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2026 Playbook: How to Optimize Citations for AI Visibility

Gabbie September 10, 2026 No Comments

💡 Key takeaways:– Citations are back: AI tools increasingly rely on third-party sources to give local business recommendations. – Both structured and unstructured citations matter: Directories, review sites, industry platforms, news, blogs, and other brand mentions can all influence AI…

Study: How Keywords in Business Names Currently Impact Google Local Pack Rank and AI Search

Gabbie September 3, 2026 No Comments

How you name your company or organization is one of the most important business decisions you will ever make. The presence of either exact or partial-match keywords in your Google…

Study: Whitespark Analyzed GBP Review Questions for 765 Businesses. Here’s What We Found.

Gabbie August 6, 2026 No Comments

💡 Key findings and takeaways: • Only 25% of GBP primary categories have review questions at all, and questions fall into two main templates: a richer “hospitality” set (restaurants, bars,…

How to Overcome Google Indexing Problems With Social Media + AI

Gabbie July 16, 2026 No Comments

Has your website got a historic Google indexing problem that no one has been able to troubleshoot or solve? You and I are in the same boat. And there’s something…

23 Local Developments You Need to Know About From Q2 2026

Gabbie June 25, 2026 No Comments

Honestly, my friends, so much happened in local SEO in the second quarter of 2026 that I had trouble pruning my list down to a mere 23 especially noteworthy entries.…

Missing Google Reviews: Checklists for Troubleshooting Review Loss

Gabbie May 14, 2026 No Comments

TL;DR: • Google Business Profile reviews usually go missing for 3 reasons: business policy violations, spam attacks, or Google moderation errors.• Common triggers include sudden review spikes, incentivized reviews, review…

Top Takeaways from the New Google Business Profile Playbooks

Gabbie April 9, 2026 No Comments

If the millions of businesses with Google Business Profiles all clapped at once for Google’s new educational outreach in the form of GBP Playbooks, that would be some thunderous applause!…

20 Local Developments You Need to Know About from Q1 2026

Gabbie April 2, 2026 No Comments

Happy 2026 to all the local business owners and marketers riding the rough seas of this first quarter. I can’t recall another start to a new year with quite this…

Reviews + The Real World: Learnings From Famed Restaurant Reviewer, Marilyn Hagerty

Gabbie February 26, 2026 No Comments

What do you really need reviewers to write about if you’re marketing a restaurant and need to earn the business of new diners? Does it feel like you’re chasing Google,…

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2026 Playbook: How to Optimize Citations for AI Visibility

Study: How Keywords in Business Names Currently Impact Google Local Pack Rank and AI Search

Study: Whitespark Analyzed GBP Review Questions for 765 Businesses. Here’s What We Found.

How to Overcome Google Indexing Problems With Social Media + AI

23 Local Developments You Need to Know About From Q2 2026

Missing Google Reviews: Checklists for Troubleshooting Review Loss

Top Takeaways from the New Google Business Profile Playbooks

20 Local Developments You Need to Know About from Q1 2026

Reviews + The Real World: Learnings From Famed Restaurant Reviewer, Marilyn Hagerty

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