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TL;DR on how to add/remove managers from GBP Only owners can add or remove users on a Google Business Profile (GBP); managers can only remove themselves. Owners and managers have similar permissions,…
Read on Sterling Sky →This is a question I get pretty frequently in the Local SEO community: What URL should I link my GMB listing to? The homepage? A location page? Something else? We wanted to test & measure how the…
Ranking & Algorithms Local SEO
Read on Sterling Sky →Explore what page eligibility means in generative search and six practical checks to help you investigate whether your content is likely to be considered as a potential source.
Read on Lumar →Most in-house SEOs already know what to check to make sure your SEO is…
Read on Oncrawl →Claude and I had a 12,000 word back and forth on how to use Cloudflare and GA4 data to answer a hard question. If you were a SaaS marketer what would you do with all that context to make better…
Read on Seer Interactive →When posting is currently turned off on Google Reviews, Google may temporarily prevent users from submitting new reviews for a business. If you’re seeing “Posting reviews is turned off for this…
Read on Sterling Sky →See what developers have built with Gemini 3.8 Flash, our most intelligent workhorse model, launched in early September.
Read on Google Gemini →Yes, Google does legitimately call businesses, but Google does not make unsolicited automated sales calls or ask you to pay to maintain, verify, or reinstate a Google Business Profile. Google may…
Read on Sterling Sky →Getting a negative review on your Google Business Profile, previously known as Google My Business, can be one of the most frustrating parts of being a business owner. Understanding how to remove bad…
Read on Sterling Sky →The Google Business Profile Performance report shows how people find and interact with your Business Profile on Google Search and Google Maps. It includes data about searches, views, calls, website…
Read on Sterling Sky →No, businesses generally cannot turn off Google reviews themselves. There is no setting in your Google Business Profile that allows you to disable reviews. However, Google may temporarily or…
Read on Sterling Sky →TL;DR We ran a direct comparison of 346 matched prompts to see whether ChatGPT-5.6 Luna behaved differently from GPT-5.5 GPT-5.6 Luna used web search more often but ran fewer queries, resulting in…
Read on Seer Interactive →Andrew Shotland & Mark Kabana join us for Part 2 to discuss what "AI visibility" actually is as an agency product, why nobody can tie it to revenue yet, and how ads are quietly taking the clicks that…
Read on Near Media →Most SEO tools scream at you to keep title tags short, ideally under 60 characters. But we have found that this is advice that you should ignore. I have seen over and over that a longer SEO title…
Read on Sterling Sky →Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar, which brings near real-time visual presence to Gemini’s conversational AI.
Read on Google Gemini →Understanding how users find your content is crucial for any publisher or site owner. As Search evolves to include more visual and multimodal experiences, we want to ensure you have the data you need…
Read on Google Search Central →Buying journeys are better modelled as conversations, not prompts, and randomness at every step means that prompt tracking misses a lot of the picture.
Read on SearchPilot →Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS are our most expressive audio models yet.
Read on Google Gemini →What's my favorite horror movie? When I patted myself on the back for setting up an ~autonomous workflow~ that kept our newsletter subscriber hygiene clean by automatically unsubscribing anyone who…
Read on Seer Interactive →SISTRIX SectorWatch reports show you the blueprints for success. We surface and analyse the leading URLs in SEO and GEO so that you can gain an advantages from them. Now you can get even more data by…
Read on Sistrix →AI can read most webpages just fine without a single line of schema. Large…
Read on Oncrawl →Andrew Shotland & Mark Kabana join us fresh off Brighton SEO for a wide-ranging, no-fixed-agenda convo about what the conference said about local's place in the industry, why a single search rank is…
Read on Near Media →I like making bets about the future. Not because I think I am especially good at predicting it, but because writing down exactly what you think will happen forces you to be more precise.
Read on SearchPilot →Every rigorous SEO test needs a single primary metric. For us that's usually organic sessions to the tested pages, because it's high-volume enough to reach statistical confidence and close enough to…
Read on SearchPilot →Search profile updates help publishers better highlight their content and connect with their audiences.
Read on Google Blog — Search →Good news for publishers, you can manage multiple profiles from one login.
Read on Search Engine Land →OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT Ads with conversational Sponsored Agents, AI-powered campaign tools and new 3rd party integrations.
Read on Search Engine Land →Your next search competitor may be an AI's shortlist. GEO addresses what it takes to get cited, recommended, or selected by AI systems.
Read on Search Engine Land →Google Ads’ new Spend Benchmarks report shows advertisers how their budgets and clicks compare with similar businesses
Read on Search Engine Land →Google’s agentic commerce updates give advertisers new ways to boost AI visibility, engage shoppers and turn discovery into sales.
Ranking & Algorithms Paid Search E-commerce
Read on Search Engine Land →What customers complain about can reveal what they value. Use those insights to find stronger PPC messages to test.
Read on Search Engine Land →See how to audit entity recognition, uncover competitor advantages, and strengthen your brand's visibility. Join us for the next SMX Now.
Read on Search Engine Land →Some search shifts are already affecting ecommerce performance. Others remain mostly hype. Here's what the latest data reveals.
Read on Search Engine Land →Your team doesn't need to build every AI workflow. Decide what to automate in-house, buy from a vendor, or outsource.
Read on Search Engine Land →It's happening! We are absolutely pumped that we're just about two weeks away from Search Central Live Deep Dive Europe 2026! From September 30 to October 2, 2026, the Google Search Central team is…
Read on Google Search Central →Paid search veteran Matt Van Wagner reflects on 20 years of Google Ads, lost PPC tactics, rising automation and more
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