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Textured Press

Textured Press, Middletown, New York[Photo 1]
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4.9 · 272 reviewsOpen until 9

Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack

28AI ScoreNamed in 0 of 23 answersChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 23, 2026. Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 3, 2026. Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 23, 2026.

ConfirmedVisitorAI guess

400 NY-211, Middletown, NY 10940

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AI checked this page on Aug 24, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from new_year_lurker_downtown.

Answers marked AI. Summaries of reviews and the record.

Services

What Textured Press offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

Known for

Reviews not read yet, back on Scan Day.

The menu

  • Protein therapyBeauty salonAsk
  • Blank page 2Beauty salonAsk
  • Blank page 3Beauty salonAsk
  • ClassesBeauty salonAsk
  • PortfolioBeauty salonAsk
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Team

Who you'll see, and whether their licenses check out. We check the license before a new person shows as confirmed.

No one is named here yet. The owner can add who works here.

Today7 AM to 9 PM
ParkingNothing found

Busy times

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Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Textured Press.

4.9from 272 reviews on Google

Textured Press stands out for its focus on educating clients about their natural hair care journey, led by the knowledgeable stylist Ebony. At Textured Press, customers experience a personalized and educational approach to hair care, particularly for natural textures. Many reviews highlight the expertise of stylist Ebony, who not only styles hair but also empowers clients with knowledge about their hair health and maintenance.

  • 584%
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  • 112%
Would go back84%84% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars. We assume a good visit means they'd go back.Positive 84%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 0%, 3 stars · Negative 16%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Ebony's silk press technique
  • Personalized hair care education
  • Attention to detail in styling
The bad
  • Unresponsive communication for appointment requests
  • Pressure to accept trims during appointments

Press and awards

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What AI reads

The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Textured Press. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.

Local AI Registry · Beauty salons in Middletown, NY · Editorial

Textured Press, Middletown: a beauty salon in Middletown (2026 guide)

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Former Google Search executive and former Microsoft executive, with 20+ years in digital.

Fact-checked against 9 sources · Published August 24, 2026 · Updated August 24, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

Owner review: not yet. Textured Press has not checked this page. Claim to review it

In short

Textured Press is a beauty salon in Middletown, NY. Its AI Score is 28 of 100, which is poor.

Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like Gemini, Perplexity and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page.

Key facts

FactValue
TypeBeauty salon
Address400 NY-211, Middletown, NY 10940, USA
HoursMon 7 AM to 9 PM · Closed Tue to Wed · Thu to Fri 7 AM to 9 PM · Sat 7 AM to 4 PM · Sun 9 AM to 4 PM
Phone(917) 932-5086
OwnerNothing found
Rating4.9 across 272 reviews on Google
Known forNothing found
PricesNothing found
Quietest timeNothing found
ParkingNothing found
Last verifiedOctober 23, 2026, 8:39 AM

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 infoAddress400 NY-211, Middletown, NY 10940, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026
Location infoDescription400 NY-211, Middletown, NY 10940ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026
Location infoHoursMon 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Tue to Wed Closed · Thu to Fri 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Sat 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sun 9:00 AM to 4:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026
Location infoNameTextured PressConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026
Location infoPhone(917) 932-5086ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026
HoursMonday7:00 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026
HoursTuesdayClosedConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026
HoursWednesdayClosedConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026
HoursThursday7:00 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026
HoursFriday7:00 AM to 9:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026
HoursSaturday7:00 AM to 4:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026
HoursSunday9:00 AM to 4:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026
ServicesServiceBeauty classesAI guessNothing found
ServicesServiceBlank page 2ConfirmedBusiness website, checked Sep 19, 2026
ServicesServiceBlank page 3ConfirmedBusiness website, checked Sep 19, 2026
ServicesServiceClassesConfirmedBusiness website, checked Sep 19, 2026
ServicesServiceHot oil therapyConfirmedBusiness website, checked Sep 19, 2026
ServicesServiceHydration therapyConfirmedBusiness website, checked Sep 19, 2026
ServicesServiceNewsletter copyConfirmedBusiness website, checked Sep 19, 2026
ServicesServicePortfolioConfirmedBusiness website, checked Sep 19, 2026
ServicesServiceProtein therapyConfirmedBusiness website, checked Sep 19, 2026
LinksFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/textured-press-304378810055225ConfirmedBusiness website, checked Oct 23, 2026
LinksInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/texturedpressConfirmedBusiness website, checked Oct 23, 2026
LinksWebsitehttp://www.texturedpress.com/ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026

Services and prices

These are the 8 services Textured Press offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

ServicePricePrice markPrice evidenceService mark
Protein therapyConfirmed
Blank page 2Confirmed
Blank page 3Confirmed
ClassesConfirmed
PortfolioConfirmed
Hot oil therapyConfirmed
Hydration therapyConfirmed
Newsletter copyConfirmed

Known for

Reviews not read yet, back on Scan Day.

The team

Nothing found

Visiting Textured Press

Address: 400 NY-211, Middletown, NY 10940, USA. Phone: (917) 932-5086. Hours: Mon 7 AM to 9 PM · Closed Tue to Wed · Thu to Fri 7 AM to 9 PM · Sat 7 AM to 4 PM · Sun 9 AM to 4 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 24, 2026 at 5:33 PM.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

Business description, written by Textured Press on its Google Business Profile: "400 NY-211, Middletown, NY 10940"

When to go

Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day.

Parking and getting in

Nothing found

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
Pizza Star (Middletown)Pizza restaurant1 min walk
WingstopChicken wings restaurant2 min walk
Shahs Halal Food MiddletownHalal restaurant2 min walk
Texas RoadhouseSteak house2 min walk
Big LotsBus stop2 min walk
Mr Sushi & GrillSushi restaurant2 min walk

Reputation

4.9 average across 272 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 24, 2026.)

(AI guess, from 272 reviews.)

What people like

  • Personalized hair care education
  • Attention to detail in styling

What people do not like

  • Unresponsive communication for appointment requests
  • Pressure to accept trims during appointments

Press

No press story about Textured Press found yet.

Awards

None named yet.

Directories

Directory listings not read yet.

Recent updates from Textured Press

Textured Press hasn't posted an update here yet.

Questions people ask

services here, what do people go in for?

No answer yet

is there a common complaint here

No answer yet

the good stuff about Textured Press, what is it?

No answer yet

how much is a first visit around here

No answer yet

anyone been on a Tuesday, were they trading

No answer yet

Are the hours on Google right for this salon?

No answer yet

walk in at Textured Press in Middletown, or is it appointment only?

No answer yet

torn between this salon and Mari's Beauty?

No answer yet

parking at Textured Press, where does everyone put the car?

No answer yet

payment plans at Textured Press, is that a thing?

No answer yet

cancellation list here, is there one

No answer yet

Worth the hype at Textured Press?

No answer yet

what else is on Ny around this salon?

No answer yet

best beauty salon in Middletown

No answer yet

anything new from Textured Press lately?

No answer yet

Booking a first appointment at Textured Press, what happens?

No answer yet

anywhere cheaper than Textured Press in Middletown that is still good?

No answer yet

What AI gets wrong about Textured Press

We ask Gemini, Perplexity and ChatGPT about Textured Press. These are the answers that disagree with the record.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 23, 2026. Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 3, 2026. Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 23, 2026.

No capture has disagreed with the record yet.

The AI Score: 28 of 100

The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Middletown beauty salons run 14 to 32. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Textured Press scores 28, above the Middletown average of 26. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresTextured Press
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 attestation2040Volume 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.Named in 0 of 23 answers that recommended anyone. 13 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored.
Reviews & response1284The 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 authority863Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Fair
Google Business Profile890Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile766Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Good
Content freshness & schema5100Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Good

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

How AI decides what to tell you about a beauty salon

When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on.

That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today.

The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place."

How to choose a beauty salon in New York, with or without AI

A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating.

  • Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door.
  • Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake.
  • Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today.
  • Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes.
  • Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with New York.

How to read the marks on this page

  • Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry.
  • Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit.
  • AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it.

About the author

Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine.

  • Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping.
  • Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing.
  • Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including Textured Press if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source.

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.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to Textured Press
Textured PressLocalBusiness#businesshttp://www.texturedpress.com/Subject of this page
Middletown, New YorkCity#cityNothing foundCity Textured Press is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/teamAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the beauty salons in Middletown, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best beauty salons in Middletown: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/middletown/beauty-salon
  • Best businesses in Middletown: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/middletown

Nearby

  • /new-york: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/new-york
  • /poughkeepsie: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/poughkeepsie
  • /flushing: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/flushing
  • /kingston: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/kingston
  • /huntington: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/huntington
  • /rochester: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/rochester

Every list

  • Every leaderboard in New York: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny

Frequently asked questions

What is AI search optimization for local business?

Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it.

What is Local AI Registry?

The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free.

Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next.

Who writes the answers here?

Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so.

I own Textured Press. How do I fix something or rank higher?

Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work.

References

Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJY85KwAJZwokRhIKDAAu_hx0 (accessed Aug 24, 2026)
  • [2] texturedpress.com, https://www.texturedpress.com/blank-page (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
  • [3] texturedpress.com, https://www.texturedpress.com/blank-page-2 (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
  • [4] texturedpress.com, https://www.texturedpress.com/blank-page-3 (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
  • [5] texturedpress.com, https://www.texturedpress.com/classes (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
  • [6] texturedpress.com, https://www.texturedpress.com/newsletter-copy (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
  • [7] texturedpress.com, https://www.texturedpress.com/portfolio (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
  • [8] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 23, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 3, 2026; Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 23, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
  • [9] texturedpress.com, http://www.texturedpress.com/ (accessed Oct 23, 2026)

The code behind this page

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.

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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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Invites every major AI crawler by name. Many sites block them. We want this page read and cited.

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Lists this page with the day it last changed, the same day the page says it was updated.

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6. llms.txt

A plain index for language models: what the site is, which pages to read first, and where the markdown copies live.

# Local AI Registry

> The public record of what AI assistants say about local businesses. Every entry checked, scored, and kept current.

Local AI Registry is the editorial, never-sponsored record of what local
businesses are known for, and whether AI assistants actually recommend them.
We score every local business the same way and rank them: website, reviews,
AI visibility, and more. Eight signals, one number from 0 to 100. The heaviest
is whether AI can retrieve you at all.

## Read these first

- [Local AI Registry](https://localairegistry.com): AI assistants now decide which local business to recommend.
- [Methodology](https://localairegistry.com/methodology): Eight signals, one number from 0 to 100.
- [Leaderboards](https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards): Browse AI Score leaderboards by state, city, and category.
- [About](https://localairegistry.com/about): The honest record of who AI recommends.
- [Pricing](https://localairegistry.com/pricing): Four levels of presence, from a free registry entry to being the answer AI gives first in your market.
- [Journal](https://localairegistry.com/journal): How AI assistants decide which local businesses to recommend, and what owners can do about it.

## Business pages

- [Sitemap](https://localairegistry.com/sitemap.xml): Every business page on the registry, with the day each was last updated.
- Every business page has a markdown copy at its own address with `.md` on the end. The copy holds the same facts, marks and sources as the page, in the page's order: the photos with their captions, the team and their licenses, the reviews summary, and the questions locals asked with the replies. The page names it in its head and its HTTP `Link` header.

7. Markdown copy of this page (textured-press-middletown-ny.md)

The article as plain text: the same headings, facts, marks and sources.

# Textured Press, Middletown: a beauty salon in Middletown (2026 guide)

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 9 sources. Updated 2026-08-24. Owner review: not yet.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny

## Photos

- ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmt7r5wvq07ajyeqsg7v21658%2F0.jpg)
- ![Photo 2](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmt7r5wvq07ajyeqsg7v21658%2F1.jpg)
- ![Photo 3](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmt7r5wvq07ajyeqsg7v21658%2F2.jpg)
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## In short

Textured Press is a beauty salon in Middletown, NY. Its AI Score is 28 of 100, which is poor.

Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like Gemini, Perplexity and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page.


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Beauty salon |
| Address | 400 NY-211, Middletown, NY 10940, USA |
| Hours | Mon 7 AM to 9 PM · Closed Tue to Wed · Thu to Fri 7 AM to 9 PM · Sat 7 AM to 4 PM · Sun 9 AM to 4 PM |
| Phone | (917) 932-5086 |
| Owner | Nothing found |
| Rating | 4.9 across 272 reviews on Google |
| Known for | Nothing found |
| Prices | Nothing found |
| Quietest time | Nothing found |
| Parking | Nothing found |
| Last verified | October 23, 2026, 8:39 AM |


## 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 | 400 NY-211, Middletown, NY 10940, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 |
| Location info | Description | 400 NY-211, Middletown, NY 10940 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 |
| Location info | Hours | Mon 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Tue to Wed Closed · Thu to Fri 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Sat 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM · Sun 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 |
| Location info | Name | Textured Press | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 |
| Location info | Phone | (917) 932-5086 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 |
| Hours | Monday | 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 |
| Hours | Tuesday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 |
| Hours | Wednesday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 |
| Hours | Thursday | 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 |
| Hours | Friday | 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 |
| Hours | Saturday | 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Beauty classes | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Services | Service | Blank page 2 | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Blank page 3 | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Classes | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Hot oil therapy | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Hydration therapy | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Newsletter copy | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Portfolio | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Protein therapy | Confirmed | Business website, checked Sep 19, 2026 |
| Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/textured-press-304378810055225 | Confirmed | Business website, checked Oct 23, 2026 |
| Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/texturedpress | Confirmed | Business website, checked Oct 23, 2026 |
| Links | Website | http://www.texturedpress.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 24, 2026 |


## Services and prices

These are the 8 services Textured Press offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Protein therapy |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Blank page 2 |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Blank page 3 |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Classes |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Portfolio |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Hot oil therapy |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Hydration therapy |  |  |  | Confirmed |
| Newsletter copy |  |  |  | Confirmed |


### Known for

Reviews not read yet, back on Scan Day.


## The team

Nothing found


## Visiting Textured Press

Address: 400 NY-211, Middletown, NY 10940, USA. Phone: (917) 932-5086. Hours: Mon 7 AM to 9 PM · Closed Tue to Wed · Thu to Fri 7 AM to 9 PM · Sat 7 AM to 4 PM · Sun 9 AM to 4 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 24, 2026 at 5:33 PM.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

Business description, written by Textured Press on its Google Business Profile: "400 NY-211, Middletown, NY 10940"


### When to go

Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day.


### Parking and getting in

Nothing found


### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pizza Star (Middletown) | Pizza restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Wingstop | Chicken wings restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Shahs Halal Food Middletown | Halal restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Texas Roadhouse | Steak house | 2 min walk |
| Big Lots | Bus stop | 2 min walk |
| Mr Sushi & Grill | Sushi restaurant | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

4.9 average across 272 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 24, 2026.)

 (AI guess, from 272 reviews.)


### What people like

- Personalized hair care education
- Attention to detail in styling


### What people do not like

- Unresponsive communication for appointment requests
- Pressure to accept trims during appointments


### Press

No press story about Textured Press found yet.


### Awards

None named yet.


### Directories

Directory listings not read yet.


## Recent updates from Textured Press

Textured Press hasn't posted an update here yet.


## Questions people ask


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

No answer yet


### is there a common complaint here

No answer yet


### the good stuff about Textured Press, what is it?

No answer yet


### how much is a first visit around here

No answer yet


### anyone been on a Tuesday, were they trading

No answer yet


### Are the hours on Google right for this salon?

No answer yet


### walk in at Textured Press in Middletown, or is it appointment only?

No answer yet


### torn between this salon and Mari's Beauty?

No answer yet


### parking at Textured Press, where does everyone put the car?

No answer yet


### payment plans at Textured Press, is that a thing?

No answer yet


### cancellation list here, is there one

No answer yet


### Worth the hype at Textured Press?

No answer yet


### what else is on Ny around this salon?

No answer yet


### best beauty salon in Middletown

No answer yet


### anything new from Textured Press lately?

No answer yet


### Booking a first appointment at Textured Press, what happens?

No answer yet


### anywhere cheaper than Textured Press in Middletown that is still good?

No answer yet


## What AI gets wrong about Textured Press

We ask Gemini, Perplexity and ChatGPT about Textured Press. These are the answers that disagree with the record.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 23, 2026. Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 3, 2026. Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 23, 2026.

No capture has disagreed with the record yet.


## The AI Score: 28 of 100

The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Middletown beauty salons run 14 to 32. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Textured Press scores 28, above the Middletown average of 26. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Textured Press |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Named in 0 of 23 answers that recommended anyone. 13 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored. |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 84 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 63 | 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 | 66 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 100 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

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


## How AI decides what to tell you about a beauty salon

When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on.

That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today.

The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place."


## How to choose a beauty salon in New York, with or without AI

A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating.

- Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door.
- Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake.
- Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today.
- Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes.
- Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with New York.


## How to read the marks on this page

- Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry.
- Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit.
- AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it.


## About the author

Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine.

- Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping.
- Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing.
- Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including Textured Press if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source.


## 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 Textured Press |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Textured Press | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.texturedpress.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Middletown, New York | City | #city | Nothing found | City Textured Press is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the beauty salons in Middletown, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best beauty salons in Middletown: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/middletown/beauty-salon
- Best businesses in Middletown: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/middletown


### Nearby

- /new-york: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/new-york
- /poughkeepsie: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/poughkeepsie
- /flushing: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/flushing
- /kingston: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/kingston
- /huntington: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/huntington
- /rochester: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/rochester


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in New York: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny


## Frequently asked questions


### What is AI search optimization for local business?

Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it.


### What is Local AI Registry?

The public record of how AI sees local business. We score every business we list by one published method, we keep the questions people ask about it in one place, and we never sell rank. Looking up any business here is free.


### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI?

Assistants read public pages before they answer. This one states what the business does, what people ask about it, and what the Record answers, in one place a machine can read. Correcting what is wrong here changes what an assistant repeats next.


### Who writes the answers here?

Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so.


### I own Textured Press. How do I fix something or rank higher?

Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work.


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJY85KwAJZwokRhIKDAAu_hx0 (accessed Aug 24, 2026)
- [2] texturedpress.com, https://www.texturedpress.com/blank-page (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] texturedpress.com, https://www.texturedpress.com/blank-page-2 (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [4] texturedpress.com, https://www.texturedpress.com/blank-page-3 (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [5] texturedpress.com, https://www.texturedpress.com/classes (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [6] texturedpress.com, https://www.texturedpress.com/newsletter-copy (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [7] texturedpress.com, https://www.texturedpress.com/portfolio (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [8] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 23, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 3, 2026; Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 23, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [9] texturedpress.com, http://www.texturedpress.com/ (accessed Oct 23, 2026)

For developers: what makes this page machine-readable

  • One source of truth. The page, the HTML, the JSON-LD and the markdown copy are generated from the same record, so they cannot disagree.
  • People are linked to their credentials, and credentials to the board that issued them (recognizedBy).
  • Answers come first. The page opens with a one-paragraph summary and a key facts table, marked speakable.
  • Wrong AI answers are published as ClaimReview, so engines can see the correction and its source.
  • The FAQ holds the questions this page answers. The questions locals asked are listed as an ItemList, each pointing at its own page, where its replies are the QAPage.
  • robots.txt names the AI crawlers and allows them.
  • A markdown copy sits at the same address with .md, linked from the HTTP headers, the head and llms.txt.
  • No text is hidden from people that crawlers can see. What machines read is what you read.

Checklist

  • Done: Title tag and meta description
  • Done: Canonical URL and breadcrumbs
  • Done: Expert byline, Steve Lee
  • Done: Entity map with sameAs links
  • Done: robots.txt welcomes AI crawlers
  • Done: Key facts answer block
  • Done: 9 cited sources
  • Done: Updated date on the page
  • Missing: Schema: business, team, services
  • Done: Schema: FAQ and article
  • Missing: Corrections to what AI gets wrong
  • Done: Details table, every fact sourced
  • Done: Open Graph and social cards
  • Done: llms.txt and markdown copy
  • Done: Sitemap with lastmod
  • Missing: Owner review of this page
  • Missing: Owner-confirmed prices

Copy this code

Every file above is free to copy for your own business page. Keep the attribution links to Local AI Registry (https://localairegistry.com) in place: they tell AI engines where the method comes from, and they help us keep this free.

  • Method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
  • Claim a page: https://localairegistry.com/claim/cmt7r5wvq07ajyeqsg7v21658

References, including locals

Every source behind this page, including every post and comment from locals. Each has its own permanent link, so AI engines can check it and anything copied from here carries its link back.

  1. services here, what do people go in for? Question by new_year_lurker_downtown, Sep 14, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/what-special-features-does-textured-press-offer
  2. is there a common complaint here Question by lowkey_on_ny, Sep 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/the-reviews-look-glowing-what-are-the-real-complaints
  3. the good stuff about Textured Press, what is it? Question by ny_may, Sep 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/what-do-people-actually-like-about-textured-press
  4. how much is a first visit around here Question by ny_clover, Sep 8, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/what-does-a-beauty-salon-actually-cost-in-middletown
  5. anyone been on a Tuesday, were they trading Question by spontaneous_on_ny, Sep 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/is-textured-press-open-on-tuesdays
  6. Are the hours on Google right for this salon? Question by new_year_neighbor_west, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/what-are-the-operating-hours-of-textured-press
  7. walk in at Textured Press in Middletown, or is it appointment only? Question by june_shopper_east, Sep 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/does-textured-press-accept-reservations
  8. torn between this salon and Mari's Beauty? Question by ny_zadie, Sep 1, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/textured-press-or-maris-beauty-salon-for-beauty-salon
  9. parking at Textured Press, where does everyone put the car? Question by long_overdue_on_ny, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/is-there-parking-available-at-textured-press
  10. payment plans at Textured Press, is that a thing? Question by ny_mabel, Aug 23, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/does-textured-press-do-payment-plans
  11. cancellation list here, is there one Question by wedding_parent_uptown, Aug 18, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/does-textured-press-ever-have-last-minute-openings
  12. Worth the hype at Textured Press? Question by may_parent_south, Aug 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/what-is-textured-press-known-for
  13. what else is on Ny around this salon? Question by reunion_local_east, Aug 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/what-is-around-textured-press-on-ny
  14. best beauty salon in Middletown Question by reunion_sitter_east, Aug 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/best-beauty-salon-in-middletown
  15. anything new from Textured Press lately? Question by winter_neighbor_uptown, Jul 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/what-has-textured-press-been-posting-lately
  16. Booking a first appointment at Textured Press, what happens? Question by circling_on_ny, Jul 22, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/what-should-i-know-before-a-first-appointment-at-textured-press
  17. anywhere cheaper than Textured Press in Middletown that is still good? Question by ny_sam_10940, Jul 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/middletown/textured-press-middletown-ny/q/is-there-anywhere-cheaper-than-textured-press-in-middletown-that-is
Use this page freely

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Or a blog post: “Learn about our customers' experiences, verified by neighbors, on our Local AI Registry page.”

References

Change history
ConfirmedVisitor submittedAI guess

This is the evidence for every fact on this page, across Locals, Services, Team, Visit, Reputation and Updates. Each reference names the fact, the source, what kind of source it is, and the date it was checked, with a link and an archived copy so anyone can verify it. Visitor references are dated firsthand accounts. AI guesses record what an AI engine said on that date, not what is true.

  1. [1]VisitName, address, phone, hours and 2 other detailsGoogle Business Profile.Primary source · Accessed Aug 24, 2026 · https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJY85KwAJZwokRhIKDAAu_hx0 · No archived copy yet
  2. [2]ServicesHot oil therapy, Hydration therapy and Protein therapytexturedpress.com.Primary source · Accessed Sep 19, 2026 · https://www.texturedpress.com/blank-page · No archived copy yet
  3. [3]ServicesBlank page 2texturedpress.com.Primary source · Accessed Sep 19, 2026 · https://www.texturedpress.com/blank-page-2 · No archived copy yet
  4. [4]ServicesBlank page 3texturedpress.com.Primary source · Accessed Sep 19, 2026 · https://www.texturedpress.com/blank-page-3 · No archived copy yet
  5. [5]ServicesClassestexturedpress.com.Primary source · Accessed Sep 19, 2026 · https://www.texturedpress.com/classes · No archived copy yet
  6. [6]ServicesNewsletter copytexturedpress.com.Primary source · Accessed Sep 19, 2026 · https://www.texturedpress.com/newsletter-copy · No archived copy yet
  7. [7]ServicesPortfoliotexturedpress.com.Primary source · Accessed Sep 19, 2026 · https://www.texturedpress.com/portfolio · No archived copy yet
  8. [8]ServicesBeauty classesAI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 23, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 3, 2026; Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 23, 2026.AI engine output · Accessed Sep 19, 2026 · https://localairegistry.com/methodology · No archived copy yet
  9. [9]VisitFacebook and instagramtexturedpress.com.Primary source · Accessed Oct 23, 2026 · http://www.texturedpress.com/ · Archived copy