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How AI assistants talk about local businesses, and what you can do about it
Original, general advice. No invented statistics and no promises of rankings: just how these answers are built and what is in your control.
- Checking AI answersDoes ChatGPT recommend my business? How to check without fooling yourselfA plain method to see whether ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google’s AI answers name your local business, why one check is not enough, and what to write down.
- How it worksHow AI assistants decide which local businesses to nameWhat search-grounded AI assistants read before naming a local business, why some businesses are easier to recommend, and what is within your control.
- ChecklistAI visibility checklist for a local businessA practical checklist to make your local business easier for ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google’s AI answers to find, cite and describe correctly. No tricks.
- Reading resultsWhy ChatGPT gives different answers about local businesses each timeAI answers about local businesses change between runs. Here is why that happens, why one screenshot proves little, and how to measure the pattern instead.
- RestaurantsHow to get your restaurant recommended by ChatGPT and other AI assistantsWhat diners ask AI assistants about restaurants, what those answers draw on, and the concrete changes that make your restaurant easier to recommend correctly.
- DentistsHow to get your dental practice recommended by AI assistantsWhat patients ask ChatGPT and Perplexity when choosing a dentist, what the answers rely on, and honest steps to make your practice easier to recommend.
- Home servicesHow plumbers, electricians and home-service pros get recommended by AIHomeowners ask AI assistants for a reliable plumber or electrician. Here is what those answers draw on and how a trades business can be easier to recommend.
- LawyersHow law firms get recommended by ChatGPT and AI assistantsPeople ask AI for a lawyer by practice area and city. What those answers draw on, the ethics limits to respect, and honest ways to be easier to recommend.
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