gsterling
@gsterling.bsky.social
Truth seeker. Local OG. Co-founder of Nearmedia.co and LocalDialog.com
Watching Stranger Things season 5, first four episodes. Enjoying it but there is a ton of stuff that doesn’t make any sense.
November 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Watching Stranger Things season 5, first four episodes. Enjoying it but there is a ton of stuff that doesn’t make any sense.
ChatGPT shopping research is going to be widely used and pretty compelling to consumers. Google will seek to match it. openai.com/index/chatgp...
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ChatGPT shopping research is going to be widely used and pretty compelling to consumers. Google will seek to match it. openai.com/index/chatgp...
One clear advantage Gemini/Nano Banana has over ChatGPT image creation is speed.
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
One clear advantage Gemini/Nano Banana has over ChatGPT image creation is speed.
Enough with the pronouns! The Internet and social media in particular have destroyed headline writing
November 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Enough with the pronouns! The Internet and social media in particular have destroyed headline writing
ChatGPT piloting collaboration/group chat. Could be quite useful and very differentiated from Gemini (until they copy the feature). openai.com/index/group-...
Piloting group chats in ChatGPT
Collaborate with others, and ChatGPT, in the same conversation.
openai.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
ChatGPT piloting collaboration/group chat. Could be quite useful and very differentiated from Gemini (until they copy the feature). openai.com/index/group-...
The backlash against this AI wearable bodes ill for OpenAI's hardware plans. www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/t...
How this tiny device became a symbol for the backlash against AI | CNN Business
An unassuming circular pendant slightly larger than a quarter has been at the center of a massive uproar. The chief executive behind it isn’t fazed.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The backlash against this AI wearable bodes ill for OpenAI's hardware plans. www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/t...
Turns out people can no longer tell AI generated music from that created by humans. www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-gene...
People can't tell AI-generated music from real thing anymore, survey shows
It's become nearly impossible for people to tell the difference between music generated by artificial intelligence and that created by humans, according to a survey of 9,000 people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Turns out people can no longer tell AI generated music from that created by humans. www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-gene...
The latest @nearmedia.bsky.social newsletter: Local Search Ranking Factors, Google AI Local Inventory Calls, Social Does Double Duty, Yelp's Numbers. www.nearmedia.co/lsrf-local-i...
LSRF, Local Inventory Calls, Social Double Duty, AI & Yelp
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 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The latest @nearmedia.bsky.social newsletter: Local Search Ranking Factors, Google AI Local Inventory Calls, Social Does Double Duty, Yelp's Numbers. www.nearmedia.co/lsrf-local-i...
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.