Google and Uberall will host a webinar on September 24 covering upcoming Google Search changes and local marketing strategy fixes

Google is rolling out view counts for Business Profile posts globally, showing combined views from Search and Maps for posts from the past 18 months.

Scammers are uploading AI-generated photos to Google Maps business listings with fake phone numbers to divert customer calls, and Google's reporting process appears ineffective.

Search Engine Land reverse-engineered Google's Geostore system to expose 72 Oyster Rank signals, 793 data sources, and a multi-stage ranking pipeline that goes far beyond proximity.

SOCi's analysis of expanding versus contracting restaurant chains reveals expanding brands earn 6–7x more ChatGPT recommendations and maintain consistently higher scores across search, reviews, and social signals.