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How do I get my plumbing business found on ChatGPT

Blake FolgadoCo-founder, Tradehand

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ChatGPT names a plumbing business when it can read a public page that says who you are, what you do and where you work. OpenAI's search crawler, OAI-SearchBot, is what puts a site into ChatGPT search, and sites that block it will not show in those answers. Tradehand builds those pages and leaves that crawler allowed.

How do I get my plumbing business found on ChatGPT

What ChatGPT can actually use

1. Let the search crawler in

OpenAI says OAI-SearchBot is how a site appears in ChatGPT search. Blocking it keeps you out of those answers, even if the page is public. The sites Tradehand hosts allow that crawler.

2. Name the plumber and the towns

A page that only says "plumbing services" cannot be turned into "a plumber in Poole". Tradehand puts the business name, the services and the towns on the site so a retrieved block still makes sense on its own.

3. Put reviews where a machine can read them

ChatGPT will not invent your reviews. Tradehand pulls the reviews you already have onto the site and marks them up, so an assistant can quote a real customer instead of saying it found none.

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