31 Aug 2026 · 13 min read
Why AI Assistants Recommend the Same Three Businesses
Why AI assistants recommend the same businesses, explained by concentration data, retrieval sources, and entity consistency.
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What the engines
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Findings from assessments of how AI assistants recommend businesses, and what changes the answers.
16 Aug 2026 · 14 min read
Multi-Turn AI Visibility: One Follow-Up Erases the List
Multi-turn AI visibility data: one added constraint removes 62% of named brands, and single-prompt tracking hides the drop.
1 Aug 2026 · 9 min read
Blocking AI Crawlers: What It Changes in AI Answers
Blocking AI crawlers splits into training and answer bots, and 2026 data disagrees on the citation cost. What to check before you block.
17 Jul 2026 · 11 min read
AI Visibility by Location: Why Brand Scores Mislead
AI visibility by location: a brand-level score hides the branches never named in answers. What 16,000 ChatGPT scans show, and how to audit each market.
2 Jul 2026 · 15 min read
AI Visibility Attribution: When the Mention Isn't You
AI visibility attribution breaks when two brands share a name: assistants merge the entities, and the mention rate credits a rival.
17 Jun 2026 · 15 min read
AI Visibility Across Assistants: Why One Check Misleads
AI visibility across assistants varies: only 46% of recommendations agree, so one assistant shows roughly 60% of the picture.
2 Jun 2026 · 15 min read
AI Recommendation Verification: Why Mentions Don't Sell
AI recommendation verification data: 98% of buyers check an AI's pick before buying, so a mention only converts when a second source agrees.
18 May 2026 · 16 min read
AI Comparison Prompts: How X vs Y Queries Pick a Winner
AI comparison prompts force a two-name verdict. Order effects, incumbent bias, and the comparison sources that decide who wins.
3 May 2026 · 11 min read
AI Citation Half-Life: Why Sources Drop Out in Weeks
AI citation half-life data shows most cited sources leave AI answers within weeks, and single-run checks hide the churn.
18 Apr 2026 · 15 min read
AI Brand Accuracy Audit: Wrong Facts in AI Answers
An AI brand accuracy audit checks whether AI answers state your prices, features, and locations correctly, and traces each wrong fact to its source.
3 Apr 2026 · 14 min read
AI Answers to Pricing Questions: Why Quotes Go Stale
AI answers to pricing questions quote the wrong price most of the time. What a 79-tool test found, why prices go stale, and how to audit a quote.
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