AI VISIBILITY
INDEX
See Which Businesses
AI Actually Recommends
Customers are increasingly asking AI who to hire, where to go
and which businesses they can trust.
The AI Visibility Index by Chief AI Advisors
measures which businesses are actually appearing, beingcited
and being recommended when consumers search through AI.
We track real-world commercial queries across leading AI search
and answer platforms to identify the companies capturing AI visibility
— and the businesses being left out.
Recommendation Visibilty
Share of Voice
Cross Platform Visibility
Citation & Authority
AI Search Is Creating a New Competitive Landscape
For years, businesses competed for rankings in Google.
Now there is another question:
When someone asks AI for a recommendation, does your business make the answer?
AI systems don’t simply return ten blue links. They interpret the question, evaluate available information and often recommend a small number of businesses directly.
That means a company can rank well traditionally, have hundreds of reviews and still be largely absent from AI-generated recommendations.
The AI Visibility Index was created to measure that gap.
Latest AI Visibility Indexes
Explore which businesses are capturing the greatest visibility across AI-generated search and recommendations.
Greater Victoria, British Columbia
Plumbing
Which Greater Victoria plumbing companies are most consistently visible and recommended across AI search?
Coming Soon — September 2026
More Markets Coming Soon
Future editions of the AI Visibility Index will examine industries and markets across Canada and the United States, including professional services, home services and other high-intent local business categories.
What Does the AI Visibility Index Measure?
The Index examines how businesses appear when consumers use AI to research, compare and choose service providers.
Rather than measuring traditional Google rankings alone, we examine signals including:
Recommendation Visibility
How often and how prominently does a business appear when AI is asked for relevant recommendations?
Share of Voice
How much of the AI recommendation landscape does a business capture compared with its competitors?
Cross-Platform Visibility
Does the business appear consistently across different AI search and answer platforms, or only occasionally?
Citation & Authority
What websites, directories, publications and other sources help AI understand, trust and recommend the business?
Free assessment. Approximately 5–7 minutes.
Visibility Is Only the Beginning
Being found is important.
But visibility without a system for turning attention into customers doesn’t solve the larger business problem.
Chief AI Advisors works with established businesses to improve the systems behind growth — from AI visibility and digital authority to conversion infrastructure, automation and strategic AI implementation.
The goal isn’t simply to add more AI.
It’s to build a business that is easier to find, easier to choose and easier to run.
About the AI Visibility Index
Depending on the engagement, implementation typically includes a combinationThe AI Visibility Index is an independent research initiative from Chief AI Advisors examining how businesses and brands appear within the rapidly evolving AI search and recommendation landscape.
Indexes are based on defined markets, standardized prompt sets and observed AI responses during a specified testing period.
Because AI-generated responses are dynamic and can change over time, each Index represents a snapshot of observed visibility during the stated research period.
Rankings may change as AI platforms, source information, business signals and the broader search environment evolve.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the AI Visibility Index, including how businesses are identified, how AI visibility is measured, what the rankings mean, and why results can differ across AI platforms. The AI Visibility Index is an independent research initiative from Chief AI Advisors, headquartered in Victoria, BC, tracking how businesses are discovered, cited and recommended across the evolving AI search landscape.
What is the AI Visibility Index?
The AI Visibility Index measures how visible businesses are when consumers use AI to research, compare and choose companies. It examines which businesses are mentioned and recommended, how much share of voice they capture, how consistently they appear across AI platforms, and the sources contributing to their visibility.
How are businesses selected for the AI Visibility Index?
Businesses are primarily discovered through the AI results themselves rather than being chosen in advance. Standardized prompts are tested for a specific industry and geographic market, and the businesses that AI platforms identify, mention or recommend become part of the observed competitive landscape.
What does an AI Visibility Index ranking mean?
A higher ranking indicates that a business demonstrated stronger observed visibility within the queries, platforms and testing period included in that Index. The Index measures AI search visibility and should not be interpreted as a ranking of overall business quality, service or workmanship.
What factors are measured?
The Index examines four core areas: Recommendation Visibility, Share of Voice, Cross-Platform Visibility, and Citation & Authority Signals. Together, these help show how frequently and prominently a business appears, how its visibility compares with competitors, how consistently it appears across AI environments, and which sources may be supporting those recommendations.
Which AI platforms are included?
The platforms included can vary by Index edition as AI search technology continues to evolve. Each published Index identifies the AI search and answer environments used during that research period so readers can understand exactly what was measured.
Why might a well-established business have low AI visibility?
Traditional reputation does not automatically translate into AI visibility. AI systems rely on information and authority signals distributed across websites, directories, publications, reviews, structured data and other online sources. An established business can therefore have an excellent real-world reputation while still being poorly understood or inconsistently recommended by AI.
Can AI Visibility Index rankings change?
Yes. AI-generated recommendations are dynamic. Rankings can change as AI platforms evolve, online information changes, businesses strengthen their digital presence, new authority signals appear and competitors improve. Each Index should therefore be viewed as a snapshot of observed AI visibility during a specific testing period.
Is the AI Visibility Index the same as traditional SEO rankings?
No. Traditional SEO primarily measures visibility within search engine results. The AI Visibility Index focuses on whether businesses are being understood, surfaced, cited and recommended within AI-generated answers. The two can influence one another, but strong Google rankings do not necessarily guarantee strong AI recommendation visibility.
Can a business improve its AI visibility?
Yes. While no company can guarantee placement in an AI-generated answer, businesses can improve the signals AI systems use to understand and evaluate them. This can include strengthening entity clarity, website structure, content, citations, third-party authority, reputation signals and the consistency of information across the web.
How can I find out how visible my own business is?
The AI Visibility Index provides a market-level view of which businesses are currently capturing AI visibility. The free Chief AI Business Diagnostic looks at the individual business more closely, including AI visibility readiness, digital foundation and opportunities to use AI and automation more effectively within the business.
Ready to Translate Strategy Into Structured Implementation?
If you understand the opportunity but need a clear sequence for implementation, the 90-Day AI Visibility Blueprint provides the structured starting point.
We review your current visibility, content structure, and authority signals before the call so the session is immediately useful regardless of whether you move forward with implementation.
Structured diagnostic call · Founder-led · Application required · Available remotely across Canada and the United States
