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How do I get ChatGPT to recommend my business?

You cannot buy, command, or guarantee a ChatGPT recommendation. You can improve the public evidence available about your business and make your website useful for the questions real customers ask.

Made Ya Look editorialPublished October 2026Reviewed against linked official guidance
THE SHORT ANSWER

You cannot buy, command, or guarantee a ChatGPT recommendation. You can improve the public evidence available about your business and make your website useful for the questions real customers ask.

What actually matters

Start with the basics: a truthful explanation of what you sell, who you serve, where you operate and how people contact or buy from you. Make that information readable without a login. Add examples of your actual work, policies customers care about, and direct answers to common questions. Other trustworthy sources may corroborate your claims, but no outside business controls when an assistant cites or suggests a company.

A practical action plan

  1. 01

    Test whether your core services, market, contact details and policies are visible on ordinary public pages.

  2. 02

    Publish a strong service or product page for each genuinely different customer intent; answer the questions that influence the decision.

  3. 03

    Check that accurate company details match across your website and the relevant public profiles you actually maintain.

  4. 04

    Manually sample realistic buyer questions periodically, document what tools show and keep improving clarity without chasing guaranteed mentions.

An example for a real business

A bakery could explain custom cake lead times, pickup options, allergy policies and what an order includes. A plumber could explain emergencies, service area, diagnostic policy and common repair choices.

Don't fall for this.

Avoid promises of a secret 'recommend me' command, paid AI ranking slots, or publishing hundreds of nearly identical questions.

Look for real progress.

Track relevant customer inquiries, branded search discovery and dated manual examples of citations; never present a made-up AI authority score.

Check the source material.

We rely on public guidance for platform mechanics, and we don't claim special access or guaranteed rankings. These references explain relevant policies and practices.

This is educational guidance, not a live audit of your business, a verified search-volume report or a promise that an AI product will recommend you. Platform behavior can change. Published content is intended for ongoing factual review.

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