# AI Search Research for Perth | AI SEO Perth > The Perth AI search observation programme: how ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Perplexity name and cite sources for Perth prompts. Results only from data. Source: https://aiseoperth.net.au/research/ --- Research # Perth AI search research Studies of how AI-assisted search systems name, recommend and cite sources when the prompt has a Perth or Western Australian context. Each study runs on a fixed prompt set, across named platforms, with repeated runs and a versioned methodology. Status Research programme in development No study has completed an observation round yet. The methodology (v1.0), the observation data model and the prompt classes are published, and the projects below are listed so the programme's scope is visible. None of them has results. Until a report is published, the reference pages and guides on this site are the material to rely on. [Read the methodology](https://aiseoperth.net.au/methodology/) · [View the data model](https://aiseoperth.net.au/data/) ## Planned studies Listed so the programme's scope is public. A planned study has no findings and no page of its own. It becomes a report only when its observation file exists under the published methodology. Planned · no observations yet ### ChatGPT Perth Recommendation Study How ChatGPT answers Perth recommendation and comparison prompts: which businesses it names, in what order, what it cites, and how much the answer changes between runs and session profiles. Planned; no observations collected. - ChatGPT Results will be published under the [methodology](https://aiseoperth.net.au/methodology/) once observations exist. Planned · no observations yet ### Gemini Perth Recommendation Study How the Gemini app answers Perth recommendation prompts, which businesses and sources it names, and how that compares with Google AI Overviews on the same prompt set. Planned; no observations collected. - Gemini - Google AI Overviews Results will be published under the [methodology](https://aiseoperth.net.au/methodology/) once observations exist. Planned · no observations yet ### Google AI Overviews Perth Source Study For which Perth prompts Google shows an AI Overview, which sources it cites when it does, and how those sources relate to the organic results beneath. Planned; no observations collected. - Google AI Overviews - Google AI Mode Results will be published under the [methodology](https://aiseoperth.net.au/methodology/) once observations exist. Planned · no observations yet ### Most Cited Domains in Perth AI Search Which domains AI-assisted search systems cite when answering Perth prompts, classified by source type: owned sites, directories, review platforms, publishers, platform-owned properties and user-generated content. Planned; no observations collected. - ChatGPT - Google AI Overviews - Google AI Mode - Gemini - Perplexity Results will be published under the [methodology](https://aiseoperth.net.au/methodology/) once observations exist. Planned · no observations yet ### Perplexity Perth Source Study Which sources Perplexity cites for Perth prompts, by source class, and how its citations compare with other platforms on the same prompt set. Planned; no observations collected. - Perplexity Results will be published under the [methodology](https://aiseoperth.net.au/methodology/) once observations exist. Planned · no observations yet ### Perth AI Search Visibility Index A repeated-round measurement of which Perth businesses AI-assisted search systems name and recommend across a fixed prompt set, by industry and platform. Planned; no observations collected. - ChatGPT - Google AI Overviews - Google AI Mode - Gemini - Perplexity Results will be published under the [methodology](https://aiseoperth.net.au/methodology/) once observations exist. Planned · no observations yet ### Perth AI SEO Agency Recommendation Study Which businesses AI-assisted search systems name and recommend when someone asks for an AI SEO agency or consultant in Perth, which domains those answers cite, and how much the answer changes between runs and platforms. - ChatGPT - Gemini - Perplexity - Google AI Overviews - Google AI Mode Results will be published under the [methodology](https://aiseoperth.net.au/methodology/) once observations exist. [Industry observatory](https://aiseoperth.net.au/research/industries/) · [Methodology](https://aiseoperth.net.au/methodology/) · [Data and downloads](https://aiseoperth.net.au/data/) ## What the programme records Each prompt run on each platform produces one observation record. The record structure is fixed and published as a [JSON Schema](https://aiseoperth.net.au/data/observation-schema.json). Published by Search Scope AI SEO Perth is published by Search Scope, a Perth SEO consultancy founded by Dorian Menard. Search Scope provides commercial SEO and AI search optimisation services; this website is maintained as its specialist Perth AI search research and reference publication. [Search Scope](https://searchscope.com.au/) What the programme records Recorded What it means Brand mentions Every business or brand named in an answer, whether or not it was recommended. Recommendations Brands the answer presented as a shortlist or recommendation, in the order given. Cited domains The registrable domains behind every citation, classified by source type. Cited URLs The exact pages cited, so recurring source pages can be identified. Source overlap Which sources recur across prompts, platforms and runs. Platform differences The same prompt set run across each platform in scope, compared side by side. Query and prompt classes Informational, commercial, comparison, recommendation, local, brand, competitor and trust-validation prompts, kept separate. Change over time Repeated rounds on a fixed prompt set, so movement can be measured rather than assumed.