{"id":7015,"date":"2025-01-31T11:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T11:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rankfresh.com\/?p=7015"},"modified":"2025-01-31T11:47:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T11:47:25","slug":"chatgpt-vs-google-search-results-the-seo-shift-local-businesses-cant-ignore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rankfresh.com\/chatgpt-vs-google-search-results-the-seo-shift-local-businesses-cant-ignore\/","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT vs. Google Search Results: The SEO Shift Local Businesses Can\u2019t Ignore"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For years local businesses have played the same game \u2013 optimising for Google\u2019s Local Pack, racking up Google reviews, tweaking GMB profiles, and pushing local SEO strategies like it was gospel. And for a while, that worked.<\/span><\/p>\n But things are shifting\u2026 Fast.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n AI-powered search is muscling in, and ChatGPT is leading the charge. Unlike Google, where you get a list of results to click through, ChatGPT \u201csummarises the best options\u201d \u2014 which means if you\u2019re not in that AI-generated response, you might as well not exist.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n And this is just the beginning. OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Search, a direct shot at traditional search engines. More and more users are turning to AI for answers, and ChatGPT is getting better every day \u2014 learning from web-wide sources, understanding content better, integrating with more platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c2025 is shaping up to be the year of AI search\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n So, the question is\u2014<\/span>are you optimising for AI yet?<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To see how different the two search models really are, I ran a search for <\/span>\u201cbest estate agents near me\u201d<\/b>\u2014first on Google, then on ChatGPT. The results? Wildly different.<\/span><\/p>\n Step 1: Google\u2019s Local Pack Rankings<\/b><\/p>\n Google\u2019s <\/span>Local Pack<\/b> rankings are driven by:<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s what Google gave me for <\/span>\u201cbest estate agents near me\u201d<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n Step 2: ChatGPT\u2019s Recommendations<\/b><\/p>\n Unlike Google, <\/span>ChatGPT doesn\u2019t rank results\u2014it curates answers<\/b> based on:<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s what ChatGPT recommended:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n Findings<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To understand why some businesses made ChatGPT\u2019s list while others didn\u2019t, I pulled their <\/span>backlink profiles<\/b> from SEMrush.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Findings<\/b><\/p>\n I also ran <\/span>Core Web Vitals tests<\/b> on the top-ranked ChatGPT businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Findings<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ChatGPT is improving <\/span>every day<\/b>, and the number of users relying on <\/span>AI-generated answers is rising fast<\/b>. It\u2019s not just about Google anymore\u2014<\/span>your business needs to be optimised for AI-driven search<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n At Rankfresh, we help businesses rank EVERYWHERE.<\/b><\/p>\n Your customers are searching everywhere\u2026 <\/span>make sure they find YOU.<\/b><\/p>\n Get in touch today and let\u2019s make it happen.<\/b><\/p>\n The Rules of Search Are Changing\u2026 Are You Ready? For years local businesses have played the same game \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-seo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGoogle vs. ChatGPT: The Experiment<\/b><\/h2>\n
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