Send us a text Google’s AI Mode and ChatGPT search are reshaping local discovery. This deep dive interview with Michel van Luijtelaar of GMBapi explains what’s changing, how users behave inside AI results, and what local businesses must do now to stay visible and trusted. Subscribe to our newsletters and other content at https://www.nearmedia.co/subscribe/
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Send us a text Google’s AI Mode and ChatGPT search are reshaping local discovery. This deep dive interview with Michel van Luijtelaar of GMBapi explains what’s changing, how users behave inside AI results, and what local businesses must do now to stay visible and trusted. Subscribe to our newsletters and other content at https://www.nearmedia.co/subscribe/
Google’s Review Algorithms Are Tightening — Here’s What the Data Shows
The Near Memo
28 minutes
2 weeks ago
Google’s Review Algorithms Are Tightening — Here’s What the Data Shows
Send us a text In this episode of The Near Memo, Greg Sterling and Mike Blumenthal talk with Michel of GMB API about what new data reveals regarding review removals, fraud detection, incentivized reviews, and regional legal differences across Europe and the U.S. The conversation explores why reviews are increasingly central to AI-driven search experiences, how enforcement tools can unintentionally harm small businesses, and what this all means for trust, visibility, and competition in local s...
The Near Memo
Send us a text Google’s AI Mode and ChatGPT search are reshaping local discovery. This deep dive interview with Michel van Luijtelaar of GMBapi explains what’s changing, how users behave inside AI results, and what local businesses must do now to stay visible and trusted. Subscribe to our newsletters and other content at https://www.nearmedia.co/subscribe/
