Guides
Getting cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews & Claude: answer-engine optimization, llms.txt, and AI search visibility, in plain steps.
## AI Search
AI search statistics for local business (2026)
AI search statistics for local business in 2026: how many buyers ask ChatGPT and Perplexity for recommendations, how rarely local businesses show up, and why that gap matters.
8 min · Updated 2026-06-28
Why ChatGPT recommends your competitor instead of you
Why ChatGPT names a rival and not you: they give engines more to confirm and quote. How to teardown the cited competitor and close every gap.
10 min · Updated 2026-06-15
Why your business isn’t showing up in AI search
Why AI search skips your business: no entity proof, JS-rendered pages crawlers can’t read, nothing quotable, blocked bots. Plus how to fix each one.
10 min · Updated 2026-06-15
How to show up in AI search: a small-business checklist
A practical checklist to get your small business named and cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews: entity proof, schema, and llms.txt.
11 min · Updated 2026-06-15
Check if ChatGPT recommends your business (free guide)
Step-by-step prompts to check whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Claude recommend your business, and why you might be invisible.
8 min · Updated 2026-06-12