Ask it yourself
- Good for
- A quick gut check.
- Misses
- Answers change from one ask to the next, and from person to person. One answer can't tell you how often you're named, or why.
Or the firm down the road? You could ask ChatGPT yourself. Here's what one answer misses, and how we compare with an SEO agency or an AI dashboard.
We asked ChatGPT the same Leeds party wall questions 9 times. One local firm was named in 6 of them. Ask once, and there's a one-in-three chance you'd think it was invisible.
Your own answers can also be shaped by where you are, your account and what you've asked before. Your customers don't always see what you see.
Who's the best party wall surveyor in Leeds?
AI visibility score
Who's the best party wall surveyor in Leeds?
2. [Firm B]
Experienced building surveying practice · 5.0/5 (2 reviews)Worth contacting for party wall advice, neighbour disputes and residential or commercial projects. The practice lists membership of the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors for its party wall work, and its principal has extensive surveying experience. The online review sample is small.
The AI's own reason to hesitate. Now you know what to fix.
[Firm B] was left out of 3 of 9 ChatGPT answers. Put in your own numbers and see what that gap could be worth.
A typical job is worth
3 of them never hear your name.
Up to £2,100 a month
of work you didn't get a shot at, if every one of those asks had become a job. An illustration, not a forecast: most won't.
| Ask it yourself | SEO agency | AI dashboard | What The AI Said | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shows the AI's exact words | One answer, once | Not usually: rankings and traffic | Usually a score | Every answer, word for word |
| Allows for answers changing | No: one roll of the dice | No | Yes, repeat runs | Yes: 9+ answers per AI, every month |
| Who does the fixes | You | Them, for Google rankings | You or your team | Us, or your own developer |
| Cost | Free | Varies | A monthly subscription | Free finding, then a £295 audit |
Agencies and tools vary. This is the typical case, not every provider.
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