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

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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

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In this week’s episode of Local Search Tuesdays, I dive into the heated debate around what we should call the process of optimizing for AI and LLM-driven search results. Is it still just SEO—or is it time for something new like GEO or AIO?I’ll explain why renaming SEO might confuse clients and the general public,

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In this week’s episode of Local Search Tuesdays, I’m sharing our Ultimate Guide to Google Business Profile Optimization. There are hundreds of blog posts, videos, and courses out there that tell you how to optimize your GBP – but often they provide conflicting guidance.To make things easier for everyone, I wanted to put together a

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In this week’s episode of Local Search Tuesdays, I dive into how AI is rapidly reshaping the world of digital marketing. From the days of losing keyword data in Google Analytics to the rise of AI-driven search and query fan-out, the way we track visibility and conversions is evolving fast. I break down what this

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In this week’s episode, I dig into the mass deletion of over 2,500 Google Business Profiles for car dealerships. For dealers who were affected, I share an update from Google and next steps based on what happened after you were deleted. Check out the full video for all the details – and make sure you

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I spent the first week of June on the beach in Spain for the amazing SEOnthebeach conference. If you ever get a chance, you should definitely go. It’s a really fun event and the speakers shared incredible presentations. As always, I grabbed my camera and microphone and asked the speakers and experts for tips to

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In this week’s episode, I’m sharing the slides from my recent presentation at the SEOnthebeach conference in Spain. It was a ridiculously fun conference, literally held on the beach, and while I only had 20 minutes to present, I still rocked an awesome presentation about using a customized Local SEO audit to close more customers.

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In this week’s episode, I’m sharing one of the most common pieces of advice that I share on the Google Business Profile Community Forum. If you get suspended for changing something in your GBP, many times that last action wasn’t what caused your suspension. Check out the video for all of the details, especially if

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In this week’s episode, I’m sharing the news about an exciting new feature that’s been added to bar and restaurant Google Business Profiles. Google has added a new element that’s displayed high in the GBP on mobile called “What’s Happening”, and it’s an awesome way to showcase specials and events. Check out the video for

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