--- title: "SeeGeo blog" description: "Honest, evidence-tagged articles on search and AI visibility: how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Google decide what to cite, and what a small business can do about it." canonical: https://see-geo.com/blog language: en publisher: SeeGeo alternates: fr: https://see-geo.com/fr/blog de: https://see-geo.com/de/blog --- # SeeGeo blog Honest, evidence-tagged articles on search and AI visibility: how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Google decide what to cite, and what a small business can do about it. - [We asked ChatGPT for a plumber in 20 cities, 25 times each. It already has a favourite in yours.](https://see-geo.com/blog/chatgpt-local-favourite) — 2026-09-23 — 3,000 identical local questions to ChatGPT and Gemini in 20 cities. ChatGPT names the same business in 90%+ of answers for 49 of 60 pairs. Gemini: 5 of 60. - [Audit a website from inside Claude or ChatGPT: the SeeGeo MCP server and connector](https://see-geo.com/blog/seegeo-mcp-connector) — 2026-09-23 — SeeGeo's MCP server puts a full AI-visibility audit inside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any agent: connect once, ask for a grade, get the fixes, re-check. - [We asked ChatGPT the same question 100 times. The top three never changed. Everyone else was a coin flip.](https://see-geo.com/blog/same-question-100-times) — 2026-09-22 — 1,000 identical buying questions to ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. The same three brands led every answer; below them a brand's odds swung from 1% to 62%. - [Agent-to-agent commerce: what actually happened in the first year (and what it means for your business)](https://see-geo.com/blog/agent-to-agent-commerce-what-happened) — 2026-09-08 — In 12 months agentic commerce launched, boomed and partly retreated: ACP, UCP, Instant Checkout's shutdown, the trust gap — and the layer that survived. - [We gave google.com an F. Here's exactly how we score websites — and why yours means something](https://see-geo.com/blog/how-we-score-ai-visibility) — 2026-08-21 — Six categories, two pillars, grades anchored to 107 real small-business sites, and rules that stop errors reading as invisibility. The full scoring system. - [When AI does the shopping: why GEO matters more in the age of agentic commerce](https://see-geo.com/blog/geo-agentic-shopping) — 2026-08-19 — AI agents are starting to browse, compare, and buy for customers. What's real vs early in agentic commerce — and why GEO becomes your storefront. - [How to ask ChatGPT about your own business: the 15-minute self-check every owner should run quarterly](https://see-geo.com/blog/check-what-chatgpt-says-about-your-business) — 2026-08-18 — The exact prompts to ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini about your own business — and how to read the answers. A 15-minute quarterly check, step by step. - [Your Google Business Profile is now an AI data source: the local business guide to being recommended by ChatGPT](https://see-geo.com/blog/local-business-ai-recommendations-guide) — 2026-08-18 — 45% of consumers now ask AI for local recommendations (BrightLocal 2026). Your profile, reviews, and listings are AI data sources — six levers to win. - [How AI-visible is your website platform by default? What the docs, the research, and the live files actually say](https://see-geo.com/blog/website-platform-ai-visibility-defaults) — 2026-08-18 — No major website platform blocks AI crawlers by default — and the 'block AI' toggles don't do what owners think. Docs + live-file checks, cited. - [The AI visibility glossary: 26 terms business owners keep seeing, explained in plain English](https://see-geo.com/blog/ai-visibility-glossary) — 2026-08-17 — GEO, AEO, llms.txt, query fan-out, GPTBot — AI search is drowning in jargon. 26 terms in plain English, each tagged established, emerging, or mostly hype. - [We audited 107 small-business websites for AI visibility. The problem isn't what everyone says it is](https://see-geo.com/blog/how-many-websites-block-ai-crawlers) — 2026-08-17 — We ran our audit engine over 107 real small-business sites in 7 countries. Only 2.8% block AI crawlers — the real gaps are structured data and clarity. - [llms.txt: should your website have one? An honest verdict](https://see-geo.com/blog/llms-txt-honest-verdict) — 2026-09-02 — Is llms.txt used by anyone, or a myth? Google says it does nothing; the industry recommends it anyway. What 152 real sites show, and a clear verdict. - [Query fan-out, explained simply: why AI answers 20 questions when you ask one](https://see-geo.com/blog/query-fan-out-explained) — 2026-09-02 — Query fan-out (or fan out, fanout): how AI search splits one question into hidden sub-queries. What it is, a 10-minute no-tool analysis, how to optimize. - [We ran our own audit and scored a C. Here's the afternoon it took to get a B.](https://see-geo.com/blog/we-audited-ourselves) — 2026-08-14 — SeeGeo audited itself: grade C, 78/100. What the engine caught, what an afternoon of fixes moved (entity clarity 66 → 92), and what code can't fix. - [Does AI visibility actually drive revenue? What the 2026 data shows](https://see-geo.com/blog/ai-visibility-revenue-data-2026) — 2026-08-13 — AI-referred visitors convert at roughly 4.4x organic on average. Here's the 2026 data on AI search traffic, revenue, and what it means for your business. - [7 real examples of businesses that turned AI visibility into revenue](https://see-geo.com/blog/geo-case-studies-real-examples) — 2026-08-13 — A restaurant with 520 bookings, a SaaS with 32% of leads from ChatGPT, a B2B firm with 4,900% revenue growth. Real GEO case studies — and what each did. - [Why does ChatGPT recommend my competitor instead of me? (and how to fix it)](https://see-geo.com/blog/chatgpt-recommends-competitor-not-me) — 2026-08-11 — If ChatGPT or AI Overviews keep naming your competitor and not you, one of six fixable causes is usually why. How to diagnose and close the gap. - [How to write content that ChatGPT actually cites: the GEO writing checklist](https://see-geo.com/blog/geo-writing-checklist-get-cited-by-chatgpt) — 2026-08-11 — AI engines cite content they can lift, verify, and attribute. A 9-point checklist for structuring pages so ChatGPT and AI Overviews quote you. - [Is your website invisible to ChatGPT? Here's how to check in 5 minutes](https://see-geo.com/blog/is-your-website-visible-to-chatgpt) — 2026-08-11 — Many sites block AI crawlers without knowing it. A free 5-minute check to see whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini can actually see your business. - [SEO vs GEO: what actually changes when your customers ask AI instead of Google](https://see-geo.com/blog/seo-vs-geo-difference) — 2026-08-11 — SEO gets you ranked. GEO gets you cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews. What changes, what stays the same, and what's overhyped. - [Should you block AI crawlers? What GPTBot, ClaudeBot & friends actually do](https://see-geo.com/blog/should-you-block-ai-crawlers) — 2026-08-10 — Blocking AI bots feels protective, but it removes you from the answers your customers read. What each crawler does, and the two common mistakes. - [What is GEO? Generative engine optimization, in plain English](https://see-geo.com/blog/what-is-geo) — 2026-08-10 — GEO is making your business visible inside AI-written answers. What it involves, how it differs from SEO, and what the research actually supports.