services here, what do people go in for?
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Eye care center in Durham, NC
2.8 · 249 reviewsOpens today at 8 AMOpens today at 8 AM
As one of the top eye centers in the country, the Duke Eye Center treats more than 175,000 people each year and offers the full spectrum of eye care. Duke Eye Center's expert ophthalmologists offer comprehensive eye care services to Durham, North Carolina and the surrounding areas.
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What Duke Eye offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
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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 Duke Eye.
2.8from 249 reviews on Google
Duke Eye Center is known for its specialized care but suffers from significant delays and logistical challenges that frustrate patients. Patients frequently report long wait times, often exceeding several hours, even for scheduled appointments. While some staff members, like Dr. Carlson, receive praise for their care, many reviews highlight frustrations with the overall patient experience, including poor communication and logistical issues.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
46 Durham avg
Signal and how much it countsDuke Eye
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
Duke Eye, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Duke Eye, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Duke Eye. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Eye care centers in Durham, NC · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated November 1, 2026.
Published July 16, 2026 · Updated November 1, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Duke Eye Center is an eye care center in Durham, NC. Its AI Score is 72 of 100, which is good.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Eye care center |
| Address | 2351 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (919) 681-3937 |
| Rating | 2.8 across 249 reviews on Google |
| Updated | November 1, 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 | 2351 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | As one of the top eye centers in the country, the Duke Eye Center treats more than 175,000 people each year and offers the full spectrum of eye care. Duke Eye Center's expert ophthalmologists offer comprehensive eye care services to Durham, North Carolina and the surrounding areas. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Duke Eye Center | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (919) 681-3937 | 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 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Comprehensive eye exams | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Ophthalmology consultations | AI guess | |
| Links | https://facebook.com/dukehealth | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | https://instagram.com/dukehealth | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | Website | https://www.dukehealth.org/locations/duke-eye-center?utm_source=google&utm_medium=local&utm_campaign=evergreen | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
Address: 2351 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705, USA. Phone: (919) 681-3937. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "As one of the top eye centers in the country, the Duke Eye Center treats more than 175,000 people each year and offers the full spectrum of eye care. Duke Eye Center's expert ophthalmologists offer comprehensive eye care services to Durham, North Carolina and the surrounding areas."
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| SP+ Parking | Parking garage | 1 min walk |
| Durham, NC | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Erwin Rd at Fulton St (Duke University Hospital) | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Erwin Rd at Fulton St (EB) | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Erwin Rd at Fulton St | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Starbucks Coffee Company | Coffee shop | 2 min walk |
2.8 average across 249 reviews: Google 249. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)
Duke Eye Center is known for its specialized care but suffers from significant delays and logistical challenges that frustrate patients. (AI guess, from 249 reviews.)
We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini about Duke Eye. These are the answers that don’t match this page.
ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 20, 2026. Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026.
| Fact | What AI says | What this page says |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 20, 2026: 0 The Eye Center | 2351 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705, USA |
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Durham eye care centers run 38 to 72. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Duke Eye scores 72, above the Durham average of 46. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Duke Eye |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 100 | 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 | 40 | 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 | 100 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Good |
| 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 | 69 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 59 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 66 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |
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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| Duke Eye Center | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://www.dukehealth.org/locations/duke-eye-center?utm_source=google&utm_medium=local&utm_campaign=evergreen | Subject of this page |
| Durham, North Carolina | City | #city | City Duke 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 Durham, 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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# Duke Eye Center, Durham NC: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/nc/durham/duke-eye-center-durham-nc. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-11-01. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/nc/durham/duke-eye-center-durham-nc ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Duke Eye Center is an eye care center in Durham, NC. Its AI Score is 72 of 100, which is good. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Eye care center | | Address | 2351 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun | | Phone | (919) 681-3937 | | Rating | 2.8 across 249 reviews on Google | | Updated | November 1, 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 | 2351 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | As one of the top eye centers in the country, the Duke Eye Center treats more than 175,000 people each year and offers the full spectrum of eye care. Duke Eye Center's expert ophthalmologists offer comprehensive eye care services to Durham, North Carolina and the surrounding areas. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Duke Eye Center | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (919) 681-3937 | 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 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Comprehensive eye exams | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Ophthalmology consultations | AI guess | | | Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/dukehealth | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/dukehealth | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | https://www.dukehealth.org/locations/duke-eye-center?utm_source=google&utm_medium=local&utm_campaign=evergreen | 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 Duke Eye Address: 2351 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705, USA. Phone: (919) 681-3937. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "As one of the top eye centers in the country, the Duke Eye Center treats more than 175,000 people each year and offers the full spectrum of eye care. Duke Eye Center's expert ophthalmologists offer comprehensive eye care services to Durham, North Carolina and the surrounding areas." ### 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | SP+ Parking | Parking garage | 1 min walk | | Durham, NC | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Erwin Rd at Fulton St (Duke University Hospital) | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Erwin Rd at Fulton St (EB) | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Erwin Rd at Fulton St | Bus stop | 2 min walk | | Starbucks Coffee Company | Coffee shop | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 2.8 average across 249 reviews: Google 249. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.) Duke Eye Center is known for its specialized care but suffers from significant delays and logistical challenges that frustrate patients. (AI guess, from 249 reviews.) ### What people like - Friendly staff during exams ### What people do not like - Excessive wait times - Poor communication and logistics - Inefficient check-in process ### 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 ### services here, what do people go in for? ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? ### torn between Duke Eye and The Eye? ### what time does Duke Eye in Durham actually open? ### parking at Duke Eye, where does everyone put the car? ### people keep recommending Duke Eye, what for? ### Does Duke Eye split it over a few months? ### real doctors here, or is it beauticians ### how much is a first visit around here ### genuinely, what is good about this one ### planning a Saturday visit, is that a wasted trip ### Duke Eye, any chance to book in this week? ### best eye care center in Durham ### walk in here, or is it appointment only? ### anything I should sort out before a consult here? ### last update from here was when? ### numbing at Duke Eye, do you have to ask for it? ## What AI gets wrong about Duke Eye We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini about Duke Eye. These are the answers that don’t match this page. ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 20, 2026. Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026. | Fact | What AI says | What this page says | | --- | --- | --- | | Address | Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 20, 2026: 0 The Eye Center | 2351 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705, USA | ## The AI Score: 72 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Durham eye care centers run 38 to 72. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Duke Eye scores 72, above the Durham average of 46. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Duke Eye | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 100 | 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 | 40 | 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 | 100 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Good | | 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 | 69 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 59 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 66 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good | 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 Duke Eye | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Duke Eye Center | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://www.dukehealth.org/locations/duke-eye-center?utm_source=google&utm_medium=local&utm_campaign=evergreen | Subject of this page | | Durham, North Carolina | City | #city | | City Duke 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 Durham, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best eye care centers in Durham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/durham/eye-care-center - Best businesses in Durham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/durham ### Nearby - /raleigh: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/raleigh - /chapel-hill: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/chapel-hill - /greensboro: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/greensboro ### Every list - Every leaderboard in North Carolina: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJx6ohCa3mrIkR0mtxlZvi10k (accessed Jul 16, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 20, 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 Durham, NC · Editorial</p>
<h2>Duke Eye Center, Durham NC: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated November 1, 2026.</p>
<p>Published July 16, 2026 · Updated November 1, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
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<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Duke Eye Center is an eye care center in Durham, NC. Its AI Score is 72 of 100, which is good.</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>2351 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(919) 681-3937</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>2.8 across 249 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>November 1, 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>2351 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>As one of the top eye centers in the country, the Duke Eye Center treats more than 175,000 people each year and offers the full spectrum of eye care. Duke Eye Center's expert ophthalmologists offer comprehensive eye care services to Durham, North Carolina and the surrounding areas.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Duke Eye Center</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(919) 681-3937</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 5:00 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>Comprehensive eye exams</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Ophthalmology consultations</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Facebook</td><td>https://facebook.com/dukehealth</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Our record</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Instagram</td><td>https://instagram.com/dukehealth</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Our record</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>https://www.dukehealth.org/locations/duke-eye-center?utm_source=google&utm_medium=local&utm_campaign=evergreen</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<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-duke-eye">
<h3>Visiting Duke Eye</h3>
<p>Address: 2351 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705, USA. Phone: (919) 681-3937. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "As one of the top eye centers in the country, the Duke Eye Center treats more than 175,000 people each year and offers the full spectrum of eye care. Duke Eye Center's expert ophthalmologists offer comprehensive eye care services to Durham, North Carolina and the surrounding areas."</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>SP+ Parking</td><td>Parking garage</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Durham, NC</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Erwin Rd at Fulton St (Duke University Hospital)</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Erwin Rd at Fulton St (EB)</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Erwin Rd at Fulton St</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Starbucks Coffee Company</td><td>Coffee shop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>2.8 average across 249 reviews: Google 249. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)</p>
<p>Duke Eye Center is known for its specialized care but suffers from significant delays and logistical challenges that frustrate patients. (AI guess, from 249 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
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<li>Friendly staff during exams</li>
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<h4>What people do not like</h4>
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<li>Excessive wait times</li>
<li>Poor communication and logistics</li>
<li>Inefficient check-in process</li>
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<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>services here, what do people go in for?</h4>
<h4>Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?</h4>
<h4>torn between Duke Eye and The Eye?</h4>
<h4>what time does Duke Eye in Durham actually open?</h4>
<h4>parking at Duke Eye, where does everyone put the car?</h4>
<h4>people keep recommending Duke Eye, what for?</h4>
<h4>Does Duke Eye split it over a few months?</h4>
<h4>real doctors here, or is it beauticians</h4>
<h4>how much is a first visit around here</h4>
<h4>genuinely, what is good about this one</h4>
<h4>planning a Saturday visit, is that a wasted trip</h4>
<h4>Duke Eye, any chance to book in this week?</h4>
<h4>best eye care center in Durham</h4>
<h4>walk in here, or is it appointment only?</h4>
<h4>anything I should sort out before a consult here?</h4>
<h4>last update from here was when?</h4>
<h4>numbing at Duke Eye, do you have to ask for it?</h4>
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<section id="ai-what-ai-gets-wrong">
<h3>What AI gets wrong about Duke Eye</h3>
<p>We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini about Duke Eye. These are the answers that don’t match this page.</p>
<p>ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 20, 2026. Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">What AI says</th><th scope="col">What this page says</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Address</td><td>Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 20, 2026: 0 The Eye Center</td><td>2351 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705, USA</td></tr>
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<h3>The AI Score: 72 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Durham eye care centers run 38 to 72. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Duke Eye scores 72, above the Durham average of 46. 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">Duke Eye</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>100</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>40</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>100</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>65</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>69</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</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>59</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>66</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Good</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 Duke Eye</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Duke Eye Center</td><td>MedicalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>https://www.dukehealth.org/locations/duke-eye-center?utm_source=google&utm_medium=local&utm_campaign=evergreen</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Durham, North Carolina</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Duke 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 Durham, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
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<li>Best eye care centers in Durham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/durham/eye-care-center</li>
<li>Best businesses in Durham: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/durham</li>
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<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<li>/raleigh: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/raleigh</li>
<li>/chapel-hill: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/chapel-hill</li>
<li>/greensboro: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc/greensboro</li>
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<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in North Carolina: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc</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:ChIJx6ohCa3mrIkR0mtxlZvi10k (accessed Jul 16, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 20, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
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