From "am I even in there?" to a ranked action list
LocalSeen turns a vague worry: “is AI recommending my competitor instead of me?”: into a measured score and a concrete list of fixes.
Add your business
Tell us your name, category, city and up to four competitors. From that we generate ~25 realistic buyer questions: the ones your customers actually type into AI, grouped by intent: "best of" roundups, "near me" searches, specific attributes, and head-to-head comparisons.
You never write prompts yourself. The generator knows what people ask about a gym versus a dental clinic versus a restaurant, so the questions match how buyers in your category really shop.
We ask AI like your customers do
Each question runs across all four major answer engines. We read every answer the way a customer would: are you mentioned, in what position, in what tone, which competitors are named instead, and which websites the model cited to back up its answer.
Because AI answers are never identical twice, we ask every question multiple times per engine and average the results: a single lucky mention never inflates your score.
Get your score + fix list
You get a single 0–100 visibility score, a per-engine breakdown, a share-of-voice comparison against your competitors, the sources AI trusts most, and a prioritised list of the exact moves that get you recommended.
Re-scans run automatically: ChatGPT (in search mode, citations included), Google AI and the Maps grid daily, plus a weekly full sweep where Claude and Gemini answer with live web search. Watch the score climb as you work the fix list, and get an email when it changes.
Why the number you get is trustworthy
Three choices keep the score honest.
Four engines, not one
Your customers do not all use the same tool. We check ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews so a strong showing on one does not hide a blind spot on another.
Daily and weekly, on purpose
ChatGPT, Google AI and your Maps grid move fast, so we check them daily. Claude and Gemini answer with live web search in a weekly full sweep: the source lists they draw from change week to week, not day to day. Every scan records exactly how it measured, so trends never mix two methods.
Source-citation analysis
Assistants justify their answers with sources like Yelp, TripAdvisor, Reddit and local guides. We capture the actual citations from each answer, plus the pages fetched and passed over, so you see the clearest lever you have to change what AI says.
The four engines we check
Every question runs across all of them, every scan.
ChatGPT
The default answer engine for most buyers. We measure the real ChatGPT product in search mode, citations included, every day.
Claude
Anthropic's assistant, increasingly used for research and recommendations. Answers with its own live web search in the weekly full sweep.
Gemini
Google's model, woven into Search and Android. Answers with live Google grounding in the weekly full sweep.
Google AI Overviews
The AI summary that now sits above the classic blue links for local queries.