Coastal Eye Care

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Coastal Eye Care, Ellsworth, Maine[Photo 1]

Doctor's office in Ellsworth, ME

3.7 · 33 reviewsOpen until 4:30

Coastal Eye Care, located at 128 Bucksport Rd in Ellsworth, Maine, offers a range of eye care services with a team known for their professionalism and compassion. With a rating of 3.7 from 33 reviews, patients have praised the knowledgeable staff, particularly Dr. Rudloe and Dr. Goldman, for their attentive care and ability to improve eyesight. However, some visitors have expressed frustration over long wait times and billing issues, highlighting the importance of communication in patient care. Overall, Coastal Eye Care remains a vital resource for the community, striving to provide quality eye health services.

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Services

What Coastal Eye Care offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

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Team

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Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Coastal Eye Care.

3.7from 33 reviews on Google

Coastal Eye Care is distinguished by its effective cataract and lens replacement procedures, although it faces challenges with wait times and billing practices. Patients at Coastal Eye Care often express gratitude for the knowledgeable and compassionate care provided by Dr. Rudloe and Dr. Goldman. Many report significant improvements in their eyesight following treatments like cataract surgery and lens replacements, highlighting a supportive atmosphere during procedures.

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Would go back72%72% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 72%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 4%, 3 stars · Negative 24%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Dr. Goldman’s treatment for eyesight improvement
  • Cataract removal and lens replacement procedures
  • Dr. Rudloe's compassionate care
The bad
  • Long wait times without communication
  • Billing errors and poor customer service
  • Difficulty contacting the office by phone

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How AI sees Coastal Eye Care

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

25out of 100

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsCoastal Eye Care

  • Retrieval grounding 26%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.0
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.41
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.0
  • Reviews & response 12%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.65
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.56
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.79
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.57
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.57

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Local AI Registry · Doctor's offices in Ellsworth, ME · Editorial

Coastal Eye Care, Ellsworth ME: Reviews

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 28, 2026.

Published July 10, 2026 · Updated October 28, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

Coastal Eye Care is a doctor's office in Ellsworth, ME. Its AI Score is 25 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks

Key facts

FactValue
TypeDoctor's office
Address128 Bucksport Rd, Ellsworth, ME 04605, USA
HoursMon 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Closed Tue · Wed to Thu 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Fri 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM · Closed Sat to Sun
Phone(207) 667-6300
Rating3.7 across 33 reviews on Google
UpdatedOctober 28, 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.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress128 Bucksport Rd, Ellsworth, ME 04605, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescription128 Bucksport Rd, Ellsworth, ME 04605ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Tue Closed · Wed to Thu 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Fri 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM · Sat to Sun ClosedConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameCoastal Eye CareConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(207) 667-6300ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday7:30 AM to 4:30 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesdayClosedConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday7:30 AM to 4:30 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday7:30 AM to 4:30 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday7:30 AM to 12:30 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturdayClosedConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSundayClosedConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
ServicesServiceEye examinationsAI guess
LinksFacebookhttps://facebook.com/coastaleyemaineAI guessOur record
LinksWebsitehttp://www.coastaleyecare.net/ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

Visiting Coastal Eye Care

Address: 128 Bucksport Rd, Ellsworth, ME 04605, USA. Phone: (207) 667-6300. Hours: Mon 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Closed Tue · Wed to Thu 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Fri 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

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Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
The Black House Museum at WoodlawnMuseum6 min walk

Reputation

3.7 average across 33 reviews: Google 33. (Confirmed, read July 10, 2026.)

Coastal Eye Care is distinguished by its effective cataract and lens replacement procedures, although it faces challenges with wait times and billing practices. (AI guess, from 33 reviews.)

What people like

  • Cataract removal and lens replacement procedures

What people do not like

  • Long wait times without communication
  • Billing errors and poor customer service
  • Difficulty contacting the office by phone

Press

Awards

Directories

Listed on 2 of the 2 directories we checked.

DirectoryListed
Apple MapsListed
YelpListed

Questions people ask

prices round here, anyone got a number

Booking here, how does it work?

which one, Coastal Eye Care or Coastal Health?

services here, what do people go in for?

best doctor's office in Ellsworth

what time does Coastal Eye Care in Ellsworth actually open?

planning a Saturday visit, is that a wasted trip

is there a way to spread the cost here

same day appts, does that ever happen here

Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?

who is actually holding the needle here?

Why do people rate Coastal Eye Care?

Somewhere to park near Coastal Eye Care?

Worth the hype at Coastal Eye Care?

last update from here was when?

do I need to fill anything in beforehand

numbing at Coastal Eye Care, do you have to ask for it?

The AI Score: 25 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Doctor's offices on the registry run 13 to 66. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Coastal Eye Care scores 25. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresCoastal Eye Care
Retrieval grounding260Whether 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.Poor
Off-property attestation2041Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility140Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Poor
Reviews & response1265The 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 authority856Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Fair
Google Business Profile879Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile757Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Fair
Content freshness & schema557Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Fair

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a doctor's office: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-med-spa. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-med-spa

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.

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Coastal Eye CareMedicalBusiness#businesshttp://www.coastaleyecare.net/Subject of this page
Ellsworth, MaineCity#cityCity Coastal Eye Care is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the doctor's offices in Ellsworth, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best doctor's offices in Ellsworth: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/me/ellsworth/doctors-office
  • Best businesses in Ellsworth: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/me/ellsworth

Nearby

  • /portland: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/me/portland

Every list

  • Every leaderboard in Maine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/me

References

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Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJpUxHh6PxrkwRkSfro1rAtf4 (accessed Jul 10, 2026)
  • [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)

The code behind this page

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1. HTTP response headers

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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# Coastal Eye Care, Ellsworth ME: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-28.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me

## Photos

- ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmreh2t2o00uuoqy09opekbcl%2F0.jpg)


## In short

Coastal Eye Care is a doctor's office in Ellsworth, ME. Its AI Score is 25 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Doctor's office |
| Address | 128 Bucksport Rd, Ellsworth, ME 04605, USA |
| Hours | Mon 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Closed Tue · Wed to Thu 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Fri 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (207) 667-6300 |
| Rating | 3.7 across 33 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 28, 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 | 128 Bucksport Rd, Ellsworth, ME 04605, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 128 Bucksport Rd, Ellsworth, ME 04605 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Tue Closed · Wed to Thu 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Fri 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Coastal Eye Care | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (207) 667-6300 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Eye examinations | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/coastaleyemaine | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | http://www.coastaleyecare.net/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Coastal Eye Care

Address: 128 Bucksport Rd, Ellsworth, ME 04605, USA. Phone: (207) 667-6300. Hours: Mon 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Closed Tue · Wed to Thu 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM · Fri 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Parking and getting in

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Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in


### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Black House Museum at Woodlawn | Museum | 6 min walk |


## Reputation

3.7 average across 33 reviews: Google 33. (Confirmed, read July 10, 2026.)

Coastal Eye Care is distinguished by its effective cataract and lens replacement procedures, although it faces challenges with wait times and billing practices. (AI guess, from 33 reviews.)


### What people like

- Cataract removal and lens replacement procedures


### What people do not like

- Long wait times without communication
- Billing errors and poor customer service
- Difficulty contacting the office by phone


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

Listed on 2 of the 2 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Apple Maps | Listed |
| Yelp | Listed |


## Questions people ask


### prices round here, anyone got a number


### Booking here, how does it work?


### which one, Coastal Eye Care or Coastal Health?


### services here, what do people go in for?


### best doctor's office in Ellsworth


### what time does Coastal Eye Care in Ellsworth actually open?


### planning a Saturday visit, is that a wasted trip


### is there a way to spread the cost here


### same day appts, does that ever happen here


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


### who is actually holding the needle here?


### Why do people rate Coastal Eye Care?


### Somewhere to park near Coastal Eye Care?


### Worth the hype at Coastal Eye Care?


### last update from here was when?


### do I need to fill anything in beforehand


### numbing at Coastal Eye Care, do you have to ask for it?


## The AI Score: 25 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Doctor's offices on the registry run 13 to 66. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Coastal Eye Care scores 25. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Coastal Eye Care |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | 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. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | 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 | 65 | 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 | 56 | 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 | 57 | 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 a doctor's office: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-med-spa. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-med-spa


## 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 Coastal Eye Care |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Coastal Eye Care | MedicalBusiness | #business | http://www.coastaleyecare.net/ | Subject of this page |
| Ellsworth, Maine | City | #city |  | City Coastal Eye Care 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 doctor's offices in Ellsworth, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best doctor's offices in Ellsworth: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/me/ellsworth/doctors-office
- Best businesses in Ellsworth: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/me/ellsworth


### Nearby

- /portland: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/me/portland


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Maine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/me


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJpUxHh6PxrkwRkSfro1rAtf4 (accessed Jul 10, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)

The files every page on the registry shares, and how to copy this code for your own site, are here: https://localairegistry.com/developers

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  1. prices round here, anyone got a number Question by bucksport_ray, Sep 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/what-does-a-doctors-office-actually-cost-in-ellsworth
  2. Booking here, how does it work? Question by hopeful_on_bucksport, Sep 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/does-coastal-eye-care-accept-reservations
  3. which one, Coastal Eye Care or Coastal Health? Question by spring_reader_west, Sep 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/coastal-eye-care-or-coastal-health-center-for-skilled-optometrists-for
  4. services here, what do people go in for? Question by bucksport_tess, Sep 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/what-special-features-does-coastal-eye-care-offer
  5. best doctor's office in Ellsworth Question by reading_reviews_in_ellsworth, Sep 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/best-doctors-office-in-ellsworth
  6. what time does Coastal Eye Care in Ellsworth actually open? Question by wedding_sitter_downtown, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/what-are-the-operating-hours-of-coastal-eye-care
  7. planning a Saturday visit, is that a wasted trip Question by new_here_in_ellsworth_04605, Sep 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/is-coastal-eye-care-open-on-saturdays
  8. is there a way to spread the cost here Question by spontaneous_in_ellsworth, Sep 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/does-coastal-eye-care-do-payment-plans
  9. same day appts, does that ever happen here Question by reading_reviews_on_bucksport, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/does-coastal-eye-care-ever-have-last-minute-openings
  10. Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? Question by undecided_on_bucksport, Aug 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/the-reviews-look-glowing-what-are-the-real-complaints
  11. who is actually holding the needle here? Question by autumn_bride_west, Aug 19, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/is-coastal-eye-care-run-by-medical-staff-or-by-technicians
  12. Why do people rate Coastal Eye Care? Question by early_on_bucksport, Aug 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/what-do-people-actually-like-about-coastal-eye-care
  13. Somewhere to park near Coastal Eye Care? Question by may_reader_south, Aug 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/is-there-parking-available-at-coastal-eye-care
  14. Worth the hype at Coastal Eye Care? Question by ellsworth_hazel, Aug 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/what-is-coastal-eye-care-known-for
  15. last update from here was when? Question by ellsworth_noor, Jul 29, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/what-has-coastal-eye-care-been-posting-lately
  16. do I need to fill anything in beforehand Question by bucksport_may, Jul 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/what-should-i-know-before-a-consult-at-coastal-eye-care
  17. numbing at Coastal Eye Care, do you have to ask for it? Question by ellsworth_zadie, Jul 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/me/ellsworth/coastal-eye-care-ellsworth-me/q/can-i-ask-for-numbing-at-coastal-eye-care-without-it-being-weird

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  1. [1]VisitName, address, phone, hours and 2 other detailsGoogle Business Profile.Primary source · Accessed Jul 10, 2026 · https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJpUxHh6PxrkwRkSfro1rAtf4
  2. [2]ServicesEye examinationsAI engine output: ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026.AI engine output · Accessed Sep 18, 2026 · https://localairegistry.com/methodology