Why AI assistants may not name your business When someone asks an AI
Why AI assistants may not name your business
When someone asks an AI assistant for a plumber, accountant or dentist in their city, only a few providers get named. Often the reason is not quality. It is that the assistant cannot read or verify the basics about the business.
Three things worth checking on your own site:
1. Is your business name, service, and location stated in plain text, not only in images or scripts?
2. Does your site have structured data (Schema.org) that matches what the page says?
3. Are AI crawlers allowed to access your pages in robots.txt?
None of this guarantees a mention. It removes avoidable obstacles so that assistants can read what you offer.
A free mini-check is available at llmreadiness.com.