Google Books: Local SEO 2026

My first Dutch language handbook, Local SEO 2026, is listed in Google Books. That listing links my name as author to a book with an ISBN, publisher, date and page count. Listings like this help Google recognise a person as an author.

The details in Google Books

What the book is about

The description in Google Books lists six topics:

• Reviews as a signal of trust.
• Short video for leads and for recognition by AI.
• GEO: E-E-A-T, the knowledge graph, sameAs and consistent NAP details.
• Google Maps and the Local 3-Pack via the Business Profile.
• Entity SEO with LocalBusiness and FAQ schema and a link to Wikidata.
• A weekly approach that takes little time.

The book is written for owners of small and medium-sized businesses and for specialists with local clients.

Check it yourself

You can check the listing yourself via the link at the bottom of this page. The same title, publisher, date and ISBN are in the Book schema of this page and of the book pages on gijs-bodenstaff.nl, so that Google reads the same details everywhere. LocalSEOLab is also the name of my lab for local SEO and AI visibility, where I test claims from the field myself before they go into a book.

The books that followed

In September 2026 three new books were published: Local Entity SEO 2027, AI Search in de Zorg 2027 and the Franchise Local SEO & GEO Handboek 2027. The 2026 edition remains available; more about it on the Local Entity SEO 2026 page and in my books overview.

Why books count towards a knowledge panel

A book with an ISBN is listed in public catalogues. Together with my author profiles on Goodreads, Amazon and ORCID, this creates a set of sources that confirm each other. You can read how that works on my page about the Google Knowledge Graph.