[REPLY REQUESTED] Youâre about to vanish from local search â and not even know it
Hey there, This might be the most important post you've read in the last year. Thereâs a massive shift happening right now in local search â and most agencies and business owners have no clue itâs already affecting them. Itâs not just about Maps rankings or website traffic anymore. That was the last game. The new game? AI-driven platforms â like ChatGPT, Googleâs AI Overviews, Perplexity, and Alexa â are now answering peopleâs local questions directly⊠...without showing your website. ...without showing your map listing. This is whatâs called a zero-click search â and itâs exploding. And not just on Google, but directly in chat bots. Soon, most people will only get their answers inside a chat bot. No one clicks. No one visits. They just read the answer and move on. The Big Fat Problem: If your business â or your clientâs â isnât showing up in those answers, you're gone. No clicks. No calls. No visibility. Just⊠missing from the conversation entirely. And hereâs the kicker â you wonât even realize itâs happening. Your rankings might still look fine. Your site traffic might not tank. But leads will slow down. Clients will start asking questions. And youâll have no idea why. This is exactly like the Maps vs Organic wake-up call back in 2016 or so, but now itâs happening across every modern search surface â and itâs spreading fast. Weâve been thinking about putting together a low cost training that shows whatâs really going on here â and how to fix it before itâs too late. If we did that, would you want to see it? Just hit reply and say âinterestedâ if this sounds like something we should put together. Warmly, Brian and Mike Maps Liftoff Team