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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 1d

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).

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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 2d

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

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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 3d

Some of it is pretty amazing to look at.

gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 3d

Slide from a deck I presented on local in a webinar with ShopLocal in 2006.

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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 3d

Saw this on a Google job posting today: "Experience managing ambiguous programs under pressure with tight timelines and competing priorities."

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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 3d

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.

gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 4d

ChatGPT launches its long awaited browser Atlas. openai.com/index/introd...

Introducing ChatGPT Atlas

The browser with ChatGPT built in.

openai.com

gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 15d

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

gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 18d

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...

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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 19d

Building ChatGPT agents with drag and drop functionality.

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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 19d

It appears a much better local search experience is coming to ChatGPT via embedded third party apps.

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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 19d

Now 800M+ weekly ChatGPT users.

gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 23d

Just downloaded iOS 26 and kind of don’t like it.

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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 23d

2020.

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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 23d

Well without a qualified medical exam it can’t be conclusively determined. Trump would never submit to that. However because he raised the issue so frequently when Biden was president it’s a legitimate discussion topic, especially given his increasingly incoherent speech patterns and thoughts.

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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 23d

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

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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 24d

Incredibly cowardly and more about obsequious capitulation and gaining favor than reflective of the legal merits of the case. Google has fallen very very far from where it once was (or at least aspired to).

gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 24d

For years, people assumed that their devices were listening and that their conversations were being used for ad targeting. Companies denied that. Now it's coming true. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...?

Meta Will Begin Using AI Chatbot Conversations to Target Ads

While users won’t be able to opt out from the new policy, the content of some conversations will be automatically excluded.

www.wsj.com

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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 25d

Today's @nearmedia.bsky.social newsletter: AI Mode & Local Agents, Alexa's Do-Over, Google's Dark Ad Patterns, and The Reviewpocalypse www.nearmedia.co/local-agents...

Local Agents, Alexa's Do-Over, Google Dark Ad Patterns, Reviewpocalypse

AI Mode, Agents & Local It's still not clear whether and how AI Overviews, AI Mode, Web Guide (i.e., AI Organized pages) and Gemini and Gemini in Chrome will co-exist. Many people believe AI Mode is ...

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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · 26d

Perplexity is often better for finding Google-authored content than Google is. For example I was looking for a Google blog post that discussed their removal of terms-violating reviews in 2024. Couldn't find on Google itself after several attempts, but Perplexity found it quickly.

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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · Sep 18

A big problem for ChatGPT 5 is how slow it is compared to previous models for general "search" queries. This plays to Google's speed advantage.

gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · Sep 15

The latest @nearmedia.bsky.social newsletter: Does local really need AI? AIO trust, highest engagement channels, 2 charts that argue for a Google break up. www.nearmedia.co/does-local-r...

Does Local Really Need AI?, AIO Trust, Engagement Channels, Break Up Google

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

gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · Sep 12

There's an AIO for everything, including the term Enshittification 😀

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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · Sep 5

Wow, in stark contrast to the earlier @Reuters report, Google hit with $3.5B ad-tech antitrust fine. www.yahoo.com/news/article...?

Google hit with $3.5 billion fine from European Union in ad-tech antitrust case

European Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a 2.95 billion euro ($3.5 billion) fine for breaching the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services, marking the fou...

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gsterling @gsterling.bsky.social · Sep 4

The new @nearmedia.bsky.social newsletter: Google Antitrust Court Chickens Out, Bigger Search Pie, Bottom Pack Ad, EU Blinks on Google penalty www.nearmedia.co/court-chicke...

Court Chickens Out, Bigger Pie, Bottom Ad, EU Blinks

Google Gets Off Easy A Jeff Bezos inspired editorial in the Washington Post opines, "A judge did not need to curb Google’s power. AI is already doing that." While there's a smidgen of truth there, it...

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