A developer's investigation into retrieval leaderboards reveals that rankings are highly sensitive to query wording, meaning models topping benchmarks may not perform best on an application's own data…
SOCi's 2026 Local Visibility Index finds that AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity recommend far fewer local businesses than Google's local 3-pack, with ChatGPT surfacing only 1.2% of loc…
AI tools returned at least one false fact about 64% of UK high street retailers in a vendor-run test, according to figures Searchable shared with Retail Focus. The most common error was placing busine…
Only 1.2% of nearly 350,000 business locations analyzed in SOCi's 2026 Local Visibility Index were recommended by ChatGPT, compared to a 35.9% appearance rate in Google's local 3-pack, revealing a 30-…
Multi-location brands face declining organic clicks as AI Overviews and other discovery platforms reshape search visibility, requiring a shift from traditional ranking strategies to becoming the busin…
A new study reveals that 45% of consumers now use AI assistants to find local services, yet ChatGPT recommends only 1.2% of all local business locations. This shift is causing a dramatic decline in cl…