Issue #221: April 2026: Google Changes The Rules of Its Local Search Game
Hey there,April 8th 2026, wasn’t a minor Google update.It changed how visibility, rankings, and lead flow will actually work on Local Search, going forward.Most accounts
Hey there,April 8th 2026, wasn’t a minor Google update.It changed how visibility, rankings, and lead flow will actually work on Local Search, going forward.Most accounts
Hey there,Let me say something that might sting a little. Most agencies don’t have a lead problem. They have a closing problem.I’ve seen agencies generate
Hey there,Here’s the direction most agencies miss, and it quietly kills otherwise good campaigns. You never actually defined what “success” means with the client.We all
Hey there,Let’s talk about something most agencies know exists, but rarely plan for properly. Seasonality.And not just “slow vs busy months.” I mean how demand
Hey there,We get a lot of inbound leads from agencies asking us to take over PPC for their localservice clients.And honestly, not all clients are
Hey there,Every time something big happens in the world, war, market swings, or economic uncertainty, we start hearing the same question from agencies:“Is this why
Hey there,If LSA leads are down, GBP visibility is inconsistent. And Nothing changed.Here’s what’s causing it: “Reviews.”Not just volume. But frequency, response rate, and how
Hey there,We have had a few agency partners message me recently with the same panic. “Leads just dropped off a cliff in February. Nothing changed
Hey there,For years, PPC optimization in home services has had one major weakness: Google optimizes for conversions. But they do not automatically know what a
Hey there,We’ve all had that call. “PPC just isn’t working.” But when we check the account, conversions are steady. Cost per lead is healthy. Nothing