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Data-led studies from Auto Alpha Advisory on how AI engines choose which businesses to recommend — and what SA brands can do about it.
July 2026The Index · Recurring
The recurring measure of which SA brands AI assistants actually name — and recommend. Edition 1 covers property, legal and accounting, with every prompt published.
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July 2026
Five verticals, four engines, 5,459 citations read at source level. ChatGPT grounds a quarter as often as Gemini — so the engine everyone checks is the one that understates you most. Published on autoalphaadvisory.co.za.
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What 600+ AI answers about real SA buyer questions reveal about the new rules of being found — and why most SA brands are losing on rules they don't know exist.
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