By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways New spots are opening fast in Longview — from Tapshot to the wave of restaurants going in. The websites usually go up two weeks before opening, which is two months too late. Search rankings need 4–8 weeks of runway to start working. The site…
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By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways Texas HB 2844 opened up new operating ground for food trucks. More events, more cities, more chances to show up — if people can find you. An Instagram account is not a website. Eventually a customer wants to know if you’re parked tonight, and…
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By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways AI Overviews now appear on roughly 60% of searches, and on those queries, clicks to websites dropped about 58%. Informational queries got crushed hardest. “How long does an oil change take” no longer needs a website visit. Local “near me” and transactional queries are…
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By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways Google Business Profile suspensions surged in 2026 after automated trust checks went live and a mass enforcement wave hit in April. The top three triggers are: keyword stuffing in your business name, duplicate listings, and rapid edits — almost always avoidable. Don’t file multiple…
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By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways Google’s 2026 review policy banned three common practices that East Texas small businesses have been doing for years. Review gating — quietly steering happy customers to public reviews and unhappy ones to a feedback form — is now actively enforced against. Asking customers to…
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