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Need a source on local SEO, Google Business Profile, or how AI search is changing local business? Michael Opoku, co-founder and Head of Strategy at OPO SEO, is available for comment on short notice.
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Who We Are
The people behind OPO SEO.
Michael K. Opoku
Co-founder & Head of StrategyLocal SEO and AI visibility specialist. Working in SEO since 2022, helping South Bay businesses win the Google Map Pack and get recommended by AI assistants like ChatGPT and Google AI.
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Head of ContentContent strategist specialising in clear, high-impact writing that is structured, intentional, and built to rank and convert.
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Michael is a local SEO and AI visibility specialist who has worked in SEO since 2022, helping South Bay businesses win the Google Map Pack and get recommended by AI assistants. He speaks in plain language, not jargon.
AI search is reshaping local discovery
How ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews are changing where local customers find businesses.
Why small businesses lose in AI answers
The reasons local businesses get out-competed in AI search, and what is actually behind it.
What you can do without a big budget
Practical, low-cost moves a local business can make to start showing up in AI and on Google.
GBP, reviews, citations and the Map Pack
Google Business Profile, local citations, reviews, and Map Pack visibility, in plain language.
Quotes
Pull any of these verbatim.
People used to type ‘near me’ into Google. Now they ask ChatGPT who’s the best, and the business it names gets the call. That’s the whole game now. Making sure AI knows your business well enough to recommend it.
The businesses winning in AI search aren’t the biggest spenders. They’re the ones with clear, consistent, well-evidenced web presences. A small local firm can out-rank a national chain if its entity is clearer than the chain’s.
Before you spend another dollar on ads, Google your own business the way a customer would. Then ask ChatGPT the same thing. If you’re not showing up in either, that’s the gap to close first.
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