Local Marketing Institute Podcast

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. Updates and Questions Google has made it easier to report businesses for pressuring or incentivizing customer reviews. Google clarifies requirements for labeling your GBP as o...

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. Updates and Questions Google incorporates “expert answer snippets” into their AI overview. Ask.com shuts down. Concerns about GBP suspensions from user account restrictions on...

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. Updates and Questions GBP photos now sorted by recency. Google introduces “Ask Maps” as a new way to find businesses. Updated information on LSA performance insights. When is...

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. Updates and Questions Google updates review guidelines. ChatGPT opens self-serve ad access in April. Google announces Search Live has launched globally. GBP performance metric...

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. Updates and Questions AI and Local SEO Webinar on March 4. Google Knowledge panel filled with AI driven services/GBPs. How do I reinstate a GBP that was voluntarily disabled b...

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. Updates and Questions Local Searches on Google Chrome on mobile are disappearing in the Personal Injury space. Purchases from Etsy can now be made directly from AI Mode. Googl...

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. Updates and Questions Google AI Overviews follow up questions take you to AI Mode. Google explores ways to opt out of search AI features. New research says AIs are inconsisten...

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. 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. G...

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. Updates and Questions John Mueller from Google responds to questions on if Schema helps with LLMs and Google. How does using the same number for two GBP locations differ from...

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. Updates and Questions Google Maps Q&A going away to be replaced by AI Q&A. GBP review appeals delayed. Danny Sullivan and John Mueller from Google discuss how AI SEO i...

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. Updates and Questions Google launches scheduling and multi-location publishing on Google Posts. Google API implies Service Areas do not affect ranking. You can now leave anony...

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. Updates and Questions Google Maps rolls out reviewer nicknames. Google LSA adds “get competitive quotes” and “request multiple opinions” buttons. Gemini 3 AI mode rolled out....

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. Updates and Questions When will Q&As no longer be available? How do I make videos to advertise my products on social media? How do I prevent an old GBP showing up on resul...

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. Updates and Questions LSA removes guarantee badge. AI assistants prefer to cite fresh content. Study says only 1% of users click on AI citation links. Top web domains cited by...

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. Updates and Questions Optimize Bing AI search by following SEO guidelines. What should I do if my domain host doesn’t support Wordpress sites? Is there any impact on Local SEO...

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. Updates and Questions New GBP feature for restaurants to highlight specials. Users of Claude find out how to get citations from it. AI overview increases, traffic for Local Se...

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. Updates and Questions AI analysis for GBP reviews in Google Chrome. Google sends information edit rejection notices for GBP. Google tests replacing local map pack with AI over...

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. Updates and Questions Bug causes knowledge panel to go missing on GBP. What should I do if a former employee hijacks my GBP and makes changes? How do I make sure I show up in...

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. Updates and Questions Reviews for schools are going away. Q&A feature is being removed. Meta keywords impact ranking!? What should I do if my Phone number verification cod...

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. Updates and Questions Google sues for fake listings. What should I do if my video verification doesn’t go through? Does adding the address to the website footer help with rank...

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. Updates and Questions Google Map pin attacks exploit has finally been fixed. Chat through Text and WhatsApp has been implemented into GBP. China rolls out DeepSeek AI chatbot....

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. Updates and Questions Can the issues of one GBP cause problems by association if it’s on an agency dashboard? If I’m closing one location, is it possible to merge the profile...

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. Updates and Questions GBP car dealer map pack study released on searchlab digital. If I can’t get reinstated after appealing, is there no other option than to create a new lis...

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. Updates and Questions ChatGPT launches SearchGPT. You can now select multiple reviews to report with Google Reviews tool. What can I do to get my missing reviews back after se...

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. Updates and Questions FTC new rules on fake reviews are now in effect. AI overwriting business descriptions. Local Service Ads will soon require a Google Business Profile. How...