Articles by Conor Young
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Bulk Verification: The Multi-Location Google Setup Step Most Brands Get Wrong
Bulk verification lets multi-location brands verify every Google Business Profile at once. Who qualifies, how it works, and why it now shapes AI visibility.
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Google Is Now Using AI to Police Your Reviews. Here's What Multi-Location Brands Need to Change
Google now uses AI to enforce review authenticity at scale, and the FTC is fining fake reviews. What franchise and multi-location brands must fix now.
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AI Local Packs Show 68% Fewer Businesses: What the May 2026 Core Update Means for Multi-Location Brands
Google's May 2026 core update reshaped local search, and AI local packs now surface 68% fewer businesses. What multi-location brands should fix first.
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Reddit Is Now Inside Google's AI Results. Here's What Every Multi-Location Brand Needs to Do.
Google's AI answers now quote Reddit and forum posts. Updated August 2026 with new citation data and what multi-location brands should actually do about it.
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Google Removed Q&A from Your Business Profiles. Now AI Is Answering Your Customers With or Without You.
Google retired Business Profile Q&A in late 2025. Now Gemini AI answers customer questions automatically. Here's what multi-location brands must do now.
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Someone Is Trying to Claim Your Client's Listing. Right Now.
GBP listing hijacking is spiking in 2026. Learn why Google's UI change is fuelling unauthorised claim requests and how to protect multi-location brands.