How assistants find local businesses. Plain answers, with sources.
What ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude read, what a page needs to be quoted, how to check, and what nobody can promise. Every fact links to its source.
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How ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude find a local business
What ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude each read when someone asks for a local business: their crawlers, search indexes and listing data, with the source for every claim.
What an assistant needs on a page to quote it
A checklist for a local business page that ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude can quote: crawler access, indexing, plain text, structured data, llms.txt and dates, with what is documented and what is not.
Google Business Profile, a website, or an OnMap page: what each one does
An honest comparison for a local business: what a free Google Business Profile does, what a website does, what an OnMap page adds, and what an OnMap page does not replace.
How to check whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude mention your business
A method to check by hand whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude mention a local business: which questions to ask, how many times, what the results mean, and the limits.
What nobody can promise about AI recommendations
Nobody can guarantee that ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude will recommend a business. How to spot a false promise, what is in a business's control, and what is not.