THE GEO ACADEMY
Guides for multi-location service brands that want to appear more often in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI recommendations.
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Timely changes from Google, OpenAI, Perplexity, Apple, and published research, translated into the work a multi-location brand has to do about them. Read this hub when a provider ships, deprecates, or repolicies something that touches local recommendations.
Cheers datasets, third-party benchmarks, and statistics on how AI search actually treats local service brands. Read this hub when a budget conversation, board update, or market plan needs a number someone can defend.
Step-by-step guides for the work itself: location pages, schema, service coverage, crawler access, tracking, and market audits. Read this hub when one market or service line has to be fixed and someone needs to own the steps.
Profile operations for brands running many locations: access, verification, categories, hours, suspensions, ownership, and bulk change. Read this hub when a profile change has to land the same way across every branch.
Review generation, response, restriction recovery, and policy compliance across every location and frontline team. Read this hub when review volume, review quality, or a Google policy problem is the constraint.
Tools, software, agencies, and pricing compared for multi-location service brands. Read this hub when a buying decision is on the table and the tradeoffs need to be written down before anyone signs.
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Core GEO guides
These are the pages that explain the Cheers view of AI visibility: what GEO is, where AI gets local proof, why reviews matter, and how multi-location brands should operate the source graph.
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Video SEO for Home Services: Google's Requirements
Why Did Reddit AI Citations Fall? 6.3M-Source Analysis
How to Monitor Business Profile Changes by Location
Should Each Google Business Profile Link to a Location Page?
How Do I Get My Business Recommended by Gemini?
Why Are My Google Reviews Missing Across Locations?
Why Do AI Search Results Change by Location?
Can You Change a Google AI Review Summary for Your Business?
How Do Home Services Get Recommended by Yelp Assistant?
Local Services Ads to Performance Max: Migration Guide
ChatGPT Get Quote: Home-Services Readiness Guide
How to Use the Business Profile Reviews API
Google's AI Search Playbook for Plumbing Companies
Can Brands Use Gemini to Reply to Google Reviews?
Should You Use AI for Business Profile Descriptions?
Can Home Services Use a Virtual Office on Google?
ChatGPT Ads for Home Services: A Multi-Location Test Plan
How Should Service Businesses Handle Google AI Phone Calls?
How Do I Fix Wrong Business Information in ChatGPT?
Google Place ID vs Business Profile ID vs Store Code
Why Did Google Change My Business Profile?
Should Med Spa Practitioners Have Separate Profiles?
Can You Use AI Photos in Google Local Services Ads?
Can Home Service Companies Advertise on Apple Maps in 2026?
Bing Places for Multiple Locations: A 2026 Rollout Guide
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