What Google's Own AI Told Us to Do (And What Following It Cost Us)
True story. We asked Google's AI how to expand our visibility beyond our home state. It told us our Business Profile was limiting us — so, following its advice, we shut the profile down.
Days later, we asked the same AI why our rankings dropped. Its answer: deleting the Business Profile was a spam red flag and a serious mistake.
The same machine. Both directions. Zero accountability.
The lesson
AI advice is a flashlight, not a map. It describes whatever corner of the problem you point it at, with total confidence, and it will contradict itself tomorrow with the same confidence. If you run a small business:
- Never take a destructive action (deleting profiles, switching domains, mass changes) on an AI's say-so alone
- Ask the opposite question and see if the advice survives
- Changes are expensive; stillness is usually free
Where we landed
We consolidated onto the domain we've held for years, put every answer on our own pages, and stopped letting any algorithm — ranking or chatting — make strategic calls for us.
The trucks still run every day. Motorhomes, campers, boats, semis, mobile homes — one locked price, gone in 48–72 hours, anywhere in America. Call or text (405) 698-4285.