How I use AI to improve local SEO reporting at Sterling Sky, with Noah Learner

Missing Google Reviews: Checklists for Troubleshooting Review Loss

Whitespark

TL;DR: • Google Business Profile reviews usually go missing for 3 reasons: business policy violations, spam attacks, or Google moderation errors.• Common triggers include sudden review spikes, incentivized reviews, review kiosks/shared IPs, fake engagement tactics, and reviews fr

What Does It Mean When a Google Review Shows ‘Edited’? – And Should You Be Concerned?

Sterling Sky

Simple Template for Self-Auditing Your AI Local Search Visibility

Phil Rozek

Just about every business owner wants to be more visible in the AI local results, but it’s easy to get analysis paralysis. Where and how do you even check your visibility? How should you size up competitors? What are realistic next steps, particularly next steps you don’t already

How Kick Point’s Dana DiTomaso uses AI in her local SEO processes

BrightLocal

Kick Point founder Dana DiTomaso’s answer to how she uses AI comes down to one idea, repeated across her whole conversation with BrightLocal co-founder Myles Anderson. AI isn’t there to finish the work. AI is there to help you get unstuck or serve as a kick point (sorry) at the b

Anonymous Google Reviews Are Here: What Your Business Should Do Now

Whitespark

Google Quietly Removed a Major Barrier to Reviews Google just made one of its most significant shifts to its review system in years: users can now leave reviews under a pseudonym instead of their real Google Account name. This change, rolling out globally in November 2025, lowers

Study: Whitespark Analyzed GBP Review Questions for 765 Businesses. Here’s What We Found.

Whitespark

💡 Key findings and takeaways: • Only 25% of GBP primary categories have review questions at all, and questions fall into two main templates: a richer “hospitality” set (restaurants, bars, cafes) and a shallower “service” set (contractors, medical practices). • Restaurants top th