Kamogawa AI Search Lab — Kyoto

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Entity

Whether AI recognizes a business as one distinct entity, or confuses it with another.

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Feature 2026.08.14 How independent shops and small companies get found by AI Businesses that can't afford advertising budgets — how do they get found by generative AI? Drawing on 240 observed runs across Kyoto experience businesses, and an earlier study, to see what actually matters. → Feature 2026.07.14 It had great Google reviews. The AI said it didn't exist. Ten cultural-experience businesses in Kyoto, queried in Japanese, English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese. A shop with a strong Google rating and plenty of reviews was told 'not found' by AI and described as a different business. The difference wasn't size or review count. →

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4pieces AI Search The process by which generative AI searches for, cites and summarizes information. → 3pieces GEO / LLMO Testing the field called generative engine optimization through measurement. → 2pieces Multilingual The same question in four languages. Change the language and the sources change too. → 2pieces Tea ceremony / Kimono / Zazen The three categories under continuous observation, each with a different level of commerciality. → 1pieces Methodology What does it actually take to say a business is "visible to AI"? → 1pieces Noise floor Answers vary even under identical conditions. We measure that variation first. → 1pieces Independent shops & small companies What can businesses without an advertising budget actually do? →