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Getting recommended by AI

How ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini pick which businesses to name, and what changes their answer.

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HubSpot analyzed 10,000 URLs across 8 AI engines. The correlation between backlinks and citations is between negative 0.04 and positive 0.06. Here is what actually moves the needle and where to reallocate your link-building budget.

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What topics does Growth Pigeon publish on?

How ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini decide which businesses to recommend, and what a business can change on its own site and elsewhere so it gets named.

What is a content hub-and-spoke structure?

A hub is a pillar article covering a broad topic. Spokes are deeper articles on narrow subtopics that link back to the pillar. The structure signals topical authority to search engines and AI tools, which weight depth on a single topic over scattered coverage.

Who writes these articles?

Mark Ashworth, co-founder of Growth Pigeon. Every article draws on what Mark has seen in real businesses, not generic best-practice lists.

How often are articles updated?

The full catalog is reviewed and re-stamped on at least a quarterly cadence. The last-updated date shown on each article is the source of truth.