ChatGPT Recommends 1.2% of Local Businesses. Your Google Ranking Won’t Get You In.

SOCi just published its 2026 Local Visibility Index. They analyzed over 350,000 business locations across 2,751 brands. The headline number should stop every contractor in their tracks: ChatGPT currently recommends just 1.2% of all local business locations. Read that again. Out of every 100 local businesses, AI recommends one. Maybe two. Everyone else is invisible. […]

6% to 45% in One Year. AI Search Just Became Your Front Door.

BrightLocal just released its 2026 Local Consumer Review Survey. The headline number should make every contractor in America stop and pay attention: 45% of consumers now use AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity to find local services. That number was 6% one year ago. Not 6% growth. It went from 6% to 45% in […]

Angi Is Inside ChatGPT Now. Google Clicks Are Down 42%. Wake Up.

Two weeks ago, Angi — the platform that connects 150 million homeowners with contractors — launched an app inside ChatGPT. A homeowner can now open ChatGPT, describe a leaking pipe or a dead AC unit, and get matched with a local contractor without ever touching Google. Without ever seeing your website. Without ever reading a […]