Did the May 2026 Google update target AI content? Did Business Profiles change? Here's what's confirmed, what's noise, and what to do next.
May 2026 Google Update: Hype vs Real Business Impact
How to Optimize Your Google Business Profile: The Complete Local SEO Guide
How to Optimize Your Google Business Profile: The Complete Local SEO Guide We have been ranking local businesses in Portland and across the country since 1999. In that time we have audited and optimized hundreds of Google Business Profiles, and one pattern shows up over and over: most local business owners have a profile that…
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Local SEO Is Not General SEO
Local SEO Is Not General SEO If you own a local business and your rankings are not moving, there is a good chance you, or whoever you hired, is running general SEO plays on a local SEO problem. The two are related. They are not the same game. General SEO is a fight to rank…
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Google Maps Launches Ask Maps: What It Means for Local Businesses
Google Maps Launches Ask Maps: What It Means for Local Businesses Google rolled out Ask Maps in late March 2026. It is a Gemini-powered search layer inside Google Maps that lets people ask for places the same way they would ask a friend. Type a full sentence, get a list of places back. If you…
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