Notes from the aitani team

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Long-form notes on how AI assistants pick local businesses, what actually moves in Japan, and case studies from real shops. We publish only what we can back with method and data.

• AI search · 4 min readThe four stages behind “AI doesn’t recommend us”Not being recommended is not one state. You may be unknown, or known but not tied to the conditions customers use, or on the shortlist but never picked. Where it stops decides what to fix.
• MEO · 4 min readThe first four things to fix on a Google Business ProfileThere is an order. Hours, categories, the fields checked before a visit, and disagreements with your other sources. None of the four costs money, and all four are read by AI and by Maps.
• Local search · 3 min readThe same search ranks differently from each stationThere is no single ranking for “yakiniku near me”. It changes with where the search happens. Top three at your nearest station and absent two stops away is an ordinary result, not an anomaly.