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AI Discovery

Grid My Business Launches AI Search Feature to Track Local Visibility Across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Platforms

Grid My Business, a local SEO platform, has launched AI Search, a feature that lets businesses and agencies measure how often and where they are mentioned across four AI platforms — ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Google AI Mode, and Google AI Overviews — across different geographic locations.

By The Authority Desk2 min read

Grid My Business, described as an all-in-one local SEO platform, announced on September 23, 2026 the launch of AI Search, a new feature designed to help businesses and agencies track their local visibility across four major AI platforms: ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Google AI Mode, and Google AI Overviews.

According to the company's press release, the tool enables users to select a business, enter a question a customer might ask, choose which AI platforms to scan, and define a geographic area. AI Search then maps where each platform mentions the business, names a competitor, or returns no business mention at all.

The feature includes an AI Share of Voice metric, which shows the percentage of answered locations where the business was mentioned. It also tracks cited sources — the websites AI platforms used in their answers — and allows competitor comparisons across questions, locations, and platforms. Users can schedule recurring scans on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis to monitor changes over time, and can export maps and reports for client use.

AI Search additionally calculates an AI visibility score based on, according to the release, mention frequency, answer position, platform coverage, owned-site citations, and sentiment.

Mark Gan, identified as Community Manager at Grid My Business, framed the launch around a shift in how consumers discover local businesses. "Local discovery is no longer happening only on Google Maps or traditional search," Gan said in the release. "People are asking AI where to eat, what service to use, and which businesses they should consider. Businesses need to know whether they are actually showing up in those answers."

The company states the feature is available to all Grid My Business account holders with an active plan. The announcement was distributed as a paid press release through XPR Media, and USA TODAY Network editorial staff were not involved in its creation.

Prepared with AI assistance and reviewed by the editorial team.

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Grid My BusinessAI SearchLocal SEOChatGPTGoogle GeminiGoogle AI OverviewsGoogle AI ModeAI VisibilityLocal DiscoveryB2B Tools

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