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Charleston · Motel Ranked #5 this week

Best Western Charleston Inn

Across 15 real customer-search queries this week, Best Western Charleston Inn was named by 3 of 4 major AI engines — total 12 citations. It currently ranks #5 for Charleston motel searches.

Per-engine visibility

week 2026-W27
ChatGPT
2
citations
Claude
4
citations
Perplexity
0
never named
Gemini
6
citations

Gap: Perplexity did not name Best Western Charleston Inn in 15 queries. That's a 25% engine-coverage gap.

Top Charleston motel competitors this week

  1. #1Starlight Motor Inn4/4 enginesscore 100
  2. #2Red Roof Inn North Charleston Coliseum4/4 enginesscore 94
  3. #3Travelodge by Wyndham North Charleston3/4 enginesscore 74
  4. #4Days Inn & Suites by Wyndham Charleston Airport West3/4 enginesscore 72

Why this matters

Being ranked in 3 of 4 engines means when travelers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, or Gemini “best motels in Charleston”,Best Western Charleston Inn has 75% chance of being named. Every gap engine is a booking or lead going to a competitor.

AI recommendations are driven by: directory presence (Yelp, YP, BBB, TripAdvisor, Justia, etc), schema.org markup on the business website, and structured citations across the web. All three are fixable in 6-8 weeks.

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Data: 15 real customer-search queries per week across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. Tracked since 2026-W23. Last refreshed 2026-W27.