The Fonzy Blog
Insights on Growth.
Plain-English strategies, case studies, and guides on automating your way to the top of Google and AI search.

SEO Basics
How to Check Your Website Traffic: Free Ways to See Your Visitors in 2026
The free tools that show how many people visit your site, how to read each one at a glance, and why a competitor's traffic is only ever an educated guess.

Show Up on Google and AI
How to Claim Your Google Business Profile (Even If Someone Else Already Did)
Most owners searching this already have a listing on Google, they just can't get into it. Here is the exact path for an unclaimed listing, one someone else owns, and duplicates splitting your reviews.

Show Up on Google and AI
Google Business Profile Q&A Is Gone: What Replaced It and What to Do Now
Google retired the Business Profile Q&A section and its API on November 3, 2025. Here is what replaced it, why the old how-to no longer works, and how to keep AI answering your customers correctly.

SEO Basics
How Long Does It Take to Show Up on Google? A Realistic 2026 Timeline
Three different clocks run when you launch a business online, and owners panic because they mix them up. Here is what to expect at week 2, month 1, month 3, and month 6.

Show Up on Google and AI
Bing Places for Business: Claim Your Free Listing (and Why It Feeds ChatGPT and Copilot in 2026)
Bing Places is Microsoft's free version of Google Business Profile, and in 2026 it quietly feeds Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT search. Here is how to claim it in about five minutes by importing straight from Google.

SEO Basics
Crawled - Currently Not Indexed: What It Means and How to Fix It
"Crawled - currently not indexed" means Google read your page and chose not to put it in search, almost always a quality or duplicate signal rather than a bug. This guide explains the difference from the "Discovered" status and gives you the fix that actually works.

Win Customers With Content
Should You Show Prices on Your Website?
Most buyers decide before they ever contact you, so a "request a quote" page quietly loses the ones who were ready. Here is when to show prices, when to use a range, and when a quote is genuinely the right call.

Show Up on Google and AI
"Discovered - currently not indexed: what Google means and how to fix it"
Google found your page but hasn't crawled it yet, which is why it's missing from search. Here is what the status means in plain terms and the handful of fixes that actually move it.

SEO Basics
What Is Schema Markup (and Does Your Small Business Need It)?
A plain-English guide to schema markup for business owners: what it is, the handful of types that matter for a local or service business, and how to add it without writing a line of code.