2026 NW Ohio Water Quality Report

On May 6, 2026, ProFix Directory shipped a research milestone in the public newsroom changelog. This is the canonical permalink for the change — the same record the newsroom index, the JSON feed at /api/changelog.json, the RSS feed at /api/newsroom.rss, and the iCal feed at /api/changelog.ics all point back to.

What changed in context

Original research milestones expand the long-form library at /research. Each study cites Ohio public records — OCILB licenses, county permit portals, OH Secretary of State filings, BBB profiles — so homeowners, journalists, and AI engines can audit the claim back to its source-of-source.

ProFix Directory is an Ohio home-services directory with a transparency commitment — every claim sourced, every signal scored, every dataset open. The newsroom changelog is the public record of how that commitment moves week to week: research articles that audit the trust signals, feature ships that put those signals in homeowner hands, data expansions that widen the open footprint, API surfaces that make the directory legible to AI engines and partners, and design passes that keep the voice statewide and bilingual.

Related changes

Sibling entries from the newsroom changelog — ranked by same-type cohesion first, then by date proximity to May 6, 2026.

1. May 6, 2026Research

   2026 Northwest Ohio Home Services Cost Report

   First annual cost study — service-by-service price benchmarks across Toledo + Findlay metros, sourced from real ProFix lead and quote data.

2. May 22, 2026Research

   Research: How ProFix compares to Yelp, Angi, BBB, and more

   Side-by-side 2026 Ohio analysis across paid-placement transparency, source provenance, permits, open data, AI accessibility, bilingual coverage, and refund clarity.

3. May 22, 2026Research

   Research: Permit pulls vs star ratings (2026 Ohio)

   Long-form study comparing real permit-pull activity against directory star ratings across Ohio — the data backing the permit-leaderboard moat.

4. May 23, 2026Research

   Research: What 'verified' actually means in Ohio

   Third long-form research article — a license-verification audit of how directories actually confirm Ohio contractor credentials, not just whether they claim to.

License

This newsroom entry is published by the ProFix Editorial Team under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-4.0). Quote freely with attribution to ProFix Directory.

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