Suggested description
BoostGeo evaluated 1,000 public local-business homepages across 10 industries and 10 major U.S. metros. It obtained representative, scoreable evidence for 897 sites. The study measured captured homepage readiness—not public AI mentions, traffic, rankings, leads, or business quality.
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Claims that are supported
- The median Website Readiness score was 61 among 897 assessable homepages.
- 565 of 897 assessable homepages (63.0%) lacked the specific Organization schema signal checked.
- Accounting and CPA firms had a descriptive sample median of 48; personal-injury law had 69.
- Unable outcomes were reported separately and were not scored as zero.
Claims the study does not support
- That 63% of businesses are invisible to ChatGPT.
- That one sampled profession is better than another.
- That adding schema guarantees rankings, citations, recommendations, or revenue.
- That the quota sample represents every U.S. local-business website.
Source and attribution
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Data and methodology
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Questions or interviews
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Headline finding
Professional-services comparison