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How does ChatGPT decide which local businesses to recommend when users ask for service providers in a specific city?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
How does ChatGPT decide which local businesses to recommend when users ask for service providers in a specific city?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
How ChatGPT search recommends local businesses service providers ranking factors official OpenAIGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
OpenAI ChatGPT search local business results business listings ratings relevance locationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
Short factOther / navigational50%ComparisonConsequenceReason50%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
How ChatGPT search recommends local businesses service providers ranking factors official OpenAI Google ↗
OpenAI ChatGPT search local business results business listings ratings relevance location Google ↗
  1. Searching the web with ChatGPT · help.openai.com

Queries

2 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
How ChatGPT search recommends local businesses service providers ranking factors official OpenAI
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1
OpenAI ChatGPT search local business results business listings ratings relevance location
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1