Homeowners now ask AI assistants "who's the best plumber in town?" This free check asks OpenAI's search model that exact question for your trade and town, shows you its full answer, and tells you whether it named you.
Takes about 20 seconds. No email needed. Answers for the same trade and town are reused for 7 days.
It's gpt-4.1-mini with web search, the model OpenAI sells to developers. ChatGPT runs on related models, so its answer can differ. The check shows you exactly what was asked and what came back, word for word.
AI search leans on what it can read: structured data on your site, consistent name, address and phone across directories, and reviews. Most small-shop sites don't spell it out in a way machines read, so the big shops get named.
Give AI search something clear to read. In order: (1) LocalBusiness structured data on your own site with your name, address, phone, hours, service area and services; (2) the exact same name, address and phone on Google, Bing Places, Yelp and the big directories; (3) recent reviews that mention your trade and town. Then run this check again in a couple of weeks.
When it searches the web it reads search results and the pages behind them: business sites, directories and review sites. Bing's index is one of its main sources, so a claimed Bing Places listing and a site Bing can read both help.
Ron writes the markup AI tools read about a local business (built from your own site, nothing invented), installs it or sends paste-in steps for your site builder, lists directory mismatches, and re-checks in two weeks. Full refund within 14 days if you're not happy. Details.