AI Watermarking, Google LSA Changes & AI Search Ranking Problems | E45 The Whitespark Local Update

So, uh, I'm gonna talk about a couple things which are breaking news in local search.

If you are a Google Business Profile person, if you work in local search, there are two things.

I'm, I'm, I'm packaging these as one link even though they're two, uh, 'cause they're quick.

They're quick.

Uh, so first news, which I am absolutely thrilled about, and I've been begging Google for this.

Everyone has been.

But oh, my God, it's happening, everybody.

We'll finally get post-view data back.

There was a time when Google Posts would tell you how many people viewed your Google posts, and for some reason, Google took it away from us.

We no longer have that data.

It was a sad trombone.

Um, but it's coming back.

This dude, uh, Mohammed Hussain, has, uh, posted yesterday, 16 hours ago, and he tagged me, Claudia, Barry Schwartz, and Joy Hawkins.

Thanks for the tag, Mohammed.

But, uh, yeah, he has seen that in the NMX, it is now giving you data on how many people viewed your posts.

Amazing data.

As agencies, we love that.

We want to get that data, be able to report on that data.

Sometimes the data's a little sad to see, 'cause [laughs] you're like, "Oh, no, only five people saw that Google post I made." But anyways, it's good data to have, and so I'm excited about that.

I'll say no more.

And then the other one is Claudia Tomina has published a Google Business Profile hackity hack, which I'm kind of excited about.

There's this section in your Google Business Profile called Activities, but not every business gets them.

Some businesses get them.

Some businesses don't.

And so she uses a great example that if you're...