On 28 October 2026 we recorded 24 answers from four AI tools (ChatGPT, Google's AI Overview, Gemini and Perplexity). Each tool was asked three everyday questions about finding a party-wall surveyor in Sheffield, twice each.
RICS Find a Surveyor was a source in 19 of the 24 answers. That includes every Gemini answer and every Perplexity answer. Yell was a source in 11, and a Google Maps listing in 5.
23 of the 24 answers drew on at least one listing site. For a firm, a listing on these sites is something it can create or update itself.
This is one day's recording in one town. Answers change from day to day.
Recorded by What The AI Said, 28 October 2026.