are prices in Durham higher than everywhere else
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Eye care center in Durham, NC
4.8 · 1,262 reviewsOpens today at 10 AMOpens today at 10 AM
Optical chain selling prescription eyewear, contact lenses & sunglasses. Most offer on-site exams.
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What The Eye offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
The business sells prescription eyewear, contact lenses and sunglasses. Pretzel Twister is a restaurant a 1 minute walk away for food. Chipotle Mexican Grill is a Mexican restaurant a 2 minute walk away for food. Panera Bread is a cafe a 2 minute walk away for food.
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 The Eye.
4.8from 1,262 reviews on Google
The Eye Center Durham is praised for its knowledgeable doctors and clean environment, but faces criticism for billing issues and appointment management. Customers generally describe The Eye Center Durham as a clean and efficient eye care facility with friendly staff. Many appreciate the professionalism of specific staff members, including Dr. Wang and Dr. Besharat, who are noted for their informative consultations. However, some reviews indicate issues with appointment scheduling and billing transparency.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
50 Durham avg
Signal and how much it countsThe Eye
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
The Eye, as AI sees it. Blue signals help The Eye, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about The 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
The Eye Center Durham is an eye care center. Its AI Score is 52 of 100, which is fair.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Eye care center |
| Address | 6910 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27713, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 10 AM to 6 PM · Closed Sat · Sun 12 PM to 5 PM |
| Phone | (919) 484-9696 |
| Rating | 4.8 across 1,262 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 | 6910 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27713, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Optical chain selling prescription eyewear, contact lenses & sunglasses. Most offer on-site exams. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM · Sat Closed · Sun 12:00 to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | The Eye Center Durham | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (919) 484-9696 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Contact lens sales | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Eye exams | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Prescription eyewear sales | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Sunglasses sales | AI guess | |
| Links | Website | https://local.lenscrafters.com/eyedoctors/nc/durham/6910-fayetteville-road.html?cid=yext_odLCOD1319-110000031&y_source=1_MjI4MDMyMi03MTUtbG9jYXRpb24ud2Vic2l0ZQ%3D%3D | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
Address: 6910 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27713, USA. Phone: (919) 484-9696. Hours: Mon to Fri 10 AM to 6 PM · Closed Sat · Sun 12 PM to 5 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Optical chain selling prescription eyewear, contact lenses & sunglasses. Most offer on-site exams."
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Pretzel Twister | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Panera Bread | Cafe | 2 min walk |
| Capital One Café | Coffee shop | 2 min walk |
| Starbucks Coffee Company | Coffee shop | 3 min walk |
| Thai kitchen | Thai restaurant | 3 min walk |
4.8 average across 1,262 reviews: Google 1,262. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)
The Eye Center Durham is praised for its knowledgeable doctors and clean environment, but faces criticism for billing issues and appointment management. (AI guess, from 1,262 reviews.)
We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini about The Eye. These are the answers that don’t match this page.
ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 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 17, 2026: 7 Duke Eye Center | 6910 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27713, 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. The Eye scores 52, above the Durham average of 50. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | The Eye |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 50 | 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. | Fair |
| 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 | 33 | 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 | 64 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 49 | 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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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Durham, North Carolina | City | #city | City The 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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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.
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# The Eye Center Durham, Durham NC: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/nc/durham/the-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/the-eye-center-durham-nc ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short The Eye Center Durham is an eye care center. Its AI Score is 52 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 | 6910 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27713, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 10 AM to 6 PM · Closed Sat · Sun 12 PM to 5 PM | | Phone | (919) 484-9696 | | Rating | 4.8 across 1,262 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 | 6910 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27713, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Optical chain selling prescription eyewear, contact lenses & sunglasses. Most offer on-site exams. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM · Sat Closed · Sun 12:00 to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | The Eye Center Durham | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (919) 484-9696 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Contact lens sales | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Eye exams | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Prescription eyewear sales | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Sunglasses sales | AI guess | | | Links | Website | https://local.lenscrafters.com/eyedoctors/nc/durham/6910-fayetteville-road.html?cid=yext_odLCOD1319-110000031&y_source=1_MjI4MDMyMi03MTUtbG9jYXRpb24ud2Vic2l0ZQ%3D%3D | 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 The Eye Address: 6910 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27713, USA. Phone: (919) 484-9696. Hours: Mon to Fri 10 AM to 6 PM · Closed Sat · Sun 12 PM to 5 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Optical chain selling prescription eyewear, contact lenses & sunglasses. Most offer on-site exams." ### 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | Pretzel Twister | Restaurant | 1 min walk | | Chipotle Mexican Grill | Mexican restaurant | 2 min walk | | Panera Bread | Cafe | 2 min walk | | Capital One Café | Coffee shop | 2 min walk | | Starbucks Coffee Company | Coffee shop | 3 min walk | | Thai kitchen | Thai restaurant | 3 min walk | ## Reputation 4.8 average across 1,262 reviews: Google 1,262. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.) The Eye Center Durham is praised for its knowledgeable doctors and clean environment, but faces criticism for billing issues and appointment management. (AI guess, from 1,262 reviews.) ### What people like - Clean environment - Friendly front desk staff ### What people do not like - Billing transparency problems - Long wait times despite appointments - Inaccurate prescriptions ### 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 ### are prices in Durham higher than everywhere else ### medical staff here, or is it techs? ### is there a socials account worth following ### which one, The Eye or Duke Eye? ### services here, what do people go in for? ### pain wise, what is it like here ### paying in instalments, is that possible here ### cancellation list here, is there one ### anyone tell me what a consult here involves ### Somewhere to park near The Eye? ### Worth the hype at The Eye? ### what time does The Eye in Durham actually open? ### best eye care center in Durham ### the good stuff about The Eye, what is it? ### killing time on Fayetteville, any ideas ### anything people actually moan about here? ### Booking here, how does it work? ## What AI gets wrong about The Eye We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini about The Eye. These are the answers that don’t match this page. ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 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 17, 2026: 7 Duke Eye Center | 6910 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27713, USA | ## The AI Score: 52 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. The Eye scores 52, above the Durham average of 50. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | The Eye | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 50 | 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. | Fair | | 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 | 33 | 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 | 64 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 49 | 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 The Eye | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | The Eye Center Durham | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://local.lenscrafters.com/eyedoctors/nc/durham/6910-fayetteville-road.html?cid=yext_odLCOD1319-110000031&y_source=1_MjI4MDMyMi03MTUtbG9jYXRpb24ud2Vic2l0ZQ%3D%3D | Subject of this page | | Durham, North Carolina | City | #city | | City The 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:ChIJ14gjAMjorIkRsfO9_hZcLhI (accessed Jul 16, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 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>The Eye Center Durham, 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>The Eye Center Durham is an eye care center. Its AI Score is 52 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>6910 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27713, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 10 AM to 6 PM · Closed Sat · Sun 12 PM to 5 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(919) 484-9696</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.8 across 1,262 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>November 1, 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>6910 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27713, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Optical chain selling prescription eyewear, contact lenses & sunglasses. Most offer on-site exams.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM · Sat Closed · Sun 12:00 to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>The Eye Center Durham</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(919) 484-9696</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>10:00 AM to 6:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>10:00 AM to 6:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>10:00 AM to 6:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>10:00 AM to 6:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>10:00 AM to 6:00 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>12:00 PM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Contact lens sales</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>Prescription eyewear sales</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Sunglasses sales</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>https://local.lenscrafters.com/eyedoctors/nc/durham/6910-fayetteville-road.html?cid=yext_odLCOD1319-110000031&y_source=1_MjI4MDMyMi03MTUtbG9jYXRpb24ud2Vic2l0ZQ%3D%3D</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>
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<section id="ai-visiting-the-eye">
<h3>Visiting The Eye</h3>
<p>Address: 6910 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27713, USA. Phone: (919) 484-9696. Hours: Mon to Fri 10 AM to 6 PM · Closed Sat · Sun 12 PM to 5 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Optical chain selling prescription eyewear, contact lenses & sunglasses. Most offer on-site exams."</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>Pretzel Twister</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Chipotle Mexican Grill</td><td>Mexican restaurant</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Panera Bread</td><td>Cafe</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Capital One Café</td><td>Coffee shop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Starbucks Coffee Company</td><td>Coffee shop</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Thai kitchen</td><td>Thai restaurant</td><td>3 min walk</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.8 average across 1,262 reviews: Google 1,262. (Confirmed, read July 16, 2026.)</p>
<p>The Eye Center Durham is praised for its knowledgeable doctors and clean environment, but faces criticism for billing issues and appointment management. (AI guess, from 1,262 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
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<li>Clean environment</li>
<li>Friendly front desk staff</li>
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<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Billing transparency problems</li>
<li>Long wait times despite appointments</li>
<li>Inaccurate prescriptions</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>are prices in Durham higher than everywhere else</h4>
<h4>medical staff here, or is it techs?</h4>
<h4>is there a socials account worth following</h4>
<h4>which one, The Eye or Duke Eye?</h4>
<h4>services here, what do people go in for?</h4>
<h4>pain wise, what is it like here</h4>
<h4>paying in instalments, is that possible here</h4>
<h4>cancellation list here, is there one</h4>
<h4>anyone tell me what a consult here involves</h4>
<h4>Somewhere to park near The Eye?</h4>
<h4>Worth the hype at The Eye?</h4>
<h4>what time does The Eye in Durham actually open?</h4>
<h4>best eye care center in Durham</h4>
<h4>the good stuff about The Eye, what is it?</h4>
<h4>killing time on Fayetteville, any ideas</h4>
<h4>anything people actually moan about here?</h4>
<h4>Booking here, how does it work?</h4>
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<section id="ai-what-ai-gets-wrong">
<h3>What AI gets wrong about The Eye</h3>
<p>We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini about The Eye. These are the answers that don’t match this page.</p>
<p>ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 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>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 2026: 7 Duke Eye Center</td><td>6910 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27713, USA</td></tr>
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<h3>The AI Score: 52 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. The Eye scores 52, above the Durham average of 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">The Eye</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>50</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>Fair</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>33</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>64</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>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>49</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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</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>
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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 The Eye</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>The Eye Center Durham</td><td>MedicalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>https://local.lenscrafters.com/eyedoctors/nc/durham/6910-fayetteville-road.html?cid=yext_odLCOD1319-110000031&y_source=1_MjI4MDMyMi03MTUtbG9jYXRpb24ud2Vic2l0ZQ%3D%3D</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Durham, North Carolina</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City The 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>
<ul>
<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>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<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>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in North Carolina: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/nc</li>
</ul>
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<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:ChIJ14gjAMjorIkRsfO9_hZcLhI (accessed Jul 16, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 17, 2026; Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
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