Case Studies — BeCited

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September 2026

Does a feature in a local publication get your business named by AI?

Seven local businesses featured in a city magazine and a local weekly, four AI tools, 3,120 answers. In this study, when AI cited a business’s feature it named the business almost every time. Most of those answers were to questions that already included the name, and answers to new-customer questions did not improve over the study.

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Cited a feature (latest round)

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May 2026

BeCited audits BeCited — score 17, grade F, ranked 3 of 103

We ran our own rubric on ourselves. Brand-new SaaS, no G2 or Capterra listings, five of six positioning claims that never showed up in an AI answer. We’re publishing the failing grade.

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April 2026

Window cleaning GEO — what AI sees in your local market

A 15-year market leader recommended in only 31% of buyer-intent queries. This audit shows the most common pattern in home-services GEO: strong reviews, invisible differentiator, 30-point mention/recommendation gap. Includes the 7-move playbook and six steps any exterior cleaning operator can apply.

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Every number on this page came out of an actual audit run, not a marketing template. Where a re-audit hasn’t happened yet, we label results projected, not measured.

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