Kamogawa AI Search Lab — Kyoto

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Independent shops & small companies

What can businesses without an advertising budget actually do?

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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. →

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