gsterling
@gsterling.bsky.social
Truth seeker. Local OG. Co-founder of Nearmedia.co and LocalDialog.com
Review gating alive and well. Request to review followed general text inquiry into my level of satisfaction during my hotel stay.
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Review gating alive and well. Request to review followed general text inquiry into my level of satisfaction during my hotel stay.
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Join @nearmedia.bsky.social with @davidmihm.bsky.social, @gsterling.bsky.social as we pick Darren Shaw of @whitespark.ca 's brain about the ins and the outs of the 2026 Local Search Ranking Survey.
www.nearmedia.co/ep-231-local...
www.nearmedia.co/ep-231-local...
EP 231 - Local Search in the Age of AI: Darren Shaw on the 2026 Ranking Factors
Darren Shaw joins Near Media to discuss the 2026 Local Search Ranking Factors report — revealing how AI search, reviews, and behavioral signals are reshaping local SEO. Discover what really drives vis...
www.nearmedia.co
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Join @nearmedia.bsky.social with @davidmihm.bsky.social, @gsterling.bsky.social as we pick Darren Shaw of @whitespark.ca 's brain about the ins and the outs of the 2026 Local Search Ranking Survey.
www.nearmedia.co/ep-231-local...
www.nearmedia.co/ep-231-local...
Our most recent @nearmedia.bsky.social newsletter: G-Maps AI Makeover, Google Unbowed, Hidden Decision Engines, CTRs Down Again www.nearmedia.co/g-maps-ai-ma...
G-Maps AI Makeover, Google Unbowed, Hidden Decision Engines, CTRs Down Again
Near Media is the go-to advisor for executives at multi-location brands and vertical agencies seeking to optimize their search strategy and tactics.
www.nearmedia.co
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Our most recent @nearmedia.bsky.social newsletter: G-Maps AI Makeover, Google Unbowed, Hidden Decision Engines, CTRs Down Again www.nearmedia.co/g-maps-ai-ma...
The new Google "sponsored results" layout is designed to confuse users and generate more clicks. It's working www.seroundtable.com/googles-ad-l...
Google's New Search Ad Layout Is Causing Accidental Clicks
A few weeks ago, Google launched a new ad layout with the large "Sponsored results" label that groups numerous ads under that one label, and then sticks a "Hide sponsored results" button after you hav...
www.seroundtable.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The new Google "sponsored results" layout is designed to confuse users and generate more clicks. It's working www.seroundtable.com/googles-ad-l...
Is trust in AI starting to slip? In Dialog's initial consumer survey last year:
✨ 61% said that they believed AI results were trustworthy
✨ 31% said they trusted them "sometimes"
✨ 7% don't trust AI results
But our newest survey shows a big shift. Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...?
✨ 61% said that they believed AI results were trustworthy
✨ 31% said they trusted them "sometimes"
✨ 7% don't trust AI results
But our newest survey shows a big shift. Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...?
Is Trust in AI Starting to Slip?
In our initial consumer AI survey last year:
✨ 61% of respondents said that they believed AI results were trustworthy
✨ 31% said they trusted them only "someti...
Is Trust in AI Starting to Slip?
In our initial consumer AI survey last year:
✨ 61% of respondents said that they believed AI results were trustworthy
✨ 31% said they trusted them only "sometimes" ...
www.linkedin.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Is trust in AI starting to slip? In Dialog's initial consumer survey last year:
✨ 61% said that they believed AI results were trustworthy
✨ 31% said they trusted them "sometimes"
✨ 7% don't trust AI results
But our newest survey shows a big shift. Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...?
✨ 61% said that they believed AI results were trustworthy
✨ 31% said they trusted them "sometimes"
✨ 7% don't trust AI results
But our newest survey shows a big shift. Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...?
Local Search/SEO doesn't get enough respect. I was on two calls this week where people referred to it as a "niche."
It's not. Read more 👇 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
It's not. Read more 👇 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Local Search/SEO doesn't get enough respect. I was on two calls this week where people referred to it as a "niche."
For more than two decades I've been trying to argue, mostly unsu...
Local Search/SEO doesn't get enough respect. I was on two calls this week where people referred to it as a "niche."
For more than two decades I've been trying to argue, mostly unsuccessfully, that l...
www.linkedin.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Local Search/SEO doesn't get enough respect. I was on two calls this week where people referred to it as a "niche."
It's not. Read more 👇 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
It's not. Read more 👇 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Looking forward to this SMX session with @gsterling.bsky.social on "Coffee Talk: What's new in local search" - always have fun doing a live talk with Greg and Local Search is so much fun searchengineland.com/smx/next/age...
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Looking forward to this SMX session with @gsterling.bsky.social on "Coffee Talk: What's new in local search" - always have fun doing a live talk with Greg and Local Search is so much fun searchengineland.com/smx/next/age...
The latest @nearmedia.bsky.social newsletter: Apple Map Ads, LSA's 'Economic Rents,' Yelp's Uphill Battle, it's AI for B2B buyers. www.nearmedia.co/apple-map-ad...
Apple Map Ads, LSA's 'Economic Rents,' Yelp's Uphill Battle, AI for B2B
Near Media is the go-to advisor for executives at multi-location brands and vertical agencies seeking to optimize their search strategy and tactics.
www.nearmedia.co
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The latest @nearmedia.bsky.social newsletter: Apple Map Ads, LSA's 'Economic Rents,' Yelp's Uphill Battle, it's AI for B2B buyers. www.nearmedia.co/apple-map-ad...
Google has first $100B quarter. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/a...
Alphabet tops $100 billion quarterly revenue for first time, cloud grows 34%
Alphabet reported third-quarter earnings after the bell Wednesday.
www.cnbc.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Google has first $100B quarter. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/a...
Would you pay $10 per month for Google Home Premium (Gemini)? Me: no.
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Would you pay $10 per month for Google Home Premium (Gemini)? Me: no.
The online disinformation is out of control. Grokipedia is Wikipedia's evil twin: "if you only knew the power of the dark side." www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk's Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points
The new AI-powered Wikipedia competitor falsely claims that pornography worsened the AIDS epidemic and that social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people.
www.wired.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The online disinformation is out of control. Grokipedia is Wikipedia's evil twin: "if you only knew the power of the dark side." www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Trying to determine what degree of overlap exists between "web search" results in ChatGPT Atlas Browser and Google. It's not 1:1 but there's a high degree of overlap.
October 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Trying to determine what degree of overlap exists between "web search" results in ChatGPT Atlas Browser and Google. It's not 1:1 but there's a high degree of overlap.
Totally missed this (h/t @rustybrick.com). Google search inside Atlas. Also results for the same query nearly identical minus the ads and the features (local pack, forum pack).
October 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Totally missed this (h/t @rustybrick.com). Google search inside Atlas. Also results for the same query nearly identical minus the ads and the features (local pack, forum pack).
Here's yesterday's @nearmedia.bsky.social newsletter: ChatGPT Local Pack, Atlas Browser, Local Product Inventory, Rapid Response www.nearmedia.co/chatgpt-loca...
ChatGPT Local Pack, Atlas Browser, Local Product Inventory, Rapid Response
Near Media is the go-to advisor for executives at multi-location brands and vertical agencies seeking to optimize their search strategy and tactics.
www.nearmedia.co
October 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Here's yesterday's @nearmedia.bsky.social newsletter: ChatGPT Local Pack, Atlas Browser, Local Product Inventory, Rapid Response www.nearmedia.co/chatgpt-loca...
Slide from a deck I presented on local in a webinar with ShopLocal in 2006.
October 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Slide from a deck I presented on local in a webinar with ShopLocal in 2006.
Saw this on a Google job posting today: "Experience managing ambiguous programs under pressure with tight timelines and competing priorities."
October 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Saw this on a Google job posting today: "Experience managing ambiguous programs under pressure with tight timelines and competing priorities."
So far I would say the Atlas browser offers a better version of the ChatGPT experience; it's more complete. However it doesn't support Chrome extensions apparently.
October 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
So far I would say the Atlas browser offers a better version of the ChatGPT experience; it's more complete. However it doesn't support Chrome extensions apparently.
ChatGPT launches its long awaited browser Atlas. openai.com/index/introd...
Introducing ChatGPT Atlas
The browser with ChatGPT built in.
openai.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
ChatGPT launches its long awaited browser Atlas. openai.com/index/introd...
The most recent Dialog (Local + AI) newsletter: Local Apps on ChaGPT, AI Fears, Square Assistant, GDP AI, Search Fragmentation. www.localdialog.com/local-apps-o...
Local Apps on ChaGPT, AI Fears, Square Assistant, GDP AI, Search Fragmentation
Dialog: Exchange Number 33
www.localdialog.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The most recent Dialog (Local + AI) newsletter: Local Apps on ChaGPT, AI Fears, Square Assistant, GDP AI, Search Fragmentation. www.localdialog.com/local-apps-o...
Great new interview with me and @mikeblumenthal.bsky.social talking to Ana Martinez, CTO of Uberall on their experience integrating AI more deeply into the company's workflows and customer-facing products. Part 1 of 2. www.nearmedia.co/ep-227-insid...
EP 227 - Inside Uberall’s Local AI Shift: From Culture Shift to Client Tools; Interview with Ana Martinez -- Part 1
Uberall CTO Ana Martinez explains how AI is reshaping culture, products, and customer engagement in their Location Management tools—from rethinking roles and workflows to launching UB-I and the Locati...
www.nearmedia.co
October 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Great new interview with me and @mikeblumenthal.bsky.social talking to Ana Martinez, CTO of Uberall on their experience integrating AI more deeply into the company's workflows and customer-facing products. Part 1 of 2. www.nearmedia.co/ep-227-insid...
Building ChatGPT agents with drag and drop functionality.
October 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Building ChatGPT agents with drag and drop functionality.
It appears a much better local search experience is coming to ChatGPT via embedded third party apps.
October 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It appears a much better local search experience is coming to ChatGPT via embedded third party apps.
Now 800M+ weekly ChatGPT users.
October 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Now 800M+ weekly ChatGPT users.
Just downloaded iOS 26 and kind of don’t like it.
October 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Just downloaded iOS 26 and kind of don’t like it.
The question of whether Trump is suffering from dementia is a legitimate discussion topic (he claimed Biden had dementia all the time). Interesting that Google, which doesn't want to draw Trump's ire, is blocking an AI Overview on the topic. www.thedailybeast.com/google-accus...
Google Accused of Blocking Searches About Trump, 79, and Dementia
The president has long faced questions about his alleged mental decline.
www.thedailybeast.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The question of whether Trump is suffering from dementia is a legitimate discussion topic (he claimed Biden had dementia all the time). Interesting that Google, which doesn't want to draw Trump's ire, is blocking an AI Overview on the topic. www.thedailybeast.com/google-accus...