Glossary

Answer engine

A Visibility term, defined for businesses with locations.

Definition 22 words

Any assistant that replies with a direct answer rather than a list of links: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews.

In practice

Answer engines name a few businesses with reasons, so there is no second page. What they say depends on the sources they read.

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