07/28/2026
Yesterday ChatGPT called us uncommon. Today we moved to .
So today we ran a different test in Perplexity: "SEO SaaS in Central Florida."
First name in the answer: ArcAffiliates. Again. 👇
Why? Because AI doesn't know your business. It knows what the internet says about your business. It reads your website(if yours is actually visible), your listings, your directories, your reviews — then it reconstructs you from the pieces. If your information is consistent everywhere, it gets you right. If it's scattered... it guesses.
Most local businesses are maybe 40% consistent with what AI says and what a business actually does. When a customer asks Perplexity about them, one of two things happens: the AI guesses wrong — or it skips them and recommends the competitor whose data is clean.
That's the actual game now:
→ Being IN the answer is visibility.(GEO)
→ Being RIGHT in the answer is trust.(AEO)
You need both.
So this week's question worth sitting with isn't just "would AI mention my business?" It's "would it get me right?"
DM us your business name. I'll run the test, free, and show you exactly what the machines believe about you.
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