Have you asked ChatGPT about your own business? Here's a 2-minute test

More customers now ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity "who's the best plumber near me?" instead of searching Google. The AI gives one short answer with a few names, and if you're not one of them, that customer never sees you.

While building BeyondVisibl, we learned that most owners have never checked what AI says about them. Here's a quick test you can do right now, no tools needed:

1. Ask the way a customer would. Open a fresh chat and type "Who's the best [your service] in [your city]?" Are you named?

2. Ask about yourself directly. "What do you know about [your business name] in [your city]?" If the answer is vague, wrong or "I couldn't find information", AI doesn't have clear facts about you.

3. Check what it gets wrong. Old hours, wrong services, a closed location? AI repeats whatever it finds online, so mistakes spread.

What usually helps AI understand a business:

• Your website answers customers' real questions in plain words

• Your name, address and phone are the same everywhere online

• You have recent reviews on the sites AI reads

• Your pages can be crawled and indexed (no accidental "noindex" or broken redirects)

BeyondVisibl runs these checks for you across AI assistants and gives you a score plus plain-English fixes, with a "For your developer" note when something is technical. The audit is free.

Try the test and tell us below: did AI mention you, your competitor, or nobody? We'd love to see what people find.