Every quarter we ask the four major assistants the same forty buying questions a Greater Manchester business owner would ask, and record which firms get named. Same prompts, same wording, every time.
Results
| Prompt | Named | Cited | Moved |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI automation company Manchester | 6 | Directory listing | +2 |
| who can automate invoice processing UK | 4 | Guide page | +1 |
| AI chatbot agency Greater Manchester | 7 | Service page | — |
| what does workflow automation cost UK | 3 | Guide page | +3 |
| AI training for teams Manchester | 5 | Service page | −1 |
Method
- Forty prompts, fixed wording, re-run in a clean session with no history.
- Four assistants: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews.
- Every named company recorded, with the source the assistant cited.
- Run on the first working day of the quarter, from a Manchester IP.
Placeholder figures. The live version publishes the full forty prompts and every company named.