AI visibility FAQ: how AI assistants choose who to recommend
About AI recommendations
Does ChatGPT recommend local businesses?
Yes. When someone asks ChatGPT something like "best plumber in Denver", it often searches the web and names specific businesses with links to its sources. OpenAI says ChatGPT search rewrites your question into search queries and may use third-party search providers (OpenAI Help Center). Whether your business is named depends on what those sources say about you.
Why is my business not showing up in ChatGPT?
Usually it's one of these: your site blocks or isn't reachable by AI search crawlers (ChatGPT search relies on OpenAI's OAI-SearchBot being allowed), you're missing from the directories, review sites and "best of" articles that AI cites for your category, your business name, address and description differ across the web, or competitors simply have more third-party mentions. A Prisqo check shows which sources a search-grounded AI model cites for your category, so you can see where you may be missing.
How do I get ChatGPT to recommend my business?
There's no paid placement or guaranteed method. What tends to help: allow AI search crawlers in robots.txt, keep your name, address, phone and description identical everywhere, get listed and reviewed on the sites AI cites for your category, earn mentions in relevant "best [category] in [city]" articles and community discussions, and publish clear pages that answer customer questions. Then run a new check to see what moved; each check is a new $19 report.
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Is AI visibility the same as SEO?
They overlap. AI search tools rely on web search results and crawled pages, so good SEO helps. But AI answers name only a few businesses, they lean heavily on third-party sources like reviews, directories, Reddit and articles, and they can change from one run to the next. That's why AI visibility is tracked separately.
Which AI assistants matter for a small business?
The best-known today are ChatGPT, Google's AI answers (AI Overviews and AI Mode), Perplexity, Gemini and Microsoft Copilot. Prisqo doesn't query ChatGPT, Perplexity or Copilot directly, and doesn't track Google AI Overviews or AI Mode. It measures using one AI model with live web search as a stand-in. See the next question for what that means.
Does Prisqo check ChatGPT?
No. Prisqo doesn't query ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude or Grok, and it can't promise what ChatGPT will say about you. It asks buyer-style questions about your category and location to one AI model with live web search, then records who gets recommended and which sources are cited. Why that's a useful stand-in: ChatGPT search and Perplexity also look things up on the web before naming businesses, and a model with live web search returns the sources behind its answer, so you can see which pages shape AI recommendations in your category. The fixes that tend to help are the same everywhere: be reachable by crawlers, consistent across the web, and mentioned on the sites AI cites. Why it isn't identical: ChatGPT uses its own index and search partners, and every AI's answers vary from run to run, so treat Prisqo's results as a directional signal, not a ChatGPT ranking.
About the Prisqo check
What does the Prisqo check do?
You enter your website and what you do (plus a city if you're local). Prisqo asks 6 questions a real customer might ask, asks them to one AI model with live web search, and shows whether you were recommended, who was recommended instead, and which sources were cited.
How much does it cost?
$19 once for one report. No account, no subscription.
How long does the report take?
Your check runs right after payment and the report is ready on the same page in a few minutes. Stay on the page until it finishes, then bookmark it: that address is your report.
Can I check a competitor or a client’s business?
Each check runs on the website, category and city you enter, and agencies already buy reports for client sites this way. One payment buys one report, and the report lives at its own web address you can share.
What is an AI visibility score?
Prisqo's score runs from 0 to 100 and reflects how often, and how prominently, the AI answers we collect recommend your business across the questions checked. It's a relative measure for tracking change over time, not an industry-standard metric. Other tools calculate their scores differently. Being named counts most; landing in the top 3 counts extra. The sample numbers on this site are an example, not a guaranteed result — a business that is never named scores 0.
Why are my results different when I ask ChatGPT myself?
Prisqo doesn't query ChatGPT. It asks one AI model with live web search with neutral settings, so its answers are a stand-in, not a copy of ChatGPT. On top of that, AI answers vary between runs, and consumer apps personalize by location, chat history and memory. That's why we show the exact prompts and answers, and why no single answer should be read as a final verdict.
How often should I check my AI visibility?
Prisqo is a one-time report, not a subscription. Run a new check whenever you want a fresh read, for example after you have added listings, reviews or pages. Each check is a new $19 report.
Can agencies use Prisqo for clients?
Yes. You can run a paid check on each client's site, $19 per report. Running checks for several clients? Email vilouraai1@gmail.com.
How is Prisqo different from Otterly.AI, Peec AI or HubSpot AEO?
Those are capable platforms that track ChatGPT, Perplexity and other AI assistants directly, with daily tracking, built mainly for marketing teams. Prisqo is a simpler one-time report for small businesses and small agencies, using a stand-in measurement instead of direct ChatGPT tracking. See our side-by-side comparisons: Otterly.AI, Peec AI, HubSpot AEO.
Do you store my data?
Your check inputs and the report we generate are stored so your report address keeps working. We don't send marketing email, and we do not sell your details or your report. Full details, including how to ask for deletion, are in the privacy policy.
What if I pay and the check fails?
Your payment still covers one report. Reload the page Stripe sent you back to (the one with session_id in the address): if the job failed before producing a report, it retries once with the same payment. A session that already produced a report cannot be reused, so run a new check for a new report. If you cancel at checkout instead, nothing is charged. If your report fails or comes back empty, email us within 14 days and we'll refund you in full.
How do I contact you?
Email vilouraai1@gmail.com — for refunds, deletion requests, or anything about your report. Include your check id or report address if you have one.
What Prisqo measures (and what it doesn't)
We don't check ChatGPT directly. Prisqo doesn't query ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude or Grok, and it can't see what any of them told a particular customer. We ask buyer-style questions about your category and location to one AI model with live web search, then record who is recommended and which sources are cited.
Why that's a useful stand-in:
- The big assistants look things up before they answer. OpenAI says ChatGPT search turns your question into web searches and can use third-party search providers. Perplexity runs its own web search. Google says AI Overviews and AI Mode are built on Google Search. So for "best [service] in [city]" questions, what the web says about you (reviews, directories, local "best of" articles, community threads) shapes the answer.
- An AI model with live web search works the same basic way, and shows its sources. It looks up current web results before it answers and returns the pages it used. That means we can show you which pages shaped the answer, which is the part you can actually act on.
The limits, plainly:
- It's a stand-in, not a copy. Independent analysis reported by Search Engine Land found ChatGPT relies heavily on OpenAI's own index and doesn't simply mirror any one search engine, so ChatGPT can name different businesses than we do.
- AI answers vary from one run to the next, and consumer apps personalize by location and history.
- We show the exact questions and answers so you can check them, and no single answer should be read as a final verdict.
Why a simple one-time report beats a dashboard you never open
Most AI-visibility tools are dashboards built for marketing teams. They track daily, across many engines, for prices that usually start around $29–$99 a month and climb into the hundreds (see our comparisons). If you run a dental practice, a law firm or a local agency, you don't need daily charts or a monthly subscription. One $19 report answers what matters:
- Do AI answers recommend you right now?
- Which competitors get named instead?
- What one thing should you fix first?
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Prices referenced: Otterly Lite $29/mo (otterly.ai/pricing); Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit $99/mo (semrush.com); Peec AI Starter $95/mo (peec.ai/pricing). All accessed 2026-11-03.
Built for small businesses and the agencies that serve them
- For business owners: plain-English answers, no SEO jargon, one clear next step.
- For agencies: run a paid check on each client's site and show them, in plain words, what AI answers say and which sources they cite.
How Prisqo compares
- Prisqo vs Otterly.AI: a simple one-time report vs a daily GEO platform that tracks ChatGPT, Perplexity and more directly
- Prisqo vs Peec AI: small-business pricing vs a marketing-team suite
- Prisqo vs HubSpot AEO: no CRM ecosystem needed vs HubSpot's add-on
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