The Near Memo
The Near Memo
Greg Sterling, Mike Blumenthal & David Mihm
Why "Position One" Doesn't Exist in Local Anymore (Brighton SEO Recap)
37 minutes Posted Sep 18, 2026 at 7:00 pm.
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Send us Fan Mail Andrew Shotland (Local SEO Guide) and Mark Kabana (founder of Places Scout, now VP of Data Innovation at Yext) join Greg Sterling and Mike Blumenthal fresh off Brighton SEO San Diego for an open-agenda conversation: what the conference floor actually said about local's place in the industry, why a single search rank may already be a dead concept, and how permissioned, agentic browsing is quietly showing up inside everyday consumer AI tools. Topics include: why AI vendors alre...