Evaltiqs Research

Evidence for the recommendation era.

Research and practical context for understanding how search visibility, public trust, and machine-readable evidence shape whether AI answers mention, trust, and recommend a business.

White Paper · July 2026

Legible to Machines

Why trusted local businesses are going unrecommended in the age of AI answers, and what closes the gap between established search visibility and AI recommendation readiness.

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Research briefPotential clients now ask AI assistants for business, service, and product recommendations alongside traditional Google searches. At the same time, Google increasingly answers those searches with AI-generated summaries. This brief explains why search visibility alone no longer guarantees that a business will be mentioned or recommended. It also explains what closes the gap.By AJ Maddeny, Evaltiqs