Where AI gets its answers
The sources AI cites for Retail
When a customer asks ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google's AI for a retail, 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 retail 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 retail 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: seven AI engines, asked the questions real buyers ask in each category; we count which businesses they name. Scores are 0 to 100 at measurement time, re-scanned nightly, businesses drawn from public directories.
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