going rate for eye doctors locally, any idea
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Eye care center in Birmingham, AL
4.9 · 309 reviewsOpens today at 8 AMOpens today at 8 AM
Ophthalmology Associates, located at 833 St. Vincents Drive in Birmingham, Alabama, is a highly regarded clinic known for its friendly and professional staff. With a remarkable rating of 4.9 from over 300 reviews, patients consistently praise the welcoming atmosphere and the attentive care they receive. Many have shared their positive experiences, particularly highlighting the thoroughness of Dr. Randall Smith and his team in addressing concerns and providing support during procedures like cataract surgery. The clinic fosters a warm environment where patients feel valued and well cared for, making it a trusted choice for eye care in the community.
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What Ophthalmology offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
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Four Sisters Café is a cafe a 2 minute walk away for the wait. Mcdonald's is a fast food restaurant a 3 minute walk away for a Quick bite.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Sep 18, 2026.
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
What reviews, press and directories say about Ophthalmology.
4.9from 309 reviews on Google
Dr. Smith's personalized care and thoroughness set this clinic apart, despite some communication challenges. Patients describe a welcoming and caring atmosphere at Ophthalmology Associates, particularly appreciating Dr. Randall Smith's attentive approach during consultations and surgeries. Many feel reassured and valued, especially during procedures like cataract surgery, where their concerns are addressed with professionalism.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
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Ophthalmology, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Ophthalmology, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Ophthalmology. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Eye care centers in Birmingham, AL · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated July 16, 2026.
Published July 16, 2026 · Updated July 16, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Ophthalmology Associates is an eye care center in Birmingham, AL. Its AI Score is 47 of 100, which is fair.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Eye care center |
| Address | 833 St. Vincents Drive Professional, Building 3 Suite 208, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (205) 933-1380 |
| Rating | 4.9 across 309 reviews on Google |
| Updated | July 16, 2026 |
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 833 St. Vincents Drive Professional, Building 3 Suite 208, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Ophthalmology Associates | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Fri 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Ophthalmology Associates | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (205) 933-1380 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Cataract surgery | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Contact lens fitting | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Diabetic eye care | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Eye exams | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Glaucoma treatment | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Retina care | AI guess | |
| Links | Website | http://docsmitheye.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
Address: 833 St. Vincents Drive Professional, Building 3 Suite 208, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA. Phone: (205) 933-1380. Hours: Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Redmont Pediatric PARKING | Parking lot | 2 min walk |
| North Parking Deck - North Tower | Parking lot | 2 min walk |
| Four Sisters Café | Cafe | 2 min walk |
| McDonald's | Fast food restaurant | 3 min walk |
| Burger King | Fast food restaurant | 3 min walk |
| St Vincents Birmingham Bistro | Restaurant | 4 min walk |
4.9 average across 309 reviews: Google 309. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)
(AI guess, from 309 reviews.)
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Birmingham eye care centers run 27 to 55. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Ophthalmology scores 47. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Ophthalmology |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 75 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Good |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 42 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 84 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 55 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 79 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 67 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 57 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery
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| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Ophthalmology |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ophthalmology Associates | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://docsmitheye.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Birmingham, Alabama | City | #city | City Ophthalmology is in | |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Birmingham, linked to the lists and towns around it.
This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.
Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.
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# Ophthalmology Associates, Birmingham AL: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-07-16. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/al/birmingham/ophthalmology-associates-birmingham-al ## Photos -  -  ## In short Ophthalmology Associates is an eye care center in Birmingham, AL. Its AI Score is 47 of 100, which is fair. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Eye care center | | Address | 833 St. Vincents Drive Professional, Building 3 Suite 208, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA | | Hours | Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun | | Phone | (205) 933-1380 | | Rating | 4.9 across 309 reviews on Google | | Updated | July 16, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 833 St. Vincents Drive Professional, Building 3 Suite 208, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Ophthalmology Associates | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Fri 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Ophthalmology Associates | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (205) 933-1380 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Cataract surgery | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Contact lens fitting | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Diabetic eye care | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Eye exams | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Glaucoma treatment | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Retina care | AI guess | | | Links | Website | http://docsmitheye.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices Add your services so AI can say what you offer ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting Ophthalmology Address: 833 St. Vincents Drive Professional, Building 3 Suite 208, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA. Phone: (205) 933-1380. Hours: Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Redmont Pediatric PARKING | Parking lot | 2 min walk | | North Parking Deck - North Tower | Parking lot | 2 min walk | | Four Sisters Café | Cafe | 2 min walk | | McDonald's | Fast food restaurant | 3 min walk | | Burger King | Fast food restaurant | 3 min walk | | St Vincents Birmingham Bistro | Restaurant | 4 min walk | ## Reputation 4.9 average across 309 reviews: Google 309. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.) (AI guess, from 309 reviews.) ### What people like - Cataract surgery experience - Friendly and knowledgeable staff ### What people do not like - Communication problems with staff - Concerns about staff attitudes - Issues with appointment scheduling ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### walk in here, or is it appointment only? ### going rate for eye doctors locally, any idea ### best ophthalmology clinic in Birmingham ### bad experiences at Ophthalmology, anyone? ### membership, worth it or not ### somewhere cheaper in Birmingham that is not a risk? ### Ophthalmology, any chance to book in this week? ### torn between this place and Alabama Ophthalmology? ### pain wise, what is it like here ### last update from here was when? ### Open Saturdays here? ### who is actually holding the needle at Ophthalmology? ### Why do people rate Ophthalmology? ### Anything this place is known for doing well? ### what time does Ophthalmology in Birmingham actually open? ### people keep recommending Ophthalmology, what for? ### is there parking at Ophthalmology or is it street only? ## The AI Score: 47 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Birmingham eye care centers run 27 to 55. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Ophthalmology scores 47. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Ophthalmology | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 75 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Good | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 42 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | Reviews & response | 12 | 84 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 55 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 79 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 67 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 57 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Ophthalmology | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Ophthalmology Associates | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://docsmitheye.com/ | Subject of this page | | Birmingham, Alabama | City | #city | | City Ophthalmology is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Birmingham, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best eye care centers in Birmingham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al/birmingham/eye-care-center - Best businesses in Birmingham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al/birmingham ### Nearby - /mobile: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al/mobile - /vestavia-hills: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al/vestavia-hills ### Every list - Every leaderboard in Alabama: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJwViuIbYbiYgRkUpRLm_w4z8 (accessed Jul 16, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 22, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Eye care centers in Birmingham, AL · Editorial</p>
<h2>Ophthalmology Associates, Birmingham AL: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated July 16, 2026.</p>
<p>Published July 16, 2026 · Updated July 16, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
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<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Ophthalmology Associates is an eye care center in Birmingham, AL. Its AI Score is 47 of 100, which is fair.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
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<h3>Key facts</h3>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Type</td><td>Eye care center</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>833 St. Vincents Drive Professional, Building 3 Suite 208, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(205) 933-1380</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.9 across 309 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>July 16, 2026</td></tr>
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<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>833 St. Vincents Drive Professional, Building 3 Suite 208, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Ophthalmology Associates</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Thu 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Fri 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Ophthalmology Associates</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(205) 933-1380</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>8:00 AM to 12:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Cataract surgery</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Contact lens fitting</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Diabetic eye care</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Eye exams</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Glaucoma treatment</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Retina care</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>http://docsmitheye.com/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<h4>Known for</h4>
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<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
</section>
<section id="ai-visiting-ophthalmology">
<h3>Visiting Ophthalmology</h3>
<p>Address: 833 St. Vincents Drive Professional, Building 3 Suite 208, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA. Phone: (205) 933-1380. Hours: Mon to Thu 8 AM to 5 PM · Fri 8 AM to 12 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Redmont Pediatric PARKING</td><td>Parking lot</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>North Parking Deck - North Tower</td><td>Parking lot</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Four Sisters Café</td><td>Cafe</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>McDonald's</td><td>Fast food restaurant</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Burger King</td><td>Fast food restaurant</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>St Vincents Birmingham Bistro</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>4 min walk</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.9 average across 309 reviews: Google 309. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)</p>
<p> (AI guess, from 309 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Cataract surgery experience</li>
<li>Friendly and knowledgeable staff</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Communication problems with staff</li>
<li>Concerns about staff attitudes</li>
<li>Issues with appointment scheduling</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>walk in here, or is it appointment only?</h4>
<h4>going rate for eye doctors locally, any idea</h4>
<h4>best ophthalmology clinic in Birmingham</h4>
<h4>bad experiences at Ophthalmology, anyone?</h4>
<h4>membership, worth it or not</h4>
<h4>somewhere cheaper in Birmingham that is not a risk?</h4>
<h4>Ophthalmology, any chance to book in this week?</h4>
<h4>torn between this place and Alabama Ophthalmology?</h4>
<h4>pain wise, what is it like here</h4>
<h4>last update from here was when?</h4>
<h4>Open Saturdays here?</h4>
<h4>who is actually holding the needle at Ophthalmology?</h4>
<h4>Why do people rate Ophthalmology?</h4>
<h4>Anything this place is known for doing well?</h4>
<h4>what time does Ophthalmology in Birmingham actually open?</h4>
<h4>people keep recommending Ophthalmology, what for?</h4>
<h4>is there parking at Ophthalmology or is it street only?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 47 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Birmingham eye care centers run 27 to 55. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Ophthalmology scores 47. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">Ophthalmology</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>75</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>42</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>0</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>84</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>55</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>79</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>67</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>57</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-entity-map">
<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to Ophthalmology</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Ophthalmology Associates</td><td>MedicalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>http://docsmitheye.com/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Birmingham, Alabama</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Ophthalmology is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-topical-map">
<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Birmingham, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best eye care centers in Birmingham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al/birmingham/eye-care-center</li>
<li>Best businesses in Birmingham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al/birmingham</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/mobile: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al/mobile</li>
<li>/vestavia-hills: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al/vestavia-hills</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in Alabama: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/al</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="ai-references">
<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJwViuIbYbiYgRkUpRLm_w4z8 (accessed Jul 16, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] AI engine output: ChatGPT, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 22, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
</ul>
</section>
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