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Field Notes · Notes from real engagements

What we ship, written down.

Definitions, tear-downs, and notes from real engagements. SEO and GEO are moving fast; this is where we document what we're seeing and what's working.

The Archive

All notes.

2026-07-19

Google Search Console flagged our own site. Here's the fix, and the automated check we built so it can't happen again.

Search Console emailed us a new indexing warning the same week it appeared. One reason was a false alarm. The other was a real bug across every internal link on the site. Here's the diagnosis, the fix, and the automated check we shipped afterward that already caught more of the same bug we'd missed.

SEO ↗
2026-07-03

Asking for reviews the right way (and the two ways that get you flagged).

Most local businesses never ask for reviews. The ones that do often ask wrong. The rules, the math, and the two-touch method that works.

Reviews ↗
2026-06-23

Why out-of-town agencies outrank you for 'near me' in Rockland (and how to fix it)

Search 'web designer near me' from Nyack or New City and you'll see Manhattan, Westchester, and northern-NJ firms before local ones. Here's what Google's map pack actually ranks on, and the five things that move it.

Local SEO ↗
2026-06-17

Bulk AI social posts are getting businesses shadowbanned

Meta, Instagram, and TikTok now throttle accounts that mass-post AI content. What trips the filters, and how we run client social so it does not.

Social Media ↗
2026-06-13

The Google Business Profile setup that decides who wins 'near me'

The map pack shows three businesses and your Google Business Profile decides whether you're one of them. Here's the setup that actually moves it, in order of impact.

Local SEO ↗
2026-06-12

Why out-of-town agencies outrank you for 'near me' (and how to fix it)

Search 'web designer near me' from Bethlehem and you'll see Philadelphia firms before local ones. Here's what Google's map pack actually ranks on, and the five things that move it.

Local SEO ↗
2026-06-02

Google I/O 2026: What changed in search and what to do about it

AI Mode just hit one billion monthly users. Google rebuilt the search box for the first time in 25 years. A plain breakdown of what the I/O announcements mean for local business visibility.

GEO ↗
2026-06-02

How we wired analytics into this static site (and why)

Most small-business sites count visitors and stop there. Here's how we added real product analytics, a conversion funnel, and session replay to a fast static site without slowing it down or getting creepy about it.

Analytics ↗
2026-05-20

What is GEO? A plain-English guide for local businesses.

GEO gets your business cited inside the AI answer, not buried underneath it. The definition, why it matters now, and five things to do first.

GEO ↗

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