SEO 101 Ep 526: AI Bots Dominate Traffic, Google Algorithm Updates, and Local SEO Developments

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of AI bots on traffic, recent Google algorithm updates, and developments in local SEO.

In this episode of SEO 101, Ross Dunn and Scott Van Achte dive into the March 2026 Google core and spam updates, the surge of AI bot traffic, optimizing for AI agents, ChatGPT ad revenue, citation trends in AI search, Google’s crawling limits, Gemini-powered Ask Maps, location sharing features, and a new service to remove unfair Google reviews. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

People in this episode

Hosts: Ross Dunn, Scott Van Achte

Topics covered

• AI bots
• Google algorithm updates
• local SEO
• traffic trends
• AI search optimization
• Google reviews

Keywords

• AI traffic
• Google updates
• local SEO
• ChatGPT revenue
• citation trends
• Google crawling
• Ask Maps
• location sharing
• Google reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, ChatGPT, Gemini

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