Full article: linkedin.com/pulse/plumbing-…. The number that stopped me: 45% of consumers now use AI tools for local business recommendations, up from 6% a year earlier (BrightLocal, 2026). 💯💯
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The number I keep coming back to: only 26% of 189 plumbing websites passed all five AI search readiness checks in Ad X Groupe’s October 2026 scan, and 0.3% of sites scanned blocked search crawlers... ⁉️linkedin.com/pulse/plumbing-…
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Full 90-day plan below: The number I’d start with: Ahrefs found that only 38% of pages cited in AI Overviews also rank in the top 10 for the same query (March 2, 2026), so a clear answer can get cited without a top-10 ranking.
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Free Search Authority Audit: leadvalets.com/aeo-grader
ATTN: PLUMBERS
The number that surprised me most: a four-person household spends about 24% of its energy on hot water, compared with 16% for two people. Link to the whole article here: linkedin.com/pulse/plumbing-…
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Own a small plumbing company? Ask ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini who to call for a burst pipe in your city.
Your competitor gets named. You don't.
45% of consumers now use AI to find local businesses. Book a strategy call (link in reply).
#PlumberMarketing
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Thieves Steal $8,000 in Tools From Houston Plumber’s Work Van pmmag.com/articles/107828-th… @HVACnews Can a supply house help them out? #HVACNEWS #charity Marcus Gaona, owner of #GaonaPlumbing in #Houston #HVACBROTHERS
Free Search Authority Audit (AEO Grader): leadvalets.com/aeo-grader. The number to remember: EPA says the average household’s leaks waste more than 9,300 gallons of water every year. #plumbers: what this means to you! linkedin.com/pulse/plumbing-…
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Everyone says plumbers need more Google reviews.
Wrong number. Recent reviews beat total count when AI picks who to name.
Our citation tracking shows who's named in your city.
Send this to a plumber who's never checked.
#PlumbingMarketing #LocalSEO
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The number that surprised me: in Whitespark’s 2026 expert survey, the primary Business Profile category scored 227 and searcher distance scored 225, so distance ranks second, not first. linkedin.com/pulse/plumbing-…
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Plumbing map pack reviews have no magic number, only the count your top three rivals hold.
Jonathan Floyd, Founder & President, LeadValets. St. Louis. 314-561-7101.
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45% of consumers now use AI to find local businesses.
We track which engine names which plumber, city by city. ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini don't always agree.
Reply with your city. I'll check if you're named.
#AEO
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Plumbing Google 3-pack rankings still decide who gets the call before anyone asks an AI assistant.
Jonathan Floyd, Founder & President, LeadValets. St. Louis. 314-561-7101.
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Only 37.9% of the URLs cited in AI Overviews also ranked in the top 10 organic results, per Ahrefs’ March 2, 2026 study of 4 million AI Overview URLs. Run the free Instant Snapshot here: leadvalets.com/aeo-grader
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Full article with the spreadsheet method, the GA4 steps, and the limits: The statistic worth remembering: across nearly 3,000 runs, the chance of an AI returning the same brand list twice was under 1 in 100. leadvalets.com/aeo-grader linkedin.com/pulse/plumbing-…
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Best plumber near me gets a different AI answer in every city, and the reason is location.
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If you have 300 Google reviews and ChatGPT still skips your plumbing company, read this.
AI weighs recency over total count. A rival with 80 fresh reviews beats your 300 stale ones.
What does it say about you? Reply and tell me.
#PlumberMarketing
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Two companies in the same trade and the same metro share the identical primary category and contest the same grid points. An agency holding both cannot optimize both. It can only allocate. linkedin.com/pulse/ask-your-…
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We run the same plumber search through ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini in every city we track.
AI names 2-3 companies. Everyone else doesn't exist.
Book a strategy call and I'll show you where you stand. Link in reply.
#PlumbingMarketing #AISearch
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