AI Marketing News for Small Businesses | AI Marketing KC
What's actually working for small businesses in AI search, AI ads, and automation. No fluff, no retainer pitch.
How to Optimize for AI Search: Google’s 2026 Guidance
Field guide · May 2026 Google just told us how to actually optimize for AI search. A plain-English breakdown of Google’s May 2026 guidance —
Google Quietly Pulled Back AI Overviews on Local “Best” Searches — And Most Businesses Have No Idea
Our daily tracking of 320+ local search prompts shows Google AI Overviews collapsed from 71% to 30% on “best/top + location” searches between August 5–7, 2026 — across every business, industry, and market we monitor. Here’s the data, what might be behind it, and why the right measurement matters.
How Often Do ChatGPT Ads Appear? 46 Days of Daily Data
Field data · B2B HR services · 4,646 prompt checks ChatGPT ads went from 0 to 90% of our prompts in six weeks The same
How to Reverse Engineer ChatGPT Ads (There’s No Ad Library
Field research · Kansas City BBQ prompts · ChatGPT Ads ChatGPT has no ad library. Your AEO tool is the closest thing. No transparency center.
Google Ask Maps: What It Means for Your Small Business
Finding a local business used to work one way. You searched. You scrolled. You compared three or four options. You picked one.
Google is rebuilding that.