Get recommended by AI · measured October 2026
Get your business recommended by ChatGPT and AI search
AI answers are written from the pages search engines find. To be named, a business has to be found, answer the buyer's question, and be named by others.
HVAC · who each one trusts
What we found
Winning Google is not winning ChatGPT
Of the 10 sources ChatGPT cites most in each of 7 industries, only 6 of 70 are among Google's 10 click winners. Gemini: also 6 of 70.
Source: Epica industry cards, US (measured in Florida), October 2026.
- Law firms
- Roofing
- HVAC
- Real estate agents
- Marketing agencies
- Property management
- Accounting and tax
How AI picks who to name
Three things decide it
It has to find you
AI answers draw on pages search engines can read. SEO is the entry ticket, not the past.
Your page answers what AI tells buyers to check
AI answers tell buyers what to look for. Most competitors' pages never say it.
Epica industry cards, US (measured in Florida), October 2026.
Others name you
ChatGPT leans on official sites, associations and directories. Being mentioned there is how a business gets in.
- HVAC · ChatGPT citesenergystar.gov
- Real estate · ChatGPT citesconsumerfinance.gov
- Accounting · ChatGPT citesirs.gov
- Marketing agencies · ChatGPT citessba.gov
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It answers from our measured data: what buyers ask, whom AI cites, what to fix first.
Related questions
- Is SEO dead if ChatGPT recommends a different list than Google?No. ChatGPT writes its answers from pages a search finds, but only 10 of the 100 sources it cites most are also among Google's top click winners.
- What generative engine optimization is and how it worksGEO is search groundwork aimed at being a source ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews cite. Only 10 of 100 top ChatGPT sources won Google's clicks.
- Why ChatGPT SEO starts on other people's websitesChatGPT recommends businesses it finds in sources it trusts, often a government site. What it reads before naming you, and the one fix to make first.
- Should you hire an AI search optimization agency?First check who ChatGPT and Gemini already name in your trade. If they name businesses, the work is yours; if only media and directories, buy PR.