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Local marketing, as it actually changed.

Notes from the desk since 2020: what moved on Google, Meta, Yelp and the phone each month, and what we told the businesses and agencies we work with to do about it. Written at the time, kept as written.

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All of 2026

Reviews under enforcement: fix your flow

The fake reviews rule has been in force since October 2024. Incentives, staff reviews, AI-written replies, and the review flow we build to stay clear.

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Book the right jobs when the crew is full

Peak season with a crew you cannot grow. How we bid for the work worth having, protect the answer rate, and book the shoulder months while it is busy.

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The mid-year audit of your local presence

Half the year is gone. The profile fields, listings, photos, hours and unanswered questions we go back over in the last week of May, in order.

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Google says optimizing for AI is still SEO

Google published guidance on its generative AI features and called the work plain SEO. What to stop buying, and what the end of FAQ rich results changes.

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The local website that earns its keep

Five standards we hold a local business site to: speed, real photographs, a page per service, booking that works after hours, and readable structure.

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How patients find a dental practice now

The map, the answer, the reviews and the phone are the four doors into a practice. Which ones you control, and what to fix in each this spring.

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Price AI work before support eats the margin

Where the hours really go on a white-label AI account, what generates the support tickets, and a pricing shape that survives the second year of delivery.

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What we stopped letting the phone agent do

After more than a year of AI agents answering real calls: the work they handle well, the jobs we took back off them, and the numbers we judge them on.

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Fewer clicks, more answers: the plan for 2026

Our plan for the year in the accounts we run: what fewer clicks actually did to local demand, what has not changed, and the order we are doing the work in.

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Budget the answering layer against a missed call

Budget season. How to price an AI answering layer against the calls you already lose, the cost lines people leave out, and what stays human.

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Six weeks left: hours, posts and reviews

The year ends in six weeks. The hours, holiday posts and review work that catch December demand and build the calls that arrive in January.

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Holiday tables, catering and the direct order

Party bookings and catering inquiries land in the next three weeks. The listing fields, photos, reservation link and ordering path to fix now.

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