Jay Rhodus

[Jay Rhodus @rhodus_jay]

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[JAZEL Auto @JAZELautomotive]

Google AI Max is officially replacing Dynamic Search Ads this month. It promises 14% more conversions — but sends traffic where the algorithm wants, not always where you want. Dealers: audit your URL expansion settings before you migrate.

[JAZEL Auto @JAZELautomotive]

ChatGPT Ads now support audience list targeting, making it a more direct competitor in paid placements, and new channel for reaching in-market car shoppers as they research. Worth watching as OpenAI builds out its ad platform.

[JAZEL Auto @JAZELautomotive]

New research: ChatGPT use cut informational search queries by ~9%. The good news for dealers: transactional and buying-intent searches barely changed. Car shoppers still use search when ready to buy.

[JAZEL Auto @JAZELautomotive]

Google now requires AI disclosure labels on ads across Search, YouTube, and Discover. If your ad creative was built with generative AI tools, the label shows. Dealers: review your creative workflow now.

[JAZEL Auto @JAZELautomotive]

Dealers with lower organic traffic are sometimes outperforming right now. AI Mode sends fewer but better-qualified visitors. A 20% traffic drop paired with a 42% conversion rate increase isn't a problem — it's AI search working exactly as designed.

[JAZEL Auto @JAZELautomotive]

Texas just passed California as the #1 car market in the U.S. Pickup trucks will be 80% of new vehicle sales there by 2027. Is your inventory search experience built for high converting truck buyers? Or is it the same generic SRP every other dealer runs?

[JAZEL Auto @JAZELautomotive]

The buyers arriving at dealer websites from ChatGPT and Perplexity are not browsing. They asked an AI to recommend a dealer, got an answer, and clicked. That is not discovery traffic. That is a destination decision. Is your digital storefront ready for a buyer who chose you?

[JAZEL Auto @JAZELautomotive]

Dealers with Cloudflare "block AI bots" turned on: check your settings before September 15. New classification rules mean that setting may now be blocking Googlebot too.

[JAZEL Auto @JAZELautomotive]

Dealer website quick test: search "[your dealership name] service appointment" in Google AI Mode. Does your dealership appear with your hours, a booking option, and real info — or does AI Mode give a generic answer? If generic: you have a structured data gap. Fix it this week.

[JAZEL Auto @JAZELautomotive]

Is your dealership website actively blocking ChatGPT? 25% of new car buyers now use AI tools in researching their next purchase, but many dealers are spending on SEO and paid search while blocking the very tools buyers use to find them.

[JAZEL Auto @JAZELautomotive]

AI-referred visitors on dealer websites converted at double the rate of paid search, per Jazel platform data. They're twice as likely to convert because they arrive having already decided on what they want. Don't have your website make them re-decide once they arrive.

[JAZEL Auto @JAZELautomotive]

Study: 80% of ChatGPT recommendations change when web search is on vs. off. (Visibility Labs, 20K responses)

For dealers: being indexed and citable matters more than being trained into AI.

Your website is your most important asset in the AI era. Build it like a source.

[JAZEL Auto @JAZELautomotive]

See why AI Overviews are your best traffic source (and how to get cited) by checking out our most recent post on the Jazel blog.

[Alex Finn @AlexFinn]

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[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

Millions of years of evolution into a perfect predator undone by a shovel.

[Not Elon Musk @ElonMuskAOC]

@elonmusk Costco has better ID verification than our elections!

[shaneyyricch @shaneyyricch]

I just tried to share the full video of Elon Musk REDPILLING America at the Trump rally in Butler on Instagram and they PERMANENTLY DISABLED my account.

Absolutely insane.

Censorship is alive and well.

You know what to do ;)

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

@elonmusk Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation since 1789, the United States Constitution is the world's longest surviving written charter of government. Its first three words – “We The People” – affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens.

[Good Morning Liberty @GoodAMLiberty]

Phil Donahue died today at the age of 88.

I never get tired of watching one of Milton Friedman’s greatest Donahue moments: