Where AI gets its answers
The sources AI cites for Consultant
When a customer asks ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google's AI for a consultant, the answer is built from a handful of sources. Get mentioned on these and you become one of the names it gives. Ignore them and no amount of on-page SEO gets you into the answer.
Measured from real Google AI answers to consultant questions asked in Australia — DataForSEO LLM-mentions. The bar is how often each domain is cited in those answers.
How to use this
- Claim and complete your profile on the directories and review sites at the top — that's where AI reads about consultant businesses.
- Earn a mention in the press, associations and community threads it cites — one reference-grade citation beats any on-page tweak.
- Run a free scan to see which of these already cite you, which name a competitor instead, and the exact gap to close.
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Method. Found by AI asks ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI the questions real buyers ask for each category, then measures which businesses the engines actually name. Scores are 0–100 point-in-time measurements; the index re-scans and grows automatically. Businesses listed here were selected and measured by us from public directories —
scan your own site free to see where you'd rank. Queries and methodology are open:
github.com/techhorizonlabs.