Founder, amimentioned
Ned Mehić is a technical SEO and engineer, and the founder of amimentioned. He previously founded Beki AI, which was acquired by Cuppa.ai. He writes about how Australian businesses get found, and recommended, inside ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, drawn from running weekly scans across thousands of real customer questions.
We asked ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity who the best businesses are across 20 categories and 6 Australian cities. In most markets, no one owns the AI answer yet. Here is what the data shows.
The best AEO software for Australian businesses in 2026, compared with screenshots. Six tools that track whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity name you.
The best AI SEO software for Australian businesses in 2026, compared with screenshots. Seven tools for showing up in ChatGPT, AI Overviews and Perplexity.
As AI assistants add advertising, business owners are asking whether they can buy their way into the answer. Here is what you can and cannot pay for, and why the organic mention is still the prize.
The best GEO software for Australian businesses in 2026, compared with screenshots. Seven tools for visibility across ChatGPT, AI Overviews and Perplexity.
The best AI brand monitoring tools for 2026, compared with screenshots. Track how ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity talk about your business.
The best free ways to check your AI visibility in 2026, with screenshots. See whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity mention your business.
Sellers and buyers are asking AI which agent to use. Here is how ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity decide which real estate agents to name, and how to become one of them in your suburb.
The best Profound alternatives in 2026, compared with screenshots, for smaller teams, tighter budgets and the Australian market.
Local businesses want to know whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity read their Google Business Profile. The short answer is yes, indirectly, and it matters more than most owners think.
Google now answers many searches with an AI summary before the blue links. Here is how AI Overviews pick which businesses to name, and what an Australian business can do to be one of them.
llms.txt is a small file that tells AI models how to read your site. Here is what it does, what it does not do, and whether a small Australian business should bother with one.
Perplexity recommends businesses differently to ChatGPT: it cites live web sources on almost every answer. Here is how to become one of the sources it pulls from.
Short answer: yes, a lot. Reviews are some of the strongest evidence AI assistants use to decide which businesses to name. Here is how they use them and what to do.
When someone asks AI for a sparkie, plumber or builder, it names two or three. We pulled the data on which trades AI recommends across Australian cities, and the slot is still wide open.
A plain, practical guide for Australian businesses: the steps that actually get ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity to name you when customers ask who to hire.
When ChatGPT or Perplexity names a few businesses and skips the rest, it is following signals you can influence. Here is what actually drives the shortlist.
AEO is how you get named when customers ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Perplexity who to hire. Here is what it is, how it differs from SEO, and the steps that actually move it.
Three acronyms, one goal: getting found. Here is what AEO, SEO and GEO actually mean, how they overlap, and where an Australian business should spend its effort.
If AI keeps naming the business down the road and not yours, it is rarely about quality. Here are the real reasons, and the fixes that change the answer.
Seven common reasons AI assistants leave your business out of their recommendations, and the practical fix for each one.
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