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What I'm seeing in local search, Google Business Profiles, and AI answers, written for the owners and marketers on my list. Short, opinionated, and usually something you can do this week.
- 19 things we learned about AI visibility in the last 12 monthsLessons from a year of AI visibility audits: crawlers, site speed, content, PR, and why results take months to show.AI visibility · Websites · Local search
- 4 Steps to Better AI VisibilityA four-step Local SEO workflow to check, define, spread, and build your AI visibility over about five weeks.AI visibility · Reviews · Websites
- Why AI picks them and not youThe signals AI looks at when it recommends a local business, and a checklist to see where you stand.AI visibility · Reviews · Websites
- The Agent Readiness Checklist for Local BusinessesA checklist of what to fix on your website so AI agents can read, book and choose your local business.Websites · AI visibility · Local search
- How AI agents will browse the web in 6 monthsWebMCP could let AI agents call your site's functions directly, and why the basics you fix today still matter.Websites · AI visibility
- Your contact form is brokenCommon contact form and booking mistakes that make your site unusable for AI agents, and how to fix each one.Websites · AI visibility
- Your GBP is ready. Your website isn't.AI agents read your website's structure, not its design. Here's what they see, why it matters, and a free tool to check your site.Websites · AI visibility · Google Business Profile
- Zero-click is rising. So are agent visits. Are you ready?AI agents now visit websites to complete tasks like booking. Here's what they need from your site and why local businesses should care.Websites · AI visibility · Local search
- Stop writing blog posts no one readsWhy location pages beat blog posts for local search, and what makes a location page work.Websites · Local search · AI visibility