jhonty.mdJhonty Barreto on search everywhere people look: Google, AI assistants, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, maps and marketplaces. Our own data, sources linked.https://jhonty.md/en-gbSearch in October 2026: six changes, and which ones need youhttps://jhonty.md/search-news-october-2026/https://jhonty.md/search-news-october-2026/Google's AI answers get more links, new Maps rules for businesses, a fast lane for forum posts, Universal Cart and the spam update. What each means for you.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTnewsenginesailocalcommunitiesmarketplacesGoogle's new Maps rules: what you can't put in your Business Profile any morehttps://jhonty.md/google-maps-listing-rules-2026/https://jhonty.md/google-maps-listing-rules-2026/Google's Maps policy now bans time-bound offers, prices and calls-to-action in your listing. A ten-minute check, what's still allowed, and where offers go now.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMTguidelocalGoogle's AI answers are adding links. Here's how to be the page they point tohttps://jhonty.md/google-ai-answers-more-links/https://jhonty.md/google-ai-answers-more-links/Google is adding inline links, an 'official websites' section and bigger related links to AI Mode and AI Overviews. What each change rewards, and what to fix.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:30:00 GMTguideaienginesWhat ChatGPT actually opens on your site: 15 days of server logshttps://jhonty.md/what-chatgpt-opens-on-your-site/https://jhonty.md/what-chatgpt-opens-on-your-site/We verified every ChatGPT-User visit on two small business sites for 15 days. 166 of 192 went to the homepage. Here's how to run the same check on yours.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMTdataaiRetrieved isn't opened: the AI visibility gap most advice ignoreshttps://jhonty.md/retrieved-is-not-opened/https://jhonty.md/retrieved-is-not-opened/Pages ChatGPT opened were cited 74% of the time. Pages it only retrieved, 7%. What that gap means, what it doesn't, and the two changes we made.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTtakeaiAsk ChatGPT who's the best and it reads the lists, not your websitehttps://jhonty.md/chatgpt-reads-the-lists/https://jhonty.md/chatgpt-reads-the-lists/We asked ChatGPT for the best plumber in Manchester 8 times. 75 citations, none from a plumber's own site. A Sydney lawyer query did the same.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTdataailocalSearch Console impressions are lying to you: how to spot machine querieshttps://jhonty.md/search-console-machine-queries/https://jhonty.md/search-console-machine-queries/One of our posts had 3,848 impressions in 90 days. Every query Google named for it came from a machine. Here's the coverage ratio check we run now.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTguideenginesNobody pays for a ranking: why our SEO reports start with revenuehttps://jhonty.md/nobody-pays-for-a-ranking/https://jhonty.md/nobody-pays-for-a-ranking/Our first revenue report for an electrician client said £0. SEO hadn't failed. Nobody had logged what a single job was worth. Here's what revenue-first SEO needs.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTtake