The Whitespark Local Update

Google Maps in Gemini, New Restaurant Attributes & AI Search KPIs | E52 The Whitespark Local Update

October 21, 2026Β·18 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Claire Carlile and Elizabeth Linder break down the biggest news and developments from the past week in local SEO, Google, and AI search, including:πŸ“ How to Coordinate AI Search Optimization Across Marketing Teams (Crawling Mondays by Aleyda)πŸ“ How to Coordinate AI Search Optimization Efforts Across Areas (Aleyda SolΓ­s)πŸ“ Google Business Profile Now Has Expanded Dietary Attributes (Lisa Landsman)πŸ“ You can search in Google Maps directly from Gemini (Andy Simpson)πŸ“ This Gemini Map feature solved my biggest search frustration in seconds (Haroun Adamu)πŸ“ How to segment SEO data for multi-location brands (Dayna Lucio)πŸ“ SparkToro Audience Quiz Tool (Rand Fishkin)πŸ“ Re-imagining AI Visibility KPIs in a Query Fan Out world (Wil Reynolds): https://www.seerinteractive.com/insights/ai-visibility-kpisπŸ“ Track What You Can, Let Go of the Rest: Dana DiTomaso on Attribution After GA4 (Near Media, Dana DiTomaso)

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