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Most business owners think of a digital footprint as something that’s nice to have. A website. A Facebook page. Maybe an Instagram account. But in today’s world, your digital footprint is much more than that. It’s how customers discover you. It’s how Google understands you. And increasingly, it’s how AI decides whether your business is relevant enough to recommend. The problem is that many businesses don’t realize the true cost of having a weak—or nonexistent—digital footprin