Expert coverage of online reputation, review removal, and AI search. Original research and practitioner-led guides on the topics that protect and build business reputations worldwide.
41 AI search statistics for 2026 across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Copilot. Query share, citation patterns, brand visibility, and CTR shifts.
Google AI Overview statistics 2026: presence rate, click impact, citation patterns, and reputation signals from 12 months of tracking 18,000 queries.
Zero-click search rate, AI Overview impact, and outbound CTR mapped across 4.6 million query impressions and 220 sites. The 2026 SERP-traffic picture.
Inside Microsoft's May 2026 Bing generative search rollout: 41% of queries now show an AI panel, organic clicks down 28%, and the 7-day plan to earn citations.
The exact Business Redressal Form process we use to dispute Google reviews, with 2026 removal rates from 18,402 submissions and the evidence template that doubles success.
47 online reputation management statistics from 120,318 disputes across 15,000 profiles in 42 countries. Removal rates by industry, channel, and country.
38 local SEO stats from a 1,200-profile cohort study. Map pack lift per 10 reviews, photo cadence, GBP categories, NAP consistency, and what actually correlates.
Local search statistics 2026 from an 8,400-SERP heatmap study. Click share by map pack position, mobile vs desktop, near-me trend, and AI overview overlap.
12 reputation stats measured in 2025 and 2026 from the same dataset. Removal rates, consumer trust, AI-generated reviews, and what changed in 18 months.
Do Google reviews affect ranking? A 1,184-profile cohort study quantifies map pack movement per 0.1 star delta and per 10 new reviews, with the controls that matter.
Nine ways reviews affect SEO, ranked by measured effect size from a 1,184-profile cohort and an 8,412-SERP click study. What is real, what is overstated.
Review velocity SEO impact measured across 240 profiles in an 8-week controlled push. Rank lift curve, plateau point, decay timeline, and the safe pace.
How four Google core updates moved a 1,184-profile cohort. Per-update rank deltas, winners and losers, and the review signals that survived each update.
Realistic costs, timelines and win-rate data for defamation lawsuits in 2026, drawn from 2,847 US and UK filings. Educational, not legal advice.
Libel is written, slander is spoken - but online, the line is messier. How courts classify reviews, podcasts, livestreams and AI transcripts in 2026.
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