I just got back from fantastic trip LocalU in Nashville, where I asked some of the smartest local search experts to share their best quick tips. In this episode of Local Search Tuesdays, I’m bringing you the highlights so you can pick up a few new tricks to improve your

In this episode of Local Search Tuesdays, I’m giving you a quick preview of something big we’re about to release: the 2025 Google Business Profile study for car dealers.On September 25th, we’ll be publishing the largest automotive SEO study ever done. We looked at thousands of dealer profiles across 20

This week on Local Search Tuesdays, I’m sharing a tip to help you prepare for the future of AI search. While AI search hasn’t hit local yet, it’s coming, and the big shift will be moving from link building to mention building. Mentions of your business on other sites seem

This week on Local Search Tuesdays, I’m breaking down the right way for car dealers to choose Google Business Profile categories. Your primary category is the top local ranking factor, but too many dealerships are getting it wrong.Our latest research found 121 different categories in use, and a lot of them don’t belong on a

My Google Business Profile suspension guide is here! In this episode of Local Search Tuesdays, I walk you through the exact steps to fix a suspended Google Business Profile and how to submit a successful reinstatement appeal. I’ll explain why suspensions happen, the biggest mistakes businesses make, what evidence Google requires, and how to avoid

This week on Local Search Tuesdays, I’m diving into a major shift you need to make with your website content — and it’s something that’s even more critical in the age of AI search: content chunking.For years, people got caught up in chasing word counts for SEO, turning helpful info into unreadable word walls. But

This week on Local Search Tuesdays, I’m calling out the nonsense around AI rank tracking. Yeah, AI search is shaking things up—but that doesn’t mean we can slap old-school SEO metrics on it and call it a day. The truth is, traditional rank tracking just doesn’t work with AI systems, no matter what some tools

In this week’s episode of Local Search Tuesdays, I’m diving into a big problem I’ve been seeing lately—businesses dropping the ball on traditional SEO because they’re chasing AI search results. Look, I’m not anti-AI. I use ChatGPT and follow the changes just like everyone else. But here’s the deal: AI