How to get your business recommended by ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude and DeepSeek

Hundreds of millions of people now ask AI assistants for recommendations. OpenAI reported 900 million weekly ChatGPT users in early 2026, and Google reports similar scale for Gemini and AI Mode.

How the main assistants find information

• ChatGPT search rewrites questions into web searches and shows citations
• Perplexity runs its own search and always cites sources
• Gemini and Google AI Mode draw on Google Search
• Claude and DeepSeek answer from training data and, where enabled, web search

What helps you get mentioned

• Clear facts about your business: what you do, for whom and where
• The same name, address and phone number everywhere
• Pages that answer real questions in the first sentence
• Reviews, press mentions and listings on trusted sites
• Structured data such as Organization, Service and FAQ schema

What Google says

Google states that no special AI file or markup is needed for its AI features beyond being eligible for normal Search. Good SEO is the foundation.

Check where you stand

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