Customers now ask AI assistants to recommend local businesses. Here is how AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity pick who to mention — and how to become the answer.
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Customers now ask AI assistants to recommend local businesses. Here is how AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity pick who to mention — and how to become the answer.
Where local customers actually are: AI answers vs the Map Pack
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How AI Overviews select local businesses
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How ChatGPT and Perplexity source local recommendations
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GEO: optimizing content for AI engines
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Schema, llms.txt, and machine-readable trust
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Tracking your AI visibility
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Stephen Gardner is the founder of HuskyTail Digital Marketing and a 20+ year veteran of SEO and digital marketing. He specializes in AI-powered local SEO for Las Vegas businesses, helping them dominate Google Maps and organic search without the fluff.