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Google Maps Isn’t Just Showing Businesses Anymore. It’s Recommending Them.

Last Updated: October 27, 2026

Google Maps is getting a major AI upgrade, and it could change how customers find your business. Google’s new “Ask Maps” feature lets users have conversations with AI to find businesses that meet their specific needs. Instead of entering a few keywords and scrolling through results, customers can describe their problems, answer follow-up questions, and […]

ScamWatch: A New Trick for Stealing Your Google Ads Account

Last Updated: October 20, 2026

Apparently, it’s not enough that Google wants a piece of every advertising dollar you spend. Now scammers are lining up to take a piece, too. On October 6, 2026, cybersecurity researchers at Island exposed a phishing scam in which criminals were creating fake AI advertising platforms and passing them off as products from familiar companies […]

Google Is Making Its Paid Listings Bigger. And Small Businesses Pay the Price.

Last Updated: October 15, 2026

We’ve all watched as Google has become more and more of a pay-to-play scheme. Paid ads keep gobbling up more and more of the search results page. Google has monetized the top of local searches with Local Services Ads, and seemingly every change pushes organic results farther down the page. For small businesses, that means […]

ScamWatch: Fake “Google Business Listing” Calls Are Using Urgent Suspension Threats

Last Updated: October 5, 2026

We’re seeing another wave of scam calls targeting small-business owners with Google Business Profiles. The script is simple: someone calls claiming to be a “listing verification specialist” or a “Google Business listing specialist.” They say there is an urgent problem with your listing, that it has been “flagged for review,” and that you need to […]

Is Google’s “Spend X, Get X” Ads Promotion a Scam?

Last Updated: September 22, 2026

Google Ads advertisers are reporting an unpleasant surprise: they spend the money required for a promotional offer, then Google invalidates the credit they thought they had earned. One recent case involved an advertiser expecting a $3,200 credit after spending $3,200. PPC consultant David Melamed said the promotion was later invalidated, and Google Ads Liaison Ginny […]

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