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How to Get Your Local Business Recommended by ChatGPT & Google AI

~8 min read

Dentist, mortgage broker, physio, clinic — the playbook is the same. Three fixes you can make yourself in about 15 minutes: your Google Business Profile, one plain-English line on your homepage, and consistent directory listings. Each fix shown with a different industry.

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What the data actually shows

We fact-check the AI-visibility advice going around before we act on it. These three are based on independent studies, with the sources linked.

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Does Schema Markup Get You Recommended by AI? A 1,885-Site Study Says No

~7 min read Published 5 July 2026

Ahrefs tracked 1,885 pages that added schema markup and measured AI citations before and after. The result: no meaningful gain on ChatGPT or Google AI Mode. We still add schema, just not as the headline.

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The llms.txt Myth: 97% of These Files Are Never Read by Any AI

~7 min read Published 5 July 2026

llms.txt adoption grew 8.8x in a year, but server-log data shows almost none of it is being read by the AI systems it's meant for. Don't pay anyone to build you one for AI visibility.

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AI Recommends Businesses With Fresh Pages: What 216,000 Pages Show

~7 min read Published 5 July 2026

A study of 216,000 pages found content updated in the last 3 months averaged 6 ChatGPT citations versus 3.6 for stale content. Updating your key pages every ~90 days is one of the few evidence-backed AI-visibility actions.

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