Each week, Greg and Ben answer your questions on digital marketing for local businesses … local search engine optimization (SEO), Google Business Profile, social media, email marketing, websites, online advertising and more.
This Week’s Updates and Questions
- Google speaks on hiring GEO/AEO/SEO and buying AI optimization tools.
- Google’s Danny Sullivan says not to turn content into bite sized chunks for LLMs.
- Google announces new branded AI business agents.
- Google rolls out Personal Intelligence in Gemini.
- Google confirms Apple Intelligence and Siri will be powered using Gemini.
- Why does Google keep asking for reverification after changing my business name?
- When are products for SABs going away?
- Should I change my SAB to a storefront for more visibility?
- Do clients ever pay based on success in leads or sales?
- Are EV charging station listings considered a separate department if they’re located within a business?
- With the ‘Vehicles for Sale’ feature now deprecated, should I use the products section instead?
- Are there any tools that can predict Google’s confidence score?
- How do you answer the phone for LSA to train it not to charge you for bad leads?
- Should I offer yearly contracts for SEO marketing, or month-to-month?
