white piping on suit jacket

140618 ap: blonde hair, all black w/ big navy shirt unbuttoned over top

140628 ap: blonde hair, striped shirt, peak twink vibes

140815: i have to include junhee she’s iconic

*140912 ap: blonde hair, comme des garçons sweater

140917: blonde hair, black suit with shoulder detail

141008 ap: white turtleneck, v soft

141028 ap: pink sweater

141109: grey suit with shoulder detail

141118 ap: suede jacket with sherpa, he looks like an old-timey pilot

*141124: snsd vcr look, bi icon

141126: all navy pinstriped suit, pretty pink eyeshadow

*141214 ap: black scarf over face and grey coat, secsi

141226 gayo: suit and bowtie, v handsome

150108 ap: snowman

*150201 ap: going 2 india and he looks rly cute :(((

150308 exoluxion presscon: suit jacket over blue sweater, hair slicked back, very powerful

150312: pink suit, black turtleneck, he has cramps?

150327 ap: cute blue jacket

*150403: all black, maroon hat, secsi

150415 radio: mint sweater

*150415: long navy coat, hes cold :(

150423: green striped button-down, ROUND

150428 music show: all denim, he looks hot

150430: black suit, hes holding this weird pink plushie and pouts a lot

*150506 fashion event: all black, legs for days

150507 ap: i am gonna tell god everything

150523: shiny shirt and porkpie (?) hat

*150605: denim shirt black pants

*150611 ap: soft green striped shirt

150617: grey t shirt… tiddies… hes carrying his shoes and wearing sliders

150712 ap: blue and white striped collarless shirt

150717 ap: green plaid shirt, a hot dad look

*150720 ap: baby blue shirt… tiddies

150731 ap: light blue shirt and black pants

*150824 stage greeting w/ krystal: just white shirt and jeans but he looks hot

150920 ap: denim jacket and black beanie, hot

*151001 rc: black suit and bowtie, extremely cute n handsome :(

151009: light denim jacket and jeans w/ red tie

151010: bowl cut :( and orangey-brown sweater

151011: white sweater vest w/ black stripe and plaid tie

*151014 radio: blue sweater that says “thanks” inside a heart, SOFT

151016 ap: grey turtleneck, soft

151019 fashion show ft. sehun: white turtleneck under black jacket, powerful

151024 ap: brown star wars bomber jacket

151209 he meets the star wars cast: ginger hair, grey turtleneck

151210: ginger hair and maroon suit

*151211 ap: ginger hair, grey coat and scarf over face, pink hat

151215 ap: beige coat and cream cable-knit sweater

151218: puffy white coat and parrot hat, cute :(

*151230 gayo: ginger hair, all black, he looks really good.

160111 ap: bean

160125 ap: purple tinted glasses, all black

160220 ap: teal turtleneck, extremely soft bun

160217 awards: sparkly grey suit jacket

160305 ap: glasses, long grey coat and plaid shirt

160308: striped shirt and jeans, handsome

160311 ap: leather jacket and darth vader scarf

160321 glory day premiere: dusty pink shirt

160324: pink cardigan, soft

160327: pale blue suede-ish shirt

160326 ap: pink bambi shirt

160604 premiere: grey hair, navy shirt w/ lil white stars

*160608 ex’act presscon: grey hair, silky blue shirt

160624: grey hair, black t shirt, khakis, star wars umbrella

160629: ashy blonde hair, striped shirt, hes like. eating chicken

160704 premiere: grey hair + glasses, baby blue shirt that says “ami”

160715 ap: ashy blonde hair, brown t shirt under button-down, very lesbian

160729: the beginning of pinkmyeon

*160812 ap: pink hair, cream button-down

160824: pink hair and yellow shirt

160826: pink hair, just a grey shirt and light-wash jeans but he rocks it

*160828 ap: sunglasses and hawaiian shirt

161001 ap: supreme grey and white stripey half-zip

161009: ripped up denim jacket, somewhat cursed day

161008: jacket w/ champagne-coloured sleeves, chest.

161011 ap: black shirt w/ beige piping, round

161022: white turtleneck under pink shirt, SOFT

161119 rc: long grey coat, maroon turtleneck

161123 premiere: glasses, beige coat

*161125 ap: black coat and baby blue turtleneck, soft

161128 ap: tommy hilfiger sweatshirt and cream scarf, SLEEPY

*161202 awards: red hair, navy suit and blue shirt

161204: red hair, grey hat and jacket

*161212 premiere: red hair + glasses, he looks like a doll

161226 rc: red hair, grey 3-piece suit, pinstripe pants

161231 gayo: bow neck blouse

170114 awards: PRINCE

170116 premiere: glasses, grey sweater

170118 presscon: dark green suit, LEGS

170119 rc: blue silk suit

170210 ap: glasses, b&w plaid jacket and turtleneck

170222 rc: belted long jacket, very handsome

170223 premiere: glasses, grey and army green bomber jacket

170305 ap: glasses, coat n scarf, soft n fluffy

170323 premiere: grey sweater over white shirt, small

170408 awards: PRINCE

170407 ap: grey coat, parrot hat

170422: graphic grey and white stripes and skinny black jeans

170505 ap: green striped cardigan and shorts

170603 rc: PRINCE

170607 fashion event: shiny grey-blue bomber jacket

170610: no makeup, pink and grey striped shirt

*170612 premiere: green stripes, trousers, n yellow shoes

*170619 ap: why always me

170622: pink tinted glasses and pink shirt, BUNNY

170708: :)

170714 ap: all supreme, ROUND.

*170718 kkb presscon: hot yacht man

*170724: cursed day

170813: green hawaiian shirt, very cute

170815: white shirt w/ thin black stripes, hes small

170906: superman hair

170914: pink donald duck sweater vest

*170915: subway

170919 premiere: pale blue striped comme des garçons shirt, a Man.

*170920 rc: ruffly shirt

170924: beret

171101: blonde hair and beret

*171103 awards: simple suit but extremely cute

171130 ap: fidget spinner

171202 awards: partially-unbuttoned shirt and sparkly bolo tie, pretty boy

171208: dark green shirt and black scarf, im including this bc it was my birthday

171225 gayo: see-through gold shirt.

171229 gayo: glasses, gold-ish velvet suit

*171231 gayo: mc suho, v handsome in both black suit and white suit

180111 awards: sparkly headband and denim jacket

180116 ap: teddy bear sweater, featured in a 1D1S

180124 ap: beige coat, checkered scarf, featured in a 1D1S

180203: denim jacket and white turtleneck

180221 presscon: olympic rings glasses.

180222 ap: denim shirt with cute buttons

*180302 ap: all pink, pink shoes, SOFT

*180315 ap: 90s gay

#this took like 4 hours pls validate me #pf

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TAEYEON 💜

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The Native Finder vs. Google Maps: How Completely different Are They?

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The Native Finder vs. Google Maps: How Completely different Are They?

Google should be one of the vital experimental enterprises the world has ever recognized. On the subject of the corporate’s native search interfaces, slightly than rolling all of them out as a single, cohesive entire, they’ve emerged in piecemeal style over 20 years with completely different however associated function units, distinctive URLs, and separate branding. Small surprise that confusion arises in dialog about elements of native search. You, your company coworkers, and your purchasers could discover yourselves speaking at cross-purposes about native rankings merely since you’re all taking a look at them on completely different interfaces!

Such is definitely the case with Google Maps vs. the item we name the Google Native Finder. Even extremely expert natural SEOs at your company could not perceive that these are two completely different entities which may function considerably completely different native enterprise rankings.

Right this moment we’re going to clear this up, with a side-by-side comparability of the 2 person experiences, professional quotes, and a small, authentic case examine that demonstrates and quantifies simply how completely different rankings are between these necessary interfaces.

Methodology

I manually gathered each Google Maps and Native Finder rankings throughout ten various kinds of geo-modified, native intent search phrases and ten completely different cities and cities throughout the state of California. I checked out variations each throughout search phrase and throughout locale, observing these manufacturers which ranked within the high 10 positions for every question. My queries have been distant (not carried out throughout the metropolis nearest me) to take away the affect of proximity and set up a distant baseline of rating order for every entry. I tabulated all information in a spreadsheet to find the share of distinction within the ranked outcomes.

Outcomes of my examine of Google Maps vs. the Native Finder

Earlier than I roll out the outcomes, I wish to make sure I’ve supplied a superb definition of those two related however distinctive Google platforms. Any person performing a neighborhood search (like “best tacos san jose”) can take two paths for deep native outcomes:

Path one begins with a neighborhood pack, usually made up of three outcomes close to the highest of the natural search outcomes. If clicked on, the native pack takes the person to the Native Finder, which expands on the native pack to function a number of listings, accompanied by a map. A majority of these outcomes exist on google.com/search.

Path two could begin on any Android system that options Google Maps by default, or it may possibly start on a desktop system by clicking the “Maps” tab above the natural SERPs. A majority of these outcomes look fairly just like the Native Finder, with their checklist of ranked companies and related map, however they exist on google.com/maps.

Right here’s a side-by-side comparability:

At first look, these two person experiences look pretty related with some minor formatting and content material variations, however the URLs are distinct, and what you may additionally discover on this screenshot is that the rankings, themselves, are completely different. On this instance, the outcomes are, in reality, startlingly completely different.

I’d lengthy wished to quantify for myself simply how completely different Maps and Native Finder outcomes are, and so I created a spreadsheet to trace the next:

Ten search phrases of various varieties together with some head phrases and a few longer-tail phrases with extra refined intent.

Ten cities and cities from all elements of the large state of California overlaying a large inhabitants ratio. Angels Camp, for instance, has a inhabitants of simply three,875 residents, whereas LA is dwelling to almost four million individuals.

I discovered that, taken altogether, the typical distinction in Native Finder vs. Maps outcomes was 18.2% throughout all cities. The common distinction was 18.5% throughout all search phrases. In different phrases, almost one-fifth of the outcomes on the 2 platforms didn’t match.

Right here’s an additional breakdown of the info:

Common proportion of distinction by search phrase

burgers (11%)

grocery retailer (19%)

Pediatrician (12%)

private damage legal professional (18%)

home cleansing service (10%)

electrical automobile seller (16%)

finest tacos (11%)

most cost-effective tax accountant (41%)

close by sights (eight%)

ladies’s clothes (39%)

Common proportion of distinction by metropolis

Angels Camp (28%)

San Jose (15%)

San Rafael (24%)

San Francisco (four%)

Sacramento (16%)

Los Angeles (25%)

Monterey (14%)

San Diego (16%)

Eureka (25%)

Grass Valley (15%)

Whereas many key phrase/location combos confirmed zero% distinction between the 2 platforms, others featured levels of distinction of 20%, 30%, 50%, 70%, and even 100%.

It will have been pretty if this small examine surfaced any dependable patterns for us. For instance, taking a look at the truth that the small, rural city of Angels Camp was the locale with essentially the most various SERPs (28%), one may assume that the smaller the neighborhood, the better the variance in rankings. However such an concept founders when observing that the town with the second-most variability in LA (25%).

Equally, taking a look at the truth that a longer-tail search like “cheapest tax accountant” featured essentially the most variations (41%), it could possibly be tempting to theorize that better refinement in search intent yields extra various outcomes. However then we see that “best tacos” outcomes have been solely 11% completely different throughout Google Maps and the Native Finder. So, to my eyes, there isn’t any discernible sample from this restricted information set. Maybe narratives may emerge if we pulled hundreds of SERPs.

For now, all we will say with confidence is that we’ve confirmed that there’s a superb probability that the rankings a enterprise enjoys in Google’s Native Finder steadily won’t match their rankings in Google Maps. Particular person outcomes units for key phrase/locale combos could differ in no way, considerably, considerably, or completely.

Maps vs. Finders: What’s the diff, and why?

The above findings from our examine naturally result in the query: why are the outcomes for a similar question completely different on the 2 Google platforms? For commentary on this, I requested three of my favourite native SEOs for theories on the supply of the variance, and every other notable variables they’ve noticed.

GatherUp Co-Founder Mike Blumenthal says:

“I think that the differences are driven by the subtle differences of the ‘view port’ aspect ratio and size differences in the two environments. The viewport effectively defines the cohort of listings that are relevant enough to show. If it is larger, then there are likely more listings eligible, and if one of those happens to be strong, then the results will vary.”

Right here’s an illustration of what Mike is describing. Once we take a look at the outcomes for a similar search within the Native Finder and Google Maps, aspect by aspect, we frequently see that the world proven on the map is completely different on the automated zoom degree:

Uberall Options Engineer Krystal Taing confirms this understanding, with further particulars:

“Typically when I begin searches in Maps, I am seeing a broader area of results being served as well as categories of businesses. The results in the Local Finder are usually more specific and display more detail about the businesses. The Maps-based results are delivered in a manner that show users desire discovery and browsing. This is different from the Local Finder in that these results tend to be more absolute and about Google pushing pre-determined businesses and information to be evaluated by the user.”

Krystal is a GMB Gold Product Professional, and her remark was the primary time I’d ever heard an professional of her caliber outline how Google may view the intent of Maps vs. Finder searchers in another way. Fascinating perception!

Sterling Sky Founder Joy Hawkins highlights additional variations in UX and reporting between the 2 platforms:

“What varies is principally the options that Google exhibits. For instance, merchandise will present up on the itemizing within the Native Finder however not on Google Maps and attribute icons (women-led, Black-owned, and many others.) present up on Google Maps however not within the Native Finder. Moreover, searches achieved within the Native Finder get lumped in with search in Google My Enterprise (GMB) Insights whereas searches on Maps are reported on individually. Google is now segmenting it by platform and device as effectively.”

In sum, Google Maps vs. Native Finder searchers can have a novel UX, not less than partly, as a result of Google could floor a differently-mapped space of search and might spotlight completely different itemizing components. In the meantime, native enterprise homeowners and their entrepreneurs will uncover variance in how Google experiences exercise surrounding these platforms.

What do you have to do in regards to the Google Maps vs. Native Finder variables?

As at all times, there may be nothing a person can do to trigger Google to alter the way it shows native search outcomes. Native search engine optimisation finest practices might help you progress up in no matter Google shows, however you’ll be able to’t trigger Google to alter the radius of search it’s displaying on a given platform.

That being mentioned, there are three issues I like to recommend to your consideration, primarily based on what we’ve realized from this examine.

1. See if Google Maps is casting a wider internet than the Native Finder for any of your required search phrases.

I wish to present you essentially the most excessive instance of the distinction between Maps and the Native Finder that I found throughout my analysis. First, the marker right here locates the city of Angels Camp within the Sierra foothills in east California:

For the search “personal injury attorney angels camp”, notice the world coated by map on the automated zoom degree accompanying the Native Finder outcomes:

The best distance between any two factors on this radius of outcomes is about 100 miles.

Now, distinction this with the identical search because it seems on the automated zoom degree on Google Maps:

Astonishingly, Google is returning a tri-state end result for this search in Maps. The best distance between two pins on this map is almost 1,000 miles!

As I discussed, this was essentially the most excessive case I noticed. Like most native SEOs, I’ve spent appreciable time explaining to clients who want to rank beyond their location that the additional a person will get from the model’s administrative center, the much less possible they’re to see it come up of their native outcomes. Sometimes, your finest probability of native pack rankings begins with your individual neighborhood, with a good probability for some rankings inside your metropolis, after which a lesser probability past your metropolis’s borders.

However the completely different conduct of Maps might yield distinctive alternatives. Even when what’s occurring in your market is extra average, by way of the radius of outcomes, my recommendation is to check the web Google is casting to your search phrases in Maps. Whether it is even considerably wider than what the Native Finder yields, and there may be a facet of the enterprise that may make it invaluable to usher in clients from additional afield, this may point out that some strategic marketing actions might doubtlessly strengthen your place in these uncommon outcomes.

For instance, one of many extra distantly-located attorneys in our instance may work tougher to get purchasers from Angels Camp to say this city title of their Google-based opinions, or may publish some Google posts about Angels Camp purchasers in search of the absolute best lawyer no matter distance, or publish some web site content material on the identical matter, or look to construct some new relationships and hyperlinks inside this extra distant neighborhood. All of that is very experimental, however fairly intriguing to my thoughts. We’re in considerably unfamiliar territory right here, so don’t be afraid to try to take a look at issues!

As at all times, keep in mind that each one native search rankings are fluid. For verticals which primarily depend on the narrowest user-to-business proximity ratios for the majority of transactions, extra distant visibility could don’t have any worth. A comfort retailer, for instance, is unlikely to garner a lot curiosity from faraway searchers. However for a lot of industries, any one in all these three standards might make a bigger native rating radius extraordinarily welcome:

The enterprise mannequin is historically related to touring a long way to get to it, like lodges or sights (pondering post-pandemic right here).

Rarity of the products or companies being supplied makes the enterprise value driving to from an extended distance. That is extraordinarily frequent in rural areas with few close by choices.

The enterprise has carried out digital procuring on its web site as a result of pandemic and would now wish to promote to as many shoppers as attainable in a wider area with both driver supply or conventional transport as the tactic of achievement.

If any of these eventualities matches a neighborhood model you’re marketing, undoubtedly take a look at Google Maps conduct for focus search phrases.

2. Flood Google with each attainable element in regards to the native companies you’re marketing

As Pleasure Hawkins talked about, above, there could be many refined variations between the weather Google shows inside listings on their two platforms. Have a look at how hours are included within the Maps itemizing for this taco store, however that they’re absent from the Finder. The reality is, Google modifications the contents of the varied native interfaces so usually that even the consultants are always asking themselves and each other if some ingredient is new.

The excellent news is, you don’t must spend a minute worrying about trivialities right here in case you make simply 5 commitments:

Fill out each subject you probably can within the Google My Business dashboard

Add to this a modest funding in non-dashboard components like Google Questions and Solutions which exist on the Google Enterprise Profile

Be certain your web site is optimized for the phrases you wish to rank for

Earn publicity on the third-party web sites Google makes use of because the “web results” references in your listings.

I notice it is a tall order, nevertheless it’s additionally primary, good native search marketing and in case you put within the work, Google can have loads to floor about your areas, no matter platform variables.

three. Research Google Maps with an eye fixed to the long run

Google Maps, as an entity, launched in 2005, with cellular app growth spanning the subsequent few years. The Native Finder, against this, has solely been with us since 2015. As a result of native packs default to the Native Finder, it’s my impression that native search engine optimisation business examine has given the lion’s share of analysis to those interfaces, slightly than to Google Maps.

But, Maps is the golden oldie in Google’s timeline (albeit one Google has dealt with irreverently with the rise and fall of the Map Maker community), and Maps has been proven to have three times more impressions than search, in a single current examine. Maps is the default app on Android units, and different cellular model customers usually choose it, too. Most intriguingly, Google is appearing to toy with the idea of replacing the Local Finder with Maps, although nothing has come of this but.

I’d recommend that 2021 is an effective 12 months to spend extra time taking a look at Google Maps, interacting with it, and taking place its rabbit holes into the bizarre walled backyard Google continues to construct into this large interface. I like to recommend this, as a result of I really feel it’s solely a matter of time earlier than Google tidies up its piecemeal, multi-decade rollout of disconnected native interfaces through consolidation, and Maps has the historical past at Google to turn into the dominant model.

Summing up

Picture credit score: Ruparch

We’ve realized at this time that Google Maps rankings are, on common, almost 20% completely different than Native Finder rankings, that this may occasionally stem, partly, from distinctive view port ratios, that it’s attainable Google could view the intent of customers on the 2 platforms in another way, and that there are demonstrable variables within the itemizing content material Google shows once we take a look at two listings side-by-side. We’ve additionally checked out some eventualities wherein verticals that might profit from a wider client radius could be good to check Google Maps within the 12 months forward.

I wish to shut with some encouragement for everybody collaborating within the grand experiment of Google’s mapping challenge. The above photograph is of the Bedolina Map, which was engraved on a rock within the Italian alps someday round 500 BC. It is without doubt one of the oldest-known topographic maps, plotting out pathways, agricultural fields, villages, and the individuals who lived there. Take into account it the Avenue View of the Iron Age.

I’m sharing this picture as a result of it’s such a superb reminder that your work as a neighborhood search engine optimisation linked to digital cartography is only one leg of a really lengthy journey which, by nature, requires a willingness to operate in an experimental surroundings. If you happen to can talk this state of everlasting change to purchasers, it may possibly lower stress on each side of your subsequent Zoom assembly. Rankings rise and fall, and as we’ve seen, they even differ throughout closely-related platforms, making endurance important and a big-picture view of total development very grounding. Preserve learning, and assist us all out on the mapped path forward by sharing what you be taught with our neighborhood.

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