Posts tagged #geo
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LocalBusiness Schema for AI Overviews: Copy-Paste Template + 5 Traps to Avoid (2026)
AI Overviews use LocalBusiness JSON-LD as the canonical entity record for your business. A clean schema can lift AI citation rate by 30–50%. Here's the copy-paste template that actually validates — and the five traps that quietly kill the signal.
AI Overviews Now Appear in 68% of Local Searches. The Map Pack Is Officially Secondary.
The data is in: AI Overviews show up on 68% of local intent queries in 2026. That's not a future. That's now. Here's the 4-signal model AI Overviews use, and the 30-day plan to get cited above the map pack.
Reddit + Wikipedia = 25% of ChatGPT Citations. Here's the SMB Playbook That Actually Works.
ChatGPT cites Reddit (12%) and Wikipedia (13%) more than the Wall Street Journal, NYT, and Bloomberg combined. The implications for a local SMB are non-obvious — and most of the playbook is white-hat.
How AI Overviews Use Google Reviews to Rank Your Business in 2026
AI Overviews and ChatGPT now cite local businesses based on review density, recency, and entity match — not just backlinks. Here's exactly what gets quoted, why, and the 5-step plan to get cited.