The registry · San Jose, CA
The best hair salons in San Jose.
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The read
16 hair salons in San Jose are scored on the same eight signals — retrieval, off-property mentions, AI visibility, reviews, and technical health. Jennifer Hair & Nails leads the field with an AI Score of 34; 2 of the 16 are cited by at least one AI assistant.
The named
Who's winning, and why.
- 134/100
Cited by
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Perplexity
- Retrieval grounding
- —
- Off-property attestation
- 40
- AI visibility
- 0
- Reviews & response
- 86
- Backlink & citation authority
- —
- Google Business Profile
- 78
- Speed & mobile
- —
- Content freshness & schema
- —
- 229/100
Cited by
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Perplexity
- Retrieval grounding
- 0
- Off-property attestation
- 41
- AI visibility
- 17
- Reviews & response
- 91
- Backlink & citation authority
- 65
- Google Business Profile
- 90
- Speed & mobile
- 33
- Content freshness & schema
- 50
- 320/100
Cited by
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Perplexity
- Retrieval grounding
- —
- Off-property attestation
- 0
- AI visibility
- —
- Reviews & response
- 45
- Backlink & citation authority
- —
- Google Business Profile
- 52
- Speed & mobile
- —
- Content freshness & schema
- —
The record
Ranks 4–16.
- 4AIReply rate
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19/100↑1 - 5AIReply rate
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18/100↓2 - 6AIReply rate
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18/100→ - 7AIReply rate
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17/100→ - 8AIReply rate
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17/100→ - 9AIReply rate
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16/100→ - 10AIReply rate
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16/100→ - 11AIReply rate
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16/100→ - 12AIReply rate
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16/100→ - 13AIReply rate
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15/100→ - 14AIReply rate
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15/100→ - 15AIReply rate
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14/100→ - 16AIReply rate
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14/100→
How we ranked these
No pay-to-play. No sponsored spots. No kickbacks.
Every business is scored the same way, on the same eight signals. We don't take money to move rankings and we don't accept submissions. If you're on this list, the scoring pipeline put you there.
- S1Retrieval grounding26%
- S2Off-property attestation20%
- S3AI visibility14%
- S4Reviews & response12%
- S5Backlink & citation authority8%
- S6Google Business Profile8%
- S7Speed & mobile7%
- S8Content freshness & schema5%
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