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What we are learning about how AI search answers buyers, industry by industry: benchmarks, guides, and our method.
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Explainer · September 21, 2026
Why AI search cites Angi and Yelp instead of your website
When buyers ask an AI assistant who to hire nearby, it usually answers from directories. Across 27 industries, directories were cited on 106 of 135 "near me" answers, and the businesses’ own sites on 35.
Explainer · September 21, 2026
When buyers ask AI what a job costs, it cites cost guides, not the businesses that do the work
Ask an AI assistant what a job costs and it quotes cost guides such as HomeGuide and Angi. Across 27 industries, the businesses’ own sites were cited on none of 86 cost answers. That gap is an opening.