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Category: "Platform" Blog Posts

The Future of Buying and Selling Is Happening Inside Marketplaces
By: Katherine
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67% of global E-commerce GMV now flows through online marketplaces. Discover why buyers are bypassing brand websites, why sellers on 3+ platforms earn double the revenue, and why your local business listing matters more than you think. Find.Agency helps businesses get found — for free.

April 14, 2026
Introducing Find.Claims as Part of the Extended Find.Agency Ecosystem
By: Jonathan
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Find.Claims is now part of the Find.Agency ecosystem — a business discovery and listing platform expanding into expense and claims management. Discover why untracked expenses are costing UK SMBs £742/month and how integrated tools close the gap.

April 02, 2026
If AI Answers Everything, Where Does Your Business Show Up?
By: Jonathan
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AI search is replacing traditional Google clicks. 61% drop in organic CTR. Only 1.2% of businesses get recommended by ChatGPT. Learn why your business listing on discovery platforms like Find.agency matters more than ever for visibility.

February 23, 2026
Consumers Are Ignoring Marketing — Here's What They Pay Attention To
By: Mark A.
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93% of consumers skip ads. 86% suffer from banner blindness. Only 39% trust advertising at all. But 92% trust recommendations from people they know, and 84% search for local businesses daily. Here's what the data says about where consumer attention actually goes — and what small businesses should do about it.

February 17, 2026
The Businesses AI Suggests vs. The Ones It Ignores
By: Mark A.
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Only 12% of AI-cited sources match Google's top 10 results. AI search tools are already choosing which businesses to recommend and which to skip. Most small businesses are invisible to the machines — here's why and what to fix.

February 09, 2026
How Businesses Stay Discoverable Even When Algorithms Change in 2026
By: Mark A.
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65% of searches end without clicks. Learn why directory listings and multi-platform presence now matter more than single-platform SEO for local business visibility.

February 05, 2026
How Businesses Are Adapting to Shorter Buyer Attention Spans
By: Mark A.
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Buyer attention dropped to 8.25 seconds. Customer acquisition costs rose 222%. Here's how businesses are adapting—and why most strategies fail. Data from McKinsey, HBR, and 2026 consumer behavior studies.

February 04, 2026
How Global Instability Is Driving Platform-First Search Behaviour
By: Mark A.
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80% of searches now end without a click. AI discovery has replaced traditional search. Learn why platform-first visibility matters more than your website in 2026—and how to manage it without the overwhelm.

February 03, 2026
Why 'Just Having a Website' Is a Losing Strategy in 2026
By: Jonathan
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A website alone won't attract customers in 2026. Discover why business directories like Find.Agency matter more than ever, and how fragmented search is reshaping discovery.

January 20, 2026