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Playbooks for getting your brand mentioned and cited by AI assistants.
How to Get Your Business Recommended by ChatGPT (2026 Guide)
A practical, step-by-step guide to how ChatGPT and other AI assistants actually assemble a local recommendation, what to fix first, and how to measure whether it's working.
Read →AI SEO for Local Business: The 2026 Playbook
AI SEO for local business isn't classic local SEO with a new name. Here's how GEO and AEO differ from map-pack ranking, and a concrete 6-step playbook to get recommended.
Read →Does AI Recommend Your Trade? What 25,220 AI Answers Reveal
We parsed 25,220 individual AI answers across 21 trades and 40 U.S. cities to find out which local-service businesses ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity actually recommend.
Read →ChatGPT vs Google Maps: How Customers Actually Find Local Businesses Now
Ranking in the Google Maps pack used to be the whole game. Here's how the AI-answer journey differs from the map-pack journey, and why winning one no longer guarantees the other.
Read →Why isn't my business showing up in ChatGPT?
If ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity never names your business when customers ask, here are the real reasons, and the specific fixes that get you into the answer.
Read →How to get your local business recommended by ChatGPT
A practical, no-fluff checklist for getting named when customers ask ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity for the best business near them.
Read →Do customers really use AI to find local businesses?
Short answer: increasingly, yes. Here's what's changing about how people find plumbers, dentists, lawyers, and restaurants, and why it matters for your business.
Read →AI Is Planning Your Guests' Trips. Is Your Town's Tourism Economy Ready?
Travelers increasingly plan entire trips inside ChatGPT, lodging, dinner, and the day's itinerary in one conversation. What that means for tourist-town businesses, DMOs, and the agencies that serve them.
Read →How to Get Your Restaurant Recommended by ChatGPT
"Best place for dinner in ___" is now a ChatGPT question, and the answer names three or four spots. Here's how restaurants and cafés get on that shortlist.
Read →How to Get Your Hotel Recommended by ChatGPT
Travelers now ask ChatGPT where to stay before they open a booking site. Here's a practical playbook for getting your hotel, inn, or B&B into those AI answers.
Read →AI Visibility Monitoring: Why One-Time Checks Aren't Enough
AI answers change weekly with every model update. Learn why continuous AI visibility monitoring is now essential and what to track.
Read →How to Get Your Brand Mentioned by ChatGPT
A step-by-step playbook for getting ChatGPT (and other AI assistants) to recommend and cite your brand when customers ask questions in your category.
Read →Answer Engine Optimization (AEO): A Practical Guide
Answer engines now sit between you and your customers. This guide covers what AEO is, how it differs from SEO, and the concrete steps to get cited by AI assistants.
Read →What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)?
GEO is the practice of optimizing your brand to be mentioned and cited by AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. Here's how it works and why it matters.
Read →See it in the real world
Browse live AI leaderboards by trade and city, or find the playbook for your business.