--- title: "How to check whether AI assistants recommend your business" description: "See whether an AI assistant recommends your business when asked about businesses like yours in your city." url: https://help.praising.ai/en/articles/43-how-to-check-whether-ai-assistants-recommend-your-business collection: "Getting found" updated: 2026-10-05 language: en --- # How to check whether AI assistants recommend your business See whether an AI assistant recommends your business when asked about businesses like yours in your city. When someone asks an AI assistant to recommend a coffee shop, a plumber, or any local business, does your name come up? The **AI Ranking** page in Praising.ai asks an AI model three questions a customer might ask about businesses like yours in your city, then shows which of its answers mention you and which businesses it names instead. It checks one AI model, so ChatGPT or Gemini may answer differently, but it gives you a clear baseline for your AI visibility. ## Step 1: Review your AI visibility score The **AI Ranking** page opens with your overall visibility grade at the top. You'll see a percentage score and letter grade — in this example, **0% / Grade F** — alongside a plain-English summary explaining that AI assistants aren't mentioning your business yet and are recommending competitors instead. Read the summary carefully. It tells you your category and location (e.g., _coffee shop in Austin, TX_) so you can confirm Praising.ai is testing the right context for your business. ![The AI Ranking score, 0% grade F, with the summary saying AI assistants don't mention Acme Coffee Co. yet](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/p6930f83e9a82f3c6af8225d9/y6VJITLbClgFOBP9QYVmtsUXnPUN1g8aFRGV9OlS67F3Qr9tWRYVBdaG7gNcLzHDg6urXUrt3Cq.png) ## Step 2: Read through the individual AI questions and answers Scroll down to the **How you show up** section. Here you'll find the three questions Praising.ai asked, written the way a customer might ask an AI assistant. For each question, you can see: - Whether your business was **mentioned or not mentioned** - The **exact competitors** the AI named in your place For example, the question _"What are the best coffee shops in Austin TX?"_ returned Houndstooth Coffee, Cuvée Coffee, Epoch Coffee, Fleet Coffee, and Wright Bros. Brew & Brew — but not Acme Coffee Co. Seeing the precise wording of each question and the names that appeared helps you understand which types of searches are leaving you out. ![The How you show up section, with three questions each marked Not mentioned](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/p6930f83e9a82f3c6af8225d9/NHL8QucUEC3A44hagz3OPSAMsv6c4axY9vwH2Gun0V1GpThpxcl5pjItlO4KuTnwDny950mQJsx.png) ## Step 3: Check the competitor leaderboard Continue scrolling to **"Who AI recommends most."** This ranked list shows which competitors appeared most frequently across all tested queries. In this snapshot: 1. Houndstooth Coffee — 2 of 3 answers 2. Cuvée Coffee — 2 of 3 answers 3. Epoch Coffee — 2 of 3 answers Use this leaderboard to identify your main competitors for AI visibility and see how consistently they're being surfaced. Businesses that appear in 2 or 3 out of 3 answers have strong, consistent signals. That's the benchmark to aim for. ![The Who AI recommends most list, with the businesses AI named most often](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/p6930f83e9a82f3c6af8225d9/nqpeVxJ1yV9ehAGet0c88itqBXTDidNX2s1R0C6PA22kjCjftwkRLBFXVfhDM9oseOHpDo2T3Pz.png) ## Step 4: Run a fresh check with Re-check AI answers can change from one check to the next. To get a fresh snapshot, click the **Re-check** button at the top of the page (you can run up to 5 checks an hour). Praising.ai asks three fresh questions and updates your score, the answers and the **Who AI recommends most** list. The page footer shows when data was last collected — for example, _Last checked 20 July 2026_ — so you always know how fresh your current results are. > **Info:** Tip: AI answers "change over time and vary by assistant," as the page notes. Run a Re-check after publishing new content, earning a batch of reviews, or making profile updates to see whether your visibility improves. ![The Re-check button at the top of the page and the Last checked date at the bottom](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/p6930f83e9a82f3c6af8225d9/ni5yTAUqclNcLmjnfmvuopXhPfrgN359RG3Ukf9FicPBAQHCpzrzyY3b3SEYcCaVqNUMSZn3WkE.png) ## Step 5: Take action on your results The note at the bottom of the page links to the **GEO Agent** (paid plans), which drafts articles from your reviews for you to post on your own website. Click **Use the GEO Agent** in that note to try it. Fresh, specific content about your business is the kind of signal AI assistants draw on, though nothing can guarantee a mention. You can also open **GEO Agent** any time from **Visibility** in the left-hand navigation, where it sits under the **AI Agent** heading. ![The note near the bottom of the page with the Use the GEO Agent link](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/p6930f83e9a82f3c6af8225d9/zP80LGgRVMWQd306KF6xPNJITRZbxGhi98tOIIo2ynWGdZfZ1qwGycIJxUla0lKVsg5lgfcPE8i.png) ## What's Next? - [How to navigate your Praising.ai dashboard](https://help.praising.ai/en/articles/69de0406c503b363307eaa70.md): get familiar with all the sections available to you - [How to track your Google visibility](https://help.praising.ai/en/articles/69ba5c02ce74d976634c5349.md): follow your Google Maps ranking and reviews alongside your AI ranking - [How to use the GEO Agent to draft articles from your reviews](https://help.praising.ai/en/articles/6a77ea1f419c6edbc2318230.md): draft articles for your website from what customers say [Check your AI ranking →](https://app.praising.ai/dashboard/visibility/ai-ranking)