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[FACT] Grid My Business launches AI Search (AI-visibility tracking) — competitor intel for VeriPath
category: veripath tags: competitor, ai-search, local-seo stored: 20260928-200401 source: https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/315664 (Newsfile, Sep 23 2026, 11:34 AM EDT; syndicated at business.am-news.com)
Grid My Business (Plentisoft; gridmybusiness.com) launched AI Search, a feature measuring local visibility across four AI platforms: ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews. User flow: pick a business → enter a customer question → choose AI platforms → define geographic area → scan locations → map mentions (business named / competitor named / no mention).
Key features:
- Location-based results — how AI answers vary across a service area
- AI Share of Voice — % of answered locations where business was mentioned
- Competitor comparisons across questions, locations, platforms
- Cited-sources reporting — which websites AI used in answers
- Recurring monitoring — rerun daily/weekly/monthly
- AI answer history — actual answers returned per scanned location
- Client reporting — export maps/reports, share with clients
- AI visibility score — mention frequency, answer position, platform coverage, owned-site citations, sentiment
Contact: Mark Gan (Community Manager), mark@gridmybusiness.com. Available to every Grid My Business account on an active plan, incl. their AI Tracker. Full-stack local SEO platform: geo-grid scans, local rank tracking, GBP management, SAB support, MCP server integration.
Relevance to VeriPath: direct feature overlap with VeriPath's AI-search visibility auditing (AI platforms coverage + share of voice + cited sources). Grid My Business competes on breadth (all-in-one platform w/ MCP server) + recurring monitoring; VeriPath edge = audit-first controlled workflow, custom question sets, VeriPath v1 contract structure. Monitor as reference for AI SOV metrics & scoring inputs (position, platform coverage, citation source = same signals VeriPath tracks).