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Eye care center in Meridian, ID
5.0 · 68 reviewsOpens Thursday at 9 AMOpens Thursday at 9 AM
Dr. Merkley is a board certified Ophthalmologist serving the Boise area for LASIK, SMILE, PRK, ICL, Refractive Lens Exchange and Cataract Surgery.
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What Merkley Eye offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
Merkley Eye lists 6 services on its website. Here's each one, with how many reviews mention each.
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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 Merkley Eye.
5.0from 68 reviews on Google
Merkley Eye Surgery Center is distinguished by its personalized care and successful outcomes in cataract and lens replacement surgeries. Patients describe a welcoming and professional atmosphere at Merkley Eye Surgery Center, where they feel comfortable and well-informed. Dr. Merkley is noted for his calm demeanor and thorough explanations, particularly during cataract and lens replacement surgeries, which many found life-changing.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
Signal and how much it countsMerkley Eye
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
Merkley Eye, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Merkley Eye, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Merkley Eye. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Eye care centers in Meridian, ID · 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
Merkley Eye Surgery Center is an eye care center in Meridian, ID. Its AI Score is 50 of 100, which is fair.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Eye care center |
| Address | 3581 E Overland Rd, Meridian, ID 83642, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 9 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (208) 629-7291 |
| Rating | 5.0 across 68 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 | 3581 E Overland Rd, Meridian, ID 83642, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Dr. Merkley is a board certified Ophthalmologist serving the Boise area for LASIK, SMILE, PRK, ICL, Refractive Lens Exchange and Cataract Surgery. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Merkley Eye Surgery Center | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (208) 629-7291 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Cataract surgery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Evo icl | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | ICL | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Laser eye surgery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Lasik | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Prk | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Refractive lens exchange | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Smile | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Website | http://merkley-eye.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
These are the 6 services Merkley Eye offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.
| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smile | From their website | |||
| Evo ICL | From their website | |||
| PRK | From their website | |||
| LASIK | From their website | |||
| Laser eye surgery | From their website | |||
| Cataract surgery | From their website |
Address: 3581 E Overland Rd, Meridian, ID 83642, USA. Phone: (208) 629-7291. Hours: Mon to Fri 9 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Dr. Merkley is a board certified Ophthalmologist serving the Boise area for LASIK, SMILE, PRK, ICL, Refractive Lens Exchange and Cataract Surgery."
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bushmen Safaris Ltd (Archery-Only African Safari Hunting Trips) | Park | 2 min walk |
| E Overland Rd & S Silverstone Way SEC | Bus stop | 3 min walk |
| Sakana Japanese Sushi & Steak House | Restaurant | 3 min walk |
| Overland & Silverstone | Transit station | 3 min walk |
| E Overland Rd & S Silverstone Way NEC | Bus stop | 3 min walk |
| Soup Kettle Grille Meridian | Soup restaurant | 3 min walk |
5.0 average across 68 reviews: Google 68. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)
Merkley Eye Surgery Center is distinguished by its personalized care and successful outcomes in cataract and lens replacement surgeries. (AI guess, from 68 reviews.)
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Eye care centers on the registry run 19 to 73. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Merkley Eye scores 50. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Merkley Eye |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 56 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Fair |
| 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 | 88 | 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 | 52 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 84 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 61 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| 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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| Merkley Eye Surgery Center | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://merkley-eye.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Meridian, Idaho | City | #city | City Merkley Eye 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 Meridian, 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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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.
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One connected graph. Every person and service has its own @id and links to the business, and a licensed person links to the license and the board that issued it.
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# Merkley Eye Surgery Center, Meridian ID: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/id/meridian/merkley-eye-surgery-center-meridian-id. 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/id/meridian/merkley-eye-surgery-center-meridian-id ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Merkley Eye Surgery Center is an eye care center in Meridian, ID. Its AI Score is 50 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 | 3581 E Overland Rd, Meridian, ID 83642, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 9 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat to Sun | | Phone | (208) 629-7291 | | Rating | 5.0 across 68 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 | 3581 E Overland Rd, Meridian, ID 83642, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Dr. Merkley is a board certified Ophthalmologist serving the Boise area for LASIK, SMILE, PRK, ICL, Refractive Lens Exchange and Cataract Surgery. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Merkley Eye Surgery Center | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (208) 629-7291 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Cataract surgery | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Evo icl | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | ICL | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Laser eye surgery | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Lasik | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Prk | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Refractive lens exchange | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Smile | From their website | Business website | | Links | Website | http://merkley-eye.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices These are the 6 services Merkley Eye offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Smile | | | | From their website | | Evo ICL | | | | From their website | | PRK | | | | From their website | | LASIK | | | | From their website | | Laser eye surgery | | | | From their website | | Cataract surgery | | | | From their website | ### 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 Merkley Eye Address: 3581 E Overland Rd, Meridian, ID 83642, USA. Phone: (208) 629-7291. Hours: Mon to Fri 9 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Dr. Merkley is a board certified Ophthalmologist serving the Boise area for LASIK, SMILE, PRK, ICL, Refractive Lens Exchange and Cataract Surgery." ### 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | Bushmen Safaris Ltd (Archery-Only African Safari Hunting Trips) | Park | 2 min walk | | E Overland Rd & S Silverstone Way SEC | Bus stop | 3 min walk | | Sakana Japanese Sushi & Steak House | Restaurant | 3 min walk | | Overland & Silverstone | Transit station | 3 min walk | | E Overland Rd & S Silverstone Way NEC | Bus stop | 3 min walk | | Soup Kettle Grille Meridian | Soup restaurant | 3 min walk | ## Reputation 5.0 average across 68 reviews: Google 68. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.) Merkley Eye Surgery Center is distinguished by its personalized care and successful outcomes in cataract and lens replacement surgeries. (AI guess, from 68 reviews.) ### What people like - Thorough consultations and follow-up care - Friendly and knowledgeable staff ### 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 ### worth it or not, what do the regulars say ### Open Saturdays here? ### people keep recommending Merkley Eye, what for? ### pain wise, what is it like here ### Is Merkley Eye run by medical people? ### picking between the two, is Vision Quest the safer bet? ### best lasik surgeon in Meridian ### opening hours at Merkley Eye in Meridian, what are they these days? ### Somewhere to park near Merkley Eye? ### where does this place post updates ### do I need to fill anything in beforehand ### any last minute appts at Merkley Eye? ### Does this place split it over a few months? ### what else is on Overland around Merkley Eye? ### Ballpark for a visit to an eye doctor in Meridian? ### services here, what do people go in for? ### walk in here, or is it appointment only? ## The AI Score: 50 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Eye care centers on the registry run 19 to 73. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Merkley Eye scores 50. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Merkley Eye | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 56 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Fair | | 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 | 88 | 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 | 52 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 84 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 61 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | 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 Merkley Eye | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Merkley Eye Surgery Center | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://merkley-eye.com/ | Subject of this page | | Meridian, Idaho | City | #city | | City Merkley Eye 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 Meridian, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best eye care centers in Meridian: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/id/meridian/eye-care-center - Best businesses in Meridian: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/id/meridian ### Nearby - /idaho-falls: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/id/idaho-falls - /rexburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/id/rexburg ### Every list - Every leaderboard in Idaho: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/id ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ4a32pHdXrlQR2qxkcZeFtQ4 (accessed Jul 16, 2026) - [2] merkley-eye.com, https://merkley-eye.com/smile-laser-vision-correction/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [3] merkley-eye.com, https://merkley-eye.com/evo-icl-vision-correction/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [4] merkley-eye.com, https://merkley-eye.com/prk-eye-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [5] merkley-eye.com, https://merkley-eye.com/cataract-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [6] merkley-eye.com, https://merkley-eye.com/laser-eye-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [7] merkley-eye.com, https://merkley-eye.com/lasik-eye-surgery-boise/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [8] AI engine output: ChatGPT and 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 Meridian, ID · Editorial</p>
<h2>Merkley Eye Surgery Center, Meridian ID: 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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<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Merkley Eye Surgery Center is an eye care center in Meridian, ID. Its AI Score is 50 of 100, which is fair.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
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<section id="ai-key-facts">
<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>3581 E Overland Rd, Meridian, ID 83642, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 9 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat to Sun</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(208) 629-7291</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>5.0 across 68 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>July 16, 2026</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<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>
<table>
<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>3581 E Overland Rd, Meridian, ID 83642, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Dr. Merkley is a board certified Ophthalmologist serving the Boise area for LASIK, SMILE, PRK, ICL, Refractive Lens Exchange and Cataract Surgery.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Merkley Eye Surgery Center</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(208) 629-7291</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>9:00 AM to 4:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>9:00 AM to 4:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>9:00 AM to 4:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>9:00 AM to 4:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>9:00 AM to 4:00 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>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Evo icl</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>ICL</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Laser eye surgery</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Lasik</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Prk</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Refractive lens exchange</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Smile</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>http://merkley-eye.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>
<p>These are the 6 services Merkley Eye offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Service</th><th scope="col">Price</th><th scope="col">Price mark</th><th scope="col">Price evidence</th><th scope="col">Service mark</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Smile</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Evo ICL</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>PRK</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>LASIK</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Laser eye surgery</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cataract surgery</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
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<h4>Known for</h4>
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<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
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<section id="ai-visiting-merkley-eye">
<h3>Visiting Merkley Eye</h3>
<p>Address: 3581 E Overland Rd, Meridian, ID 83642, USA. Phone: (208) 629-7291. Hours: Mon to Fri 9 AM to 4 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Dr. Merkley is a board certified Ophthalmologist serving the Boise area for LASIK, SMILE, PRK, ICL, Refractive Lens Exchange and Cataract Surgery."</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Bushmen Safaris Ltd (Archery-Only African Safari Hunting Trips)</td><td>Park</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>E Overland Rd & S Silverstone Way SEC</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sakana Japanese Sushi & Steak House</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Overland & Silverstone</td><td>Transit station</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>E Overland Rd & S Silverstone Way NEC</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Soup Kettle Grille Meridian</td><td>Soup restaurant</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
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</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>5.0 average across 68 reviews: Google 68. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)</p>
<p>Merkley Eye Surgery Center is distinguished by its personalized care and successful outcomes in cataract and lens replacement surgeries. (AI guess, from 68 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
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<li>Thorough consultations and follow-up care</li>
<li>Friendly and knowledgeable staff</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
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<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>worth it or not, what do the regulars say</h4>
<h4>Open Saturdays here?</h4>
<h4>people keep recommending Merkley Eye, what for?</h4>
<h4>pain wise, what is it like here</h4>
<h4>Is Merkley Eye run by medical people?</h4>
<h4>picking between the two, is Vision Quest the safer bet?</h4>
<h4>best lasik surgeon in Meridian</h4>
<h4>opening hours at Merkley Eye in Meridian, what are they these days?</h4>
<h4>Somewhere to park near Merkley Eye?</h4>
<h4>where does this place post updates</h4>
<h4>do I need to fill anything in beforehand</h4>
<h4>any last minute appts at Merkley Eye?</h4>
<h4>Does this place split it over a few months?</h4>
<h4>what else is on Overland around Merkley Eye?</h4>
<h4>Ballpark for a visit to an eye doctor in Meridian?</h4>
<h4>services here, what do people go in for?</h4>
<h4>walk in here, or is it appointment only?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 50 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Eye care centers on the registry run 19 to 73. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Merkley Eye scores 50. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
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<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">Merkley Eye</th></tr></thead>
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<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>56</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>Fair</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>88</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>52</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>84</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>61</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Fair</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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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 Merkley Eye</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Merkley Eye Surgery Center</td><td>MedicalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>http://merkley-eye.com/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Meridian, Idaho</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Merkley Eye 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>
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<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 Meridian, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best eye care centers in Meridian: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/id/meridian/eye-care-center</li>
<li>Best businesses in Meridian: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/id/meridian</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/idaho-falls: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/id/idaho-falls</li>
<li>/rexburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/id/rexburg</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in Idaho: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/id</li>
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<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
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<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ4a32pHdXrlQR2qxkcZeFtQ4 (accessed Jul 16, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] merkley-eye.com, https://merkley-eye.com/smile-laser-vision-correction/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[3] merkley-eye.com, https://merkley-eye.com/evo-icl-vision-correction/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[4] merkley-eye.com, https://merkley-eye.com/prk-eye-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[5] merkley-eye.com, https://merkley-eye.com/cataract-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[6] merkley-eye.com, https://merkley-eye.com/laser-eye-surgery/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[7] merkley-eye.com, https://merkley-eye.com/lasik-eye-surgery-boise/ (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[8] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
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