How ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI actually decide which business to recommend — written from real audits, not theory. No hype, no invented case studies.
Real AI answers, city by city — see the full list of "best of, according to AI" pages we've measured so far.
Five specific checks against live AI-retrieval sources — shown with real data from four city audits, plus a gap checklist with timelines.
What broke down in 41 real audits across five city markets — and a 10-minute checklist to find your own gap.
The exact mechanism behind the answer — directories, reviews, citations and schema — plus a checklist you can run against your own business today.