The short version
When somebody asks an AI for a business like yours, the engine does not search the web. It reads a short list of records it trusts: Gemini reads Google Maps. ChatGPT grounds in Yelp, Foursquare, and Bing. Siri reads Apple. Beneath those sit the aggregators and map layers that feed everything else. Your business is listed on most of these right now, and the question is whether the records agree. Each page below covers one platform: what it is, which machines read it, what usually breaks, and why it matters.
The four that feed the answers
When an AI engine answers a local question, these are the records it is actually reading.
The direct pipes
Places the corrected record gets delivered straight to the machines.
The amplifiers
Platforms people check after the machine says your name. They confirm or undermine the answer.
The quiet infrastructure
Data layers most owners have never heard of, feeding apps and engines they use every day.
Fixing one platform while five others disagree just changes which record is wrong. The model that works is one correct master record: pushed to 200-plus platforms, the core three corrected by hand so they stay yours forever, and every engine's answer checked monthly. That is the whole service, and it starts with a free scan that shows you exactly which of these platforms currently disagree about your business.
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