How to Claim Your Business in ChatGPT: What We Learned Setting Up Business Hub
Claim your business in ChatGPT with Business Hub: every step we took, how long verification took, what fails, and what local businesses can do right now.
Google AI Mode Booking Is Here: How Home Service Businesses Get Connected
Google AI Mode booking is now live for home services in the U.S. On November 4, 2026, Google Search product VP Robby Stein said AI Mode now has direct links to research and book home services through Angi, Thumbtack, Housecall Pro and Jobber, with ServiceTitan coming soon, according to Search Engine Journal’s report on the […]
Four Ways AI Companies Might Pay for Website Content, and Who Sets the Price
AI assistants answer questions using text taken from websites, including small ones. A field guide published on November 2, 2026 by a working group at Prebid.org, an advertising industry body, maps four ways the companies behind those assistants pay for it. The prices start at a tenth of a cent per page. Before you count […]
Product Feeds Are Reaching More AI Shopping Surfaces
This article is for small stores that sell products online. If your business mainly sells local services, the product feed advice here may not apply to you. A product feed is the file or connection that sends your product names, prices, stock and shipping details to another platform. In the first week of November 2026, […]
How to Get ChatGPT to Recommend Your Business: What the 1.2% Do Differently
How to get ChatGPT to recommend your business comes down to one job: making it easy for AI to verify you. That means the same details on your website, Google Business Profile, Bing Places and review sites, a steady flow of detailed reviews, a page for every service, and mentions on the “best of” lists […]
How to Get Your Business Discovered in AI Search
When someone asks an AI platform to suggest a trustworthy business nearby, will your company appear as a relevant option with accurate information? No business can control whether ChatGPT, Google, Gemini, Perplexity, or another AI platform recommends it. However, you can improve the accuracy and credibility of the information these systems find about your business […]