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Ad Sales Up, Dr. Guilty of Violating Fed. Review Law, Content Only as Good as ChatGPT Will Fail

 Ad market dominated by a few players:  The Internet Advertising Bureau released their annual...

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Standardizing Review Processes to Avoid Fear, Google Cries Wolf Around DMA, The Future of SGE

Reviews are Like Death & Taxes & Should be Treated that Way:  Miriam Ellis wrote a great...

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How your agency can increase retention and profitability by offering a fractional CMO as a service

The need to move SMBs from Tactics to Strategy & how fractional CMO’s can do that:   John...

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Google Goes to Brussels & attempts to defend their DMA compliance

In this special edition, Mike and David discuss their visit to Brussels to attend Google’s report...

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How on page factors & Google updates, Learnings from a G Quality Rater, What is the future of SEO?

What on-page factors are associated with sites that see big gains or declines after Google...

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Google’s Core Update & FUD, Brightlocal Consumer Review Survey, Do Searchers Use the Local Finder?

 Google’s March Core Update & FUD:   David Mihm sheds light on Google's March core...

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Consumer Research Highlights Limited Impact of EU Mandated Local SERP Change & On-going EU Challenge

Consumer Research Highlights Limited Impact of DMA Mandated Google's SERP Changes:   Near...

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Long tail searcher behaviors, Gemini switch appears, Content publishing being upended by search

Long tail searcher behaviors: 10% of Discovery searches involve a brand search on Google:  In...

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G-SERPs product searches, Google PR around review removals is puffery, Google Maps SGE a hot mess

 Google adds Reddit to product searches and spammers follow:   We discuss a new study by Glenn...

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Will AI Improve SMB Websites? GMaps Getting Gemini, Bright Local Brand Survey Takeaways

 Will AI Improve SMB Websites? Consumers overwhelmingly prefer AI-generated content over...

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10 years of SERP changes, Hidden Gems update is impacting Local Search, New EU Local Search Results

What 10 years of changes to the SERPS mean for marketers today:   We discuss Andy Crestodina’s...

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Fired Google Raters replaced w/ AI? SEO Tools are just tools, Hidden Gems & decline of Big Social

 Will Fired Google Raters Be Replaced with AI? Last week Google terminated their relationship...

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SGE NOT the Future, GBP End Days? Google Chooses Sizzle over Steak?

SGE has huge impacts but is still just a testing ground:   Some industries, like healthcare,...

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LSA Scam & Honest Businesses, Google Created a Shitty Internet? Generative AI & its Impact on Google

How the Google Guarantee Scam Impacts Honest Businesses? The Google Guarantee Scam is...

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Exposing the Google Local Service Ads Scam in Home Services: A Marketer's Insight

Join us in this eye-opening discussion with Zachary Dotson, an experienced marketer in the home...

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Businesses & Google SGE, Google Goes All in On Interstitials, Where is Bard Going?

 What Should Businesses Do About Google SGE? Google has not yet announced any concrete plans...

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The Google Review Fraud Landscape in Maps & LSA and How a Business Should Respond

The Google Review Fraud Landscape in Maps & LSA and How a Business  Should Respond:   Google...

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Will Google's Reactive Behavior to Search Quality & AI Solve Their Problems?

Will Google's Reactive Behavior to Search Quality & AI Solve Their Problems? Google is...

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Can Gemini Fix Search? The Impact of Google’s Rating Bias, LSA Reviewjacking

 Can Gemini Fix Search? Google’s current interface and attempts at query refinement are...

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How Local SEO Agencies are using Generative AI & ChatGPT: Tips, tactics and strategies

In this extended episode of the Near Memo, Greg Sterling , Joy Hawkins, Darren Shaw & Mike...

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