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More poor news out of AI Overviews - If your URL appears in the top 10 organically, it's less likely to show in an AI Overview - which can hurt CTR and leads, according to new BrightEdge data. This change was observed following Google’s March 2025 core update.👇

Google reports earnings after the bell today. Here is what analysts are expecting: Wall Street is expecting Alphabet to report 10% year-over-year revenue growth for the first quarter *Revenue: $89.2 billion, according to LSEG *Earnings per share: $2.02, according to LSEG

Keep an eye on any channel where humans are looking for products and services from other humans.... Reddit, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.  These are opportunities to capture business outside of the Google ecosystem.. Hear more from Wil Reynolds and me here: localu.org/watch-aio-over…

Google is testing linking the "reviews" button in the local panel to Google Search AI Overviews - I don't like it seroundtable.com/google-links-r… via Todd Hayes

Learn how to complete video verification for your Google Business Profile with this step-by-step FAQ. Includes tips and troubleshooting help. reputationarm.com/the-complete-g…

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Think your business hours on Google are set and forget? Think again. In this video, my colleague Elizabeth Rule explains how to update your hours properly, prevent Google from auto-changing them (yep, it happens), and set special holiday hours correctly. ⚠️ Plus — she reveals one

.Semrush just released an insightful new AI Overviews study, sharing insights about the shift happening in search, among others 👇 🚀 AI Overviews are on the rise: 13.14% of all queries triggered AI Overviews in March 2025. That’s up from 6.49% in January 2025. 👀 Informational

🚨 7 local SEO mistakes that can tank your rankings — and yes, businesses are still making them. In this video, Colan Nielsen and I discuss real-world examples of what not to do, such as review gating, relying too much on AI images, and ignoring mobile performance. You’ll walk

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🚨 Does the number of Google reviews impact your rankings? 🚨 In this video, we dive into the latest findings from our tests on Google reviews and their actual impact on local SEO rankings. Spoiler: hitting the 10 reviews mark could be your sweet spot! Watch to see the full

"Review gating" -> The Local SEO Mistake That Cost a Business ALL Their Reviews "Once Google caught on, they wiped out ALL their reviews across every location. And the business’s rankings? Cut in half overnight." sterlingsky.ca/mistake-that-c… via Joy Hawkins and Colan Nielsen

😱 Ever heard of a business losing ALL their Google reviews overnight? Well, it happened. A business lost thousands of reviews and rankings because they were review gating — only asking happy customers for feedback and directing unhappy ones elsewhere. Google caught on and wiped

Why Google reviews will power up your local SEO in 2025 via Elizabeth Rule searchengineland.com/google-reviews…

Google seems to be rolling out Google Discover on desktop seroundtable.com/google-discove… hat tip Damien (andell)

Volatility in the SERPs started on Friday, but Local SEO seems pretty quiet today, according to the Local Rank Flux tool from BrightLocal.  What are you seeing? 👉 seroundtable.com/google-search-…

Gemini's email auto AI-responder will now be able to "sound like you" (available this summer for Gemini subscribers) based on your past emails/interactions #GoogleIO

Google's John 🧀 ... 🧀 has confirmed that AI Mode reporting will indeed come to Search Console - exactly what that means is not clear but the data will be in Search Console's performance reports soon - more details at seroundtable.com/google-ai-mode…

Google Business Profiles name change spikes seroundtable.com/google-busines…