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Comparison figure of a service page that contains a video against a dedicated video watch page, with the verification step for each
Playbooks

Video SEO for Home Services: Google's Requirements

Updated Sep 2026Dylan Allen-Arnegård10 min read
Stat card showing Reddit's AI citation share falling from 2.57% to 1.05% in six weeks
Research

Why Did Reddit AI Citations Fall? 6.3M-Source Analysis

Updated Sep 2026Joseph Duerden10 min read
Four-step flow from a Google Business Profile alert to public readback
Google Business Profile

How to Monitor Business Profile Changes by Location

Updated Sep 2026Dylan Allen-Arnegård7 min read
Stat card showing that business websites supplied 68.1 percent of pooled AI citations
Google Business Profile

Should Each Google Business Profile Link to a Location Page?

Updated Sep 2026Dylan Allen-Arnegård8 min read
Bar chart of mean per-organization appearance rate by AI engine for 119 home-services organizations
Playbooks

How Do I Get My Business Recommended by Gemini?

Updated Sep 2026Dylan Allen-Arnegård10 min read
Card showing that 79.2 percent of daily review-count checks matched across 70 locations
Reviews

Why Are My Google Reviews Missing Across Locations?

Updated Sep 2026Dylan Allen-Arnegård10 min read
Bar chart of directory citation share by metro, from 12.3 percent in Toronto to 34.6 percent in Oakland
Playbooks

Why Do AI Search Results Change by Location?

Updated Sep 2026Amadeus Peterson9 min read
Card contrasting the Google-written AI review summary with the merchant-written business description
Reviews

Can You Change a Google AI Review Summary for Your Business?

Updated Sep 2026Dylan Allen-Arnegård9 min read
Bar chart of most cited platform domains: google.com 11,729, angi.com 8,658, yelp.com 4,405
AI Search News

How Do Home Services Get Recommended by Yelp Assistant?

Updated Sep 2026Dylan Allen-Arnegård10 min read
Stat card showing Google's three Local Services Ads migration waves from August 2026 into 2027
AI Search News

Local Services Ads to Performance Max: Migration Guide

Updated Sep 2026Dylan Allen-Arnegård11 min read
Stat card showing the five steps from a ChatGPT answer to the right branch dispatcher
AI Search News

ChatGPT Get Quote: Home-Services Readiness Guide

Updated Sep 2026Amadeus Peterson10 min read
Card stating the Business Profile reviews API batch ceiling of 50 locations per call
Reviews

How to Use the Business Profile Reviews API

Updated Sep 2026Amadeus Peterson10 min read
Bar chart of citation source classes on plumbing prompts, led by contractor websites at 75.2 percent
Playbooks

Google's AI Search Playbook for Plumbing Companies

Updated Sep 2026Joseph Duerden12 min read
Card contrasting eligibility for one Business Profile against exclusion at two or more
Reviews

Can Brands Use Gemini to Reply to Google Reviews?

Updated Sep 2026Amadeus Peterson9 min read
Four approval gates for an AI-suggested Google Business Profile description
Google Business Profile

Should You Use AI for Business Profile Descriptions?

Updated Sep 2026Dylan Allen-Arnegård9 min read
Comparison of an ineligible rented address and an eligible real operation
Google Business Profile

Can Home Services Use a Virtual Office on Google?

Updated Sep 2026Dylan Allen-Arnegård8 min read
Bar chart of ChatGPT organic behavior: cites your site 48.8%, cites directories 44.7%, names you 21.6%
AI Search News

ChatGPT Ads for Home Services: A Multi-Location Test Plan

Updated Sep 2026Dylan Allen-Arnegård10 min read
Comparison card of Google's customer-initiated calls against its Business Profile maintenance calls
AI Search News

How Should Service Businesses Handle Google AI Phone Calls?

Updated Sep 2026Dylan Allen-Arnegård9 min read
Bar chart of directory and review-platform citation share by AI engine, with ChatGPT highest at 44.7 percent
Playbooks

How Do I Fix Wrong Business Information in ChatGPT?

Updated Sep 2026Amadeus Peterson9 min read
Crosswalk of four identifiers tied to one business location
Google Business Profile

Google Place ID vs Business Profile ID vs Store Code

Updated Sep 2026Dylan Allen-Arnegård9 min read
Four-step process for reviewing a Google Business Profile update
Google Business Profile

Why Did Google Change My Business Profile?

Updated Sep 2026Dylan Allen-Arnegård9 min read
Comparison of a clinic profile and an eligible practitioner profile
Google Business Profile

Should Med Spa Practitioners Have Separate Profiles?

Updated Sep 2026Dylan Allen-Arnegård10 min read
Quote plate reproducing Google's Local Services Ads rule banning AI-edited and AI-generated images in the European Union region and New York state from August 2, 2026
AI Search News

Can You Use AI Photos in Google Local Services Ads?

Updated Sep 2026Amadeus Peterson9 min read
Comparison card of the home-services categories Apple prohibits from Maps ads against the organic surfaces that stay open
AI Search News

Can Home Service Companies Advertise on Apple Maps in 2026?

Updated Sep 2026Dylan Allen-Arnegård8 min read
Flow diagram of a four-gate 30-day Bing Places rollout: approve inventory, import pilot, public readback, batch rollout
Playbooks

Bing Places for Multiple Locations: A 2026 Rollout Guide

Updated Sep 2026Amadeus Peterson9 min read

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