ChatGPT Ads

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Flat riso illustration of a London wine bar street at dusk: a cobalt dolphin stands beside a single lit restaurant awning while a row of unrelated ad lit signs, fashion, real estate, theatre, glow along the rest of the street, warm ecru background, no text.

London Hospitality's AI Ad Window Is Still Wide Open

Only 11 of 585 tracked answers in London hospitality carried an ad, and just one restaurant is bidding for any of it. Meanwhile organic citation is the most concentrated thing we track: Time Out alone builds about 64% of London's ChatGPT dining answers.

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Flat riso harbour laboratory on ecru paper, with the cobalt Schmitdy dolphin comparing two balanced lighthouses, one overlaid by a connected schema blueprint, as both signal to answer buoys, standing in for the crowded, fast churning mix of advertisers bidding on team chat questions.

AI Search8 min read

Team Collaboration's AI Ads: 18 Advertisers, and Almost None of Them Sell Chat Software

326 ad bearing answers, 18 distinct advertisers, and almost none of them sell a team chat product. Compliance app builders, VoIP platforms and project management lead generation are harvesting team chat intent and redirecting it elsewhere.

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Flat riso chart-room scene on ecru paper, with the cobalt Schmitdy dolphin sorting a net of source cards through retrieval trays, a magnifying glass, corroboration seals and a final open answer book, standing in for who actually buys the ad slots in finance automation search.

AI Search10 min read

Finance Automation's AI Ad Auction Is Being Won by Lead Generation, Not Software

Finance automation carries real buyer intent and almost no advertisers to meet it. Expert Market, a lead generation aggregator, took more ad slots than every genuine software competitor combined, and just two category vendors bid at all.

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