Local Search On The Big AI Services

[Andrew Shotland]

I spent some time digging through local search results on some of the big AI services so you don't have to: The State of Local AI Search Results Near You | LSG SEO

 

[Colan Nielsen]

Thanks for putting this together, Andrew!

 

[WilliamGMBE]

Great analysis. Didnt know there was so many types of AI Overviews for local. Ya, search behavior is evolving fast.

Have you tried agentic mode on ChatGPT? I find myself using agentic mode in ChatGPT a lot for deep local search. Like for example, planning to get together for Thankgiving (Canadian) next week, and have been using Agentic Mode to go though restaurant and menus to find restaurants with Turkey dinner and veg food from next week. It did a decent job going through menus and finding options and suggesting them. Google AI Mode and normal LLM was not that good at these deep searches.

Similarly was able to use it to find 'physiotherapist' after checking individual calendar availability.

It is sometimes a hit or miss, but it is better than Manus.

PS: After posting figured out the post was from a year back

 

[localruler]

I agree with your conclusion, Andrew. Local seo is safe for now. Thanks for the research.