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SEO and AI Search by Industry

High Salience organizes its SEO and AI search work by industry, because AI answers are built from different sources in each one. In our four-industry study, only 31% of the sites ChatGPT cited ranked in Google's top ten for the same question (27% before an October 23, 2026 correction for swapped Google pages in our September data). What wins in software is not what wins in healthcare. These pages cover the industries we work in: what we measured in each market and how we work there.

How ChatGPT Picks Brands, in 26 Seconds. Across our 21 software teardowns, 74 percent of ChatGPT's recommendations went to brands whose own site did not rank in Google's top ten for the question. Corrected October 23, 2026: the video was made before Google's swapped results pages were found in our September data, and still says 78 percent.
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Buyers ask ChatGPT who to buy from. Does it say your name? It searches the web and reads what others say. Then it names a few brands, and picks one. Here's the catch. Seventy-eight percent of ChatGPT's recommendations went to brands whose own site did not rank in Google's top ten for the question. So how do you become the pick? Be the brand AI recommends. High Salience.

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Industry not listed? Get a Category Salience Brief for your market

Not listed? You can still get a Category Salience Brief for your industry: the method is the same in any market where customers compare before they choose. The brief shows what the answers look like in yours. The work that follows runs through our AI search agency services, whatever the industry.