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Local SEO in 2026: The Modern Local Search Playbook
Local SEO is crucial for businesses with local intent. This guide covers how to optimize for local search across Google, Apple, reviews, and AI-assisted discovery platforms.

Local SEO is crucial for businesses with local intent. This guide covers how to optimize for local search across Google, Apple, reviews, and AI-assisted discovery platforms.

Small business SEO in 2026 is small business GEO. The local plumber, restaurant, regional consultancy — competing to be the named answer inside ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Mechanics changed. Opportunity bigger.

Foursquare City Guide shut down December 15, 2024. What replaced it: Google Business Profile, Apple Maps, Yelp, and the answer engines that now decide local trust.