B
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6%
6% -- ai tool usage for local recommendations for consumers using AI tools for local recommendations (2026)
AI tool usage for local recommendations was at 6% before surging to 45% within a single year.
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6%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
BrightLocal
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Tier C
https://www.itshco.com/blog/iframe-trap-brand-embed-killing-dealer-seo ↗
Source Article
Why Your Brand Product Pages Are Invisible to Google (and What to Do About It)
What Is an Iframe Trap, and Why Does It Cost Authorized Dealers Leads?
A brand iframe trap is what happens when an authorized dealer embeds a luxury brand's "official" product feed on their website, only to discover that Google can't read, index, or rank any of that content. The iframe looks premium…
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BrightLocal
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Methodology
BrightLocal Local Consumer Review Survey 2026, cited by source
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Industrymarketing
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consumers using AI tools for local recommendations: 6% ai tool usage for local recommendations. Source: BrightLocal (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-local-recommendations-6-to-45
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-local-recommendations-6-to-45" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>6%</strong> -- ai tool usage for local recommendations for consumers using AI tools for local recommendations<br><small>Source: BrightLocal (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-local-recommendations-6-to-45" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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