Claude Duet is Anthropic’s new proactive AI agent, opened by waitlist on October 21, 2026. What it does, what it costs, where it falls short, and why businesses that already built Claude skills get the most out of day one.
We asked ChatGPT seven plumber searches from 225 points across one metro and logged every source behind 1,575 answers. What it reads depends on what the customer types.
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✍️ By TJ, Founder of Lifted Websites•17 Years SEO Experience (since 2009)•Scottsdale, AZ•Data last verified October 2, 2026 Most AI search statistics pages give one number per question. The trackers do not agree with each other, though. ChatGPT’s market share is 38.7% or 80.5% depending on whether you count phone users or clicks sent to
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✍️ By TJ, Founder of Lifted Websites • 17 Years SEO Experience (since 2009) • Scottsdale, AZ • Last updated: August 11, 2026 ⚡ The Short Version No. Google does not penalize content for being AI-generated, and Claude’s watermark does not change that. On August 11, 2026, Anthropic confirmed that Claude models launched on or
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✍️ By TJ, Founder of Lifted Websites • 17 Years SEO Experience (since 2009) • Scottsdale, AZ • Last updated: July 23, 2026 ⚡ THE SHORT VERSION Local Services Ads Are Becoming a Google Ads Campaign Type In July 2026, Google announced it is retiring the standalone Local Services Ads dashboard. Starting August 2026, LSA
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✍️ By TJ, Founder of Lifted Websites • 17 Years SEO Experience (since 2009) • Scottsdale, AZ • Last updated: October 20, 2026 ⚡ SHORT VERSION GEO means Generative Engine Optimization GEO is the practice of structuring your website and brand signals so AI tools like ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini cite
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✍️ By TJ, Founder of Lifted Websites • 17 Years SEO Experience (since 2009) • Scottsdale, AZ • Last updated: June 2026 Opening a Google Business Profile in a new city is not the same as setting up your first one. Google treats a second location as a fraud-risk event, and the verification it runs
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Link Building 12 min read • Updated June 2026 The Short Answer Most websites need 2–30 new quality referring domains per month: roughly 2–5 for local SEO, 10–25 for ecommerce, and 15–30+ for national or SaaS. Your exact number is set by one thing — how fast the competitors above you are earning links. If
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