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The registry · San Jose, CA
The best marketing agencies in San Jose.
Ranked by one method — the same checks for every business. Never sold, never sponsored.
The six on the map
Each pin is a business on this list, numbered by its rank and placed at its address. Drag the map and zoom in to see which of them are near you.
The read
6 marketing agencies in San Jose are scored on the same eight signals — retrieval, off-property mentions, AI visibility, reviews, and technical health. Jives Media leads the field with an AI Score of 49; 1 of the 6 are cited by at least one AI assistant.
The named
Who's winning, and why.
- 149/100
Cited by
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Perplexity
- Retrieval grounding
- 50
- Off-property attestation
- 40
- AI visibility
- 29
- Reviews & response
- 69
- Backlink & citation authority
- 62
- Google Business Profile
- 90
- Speed & mobile
- 43
- Content freshness & schema
- 61
- 2
Cited by
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Perplexity
- Retrieval grounding
- 50
- Off-property attestation
- 36
- AI visibility
- 0
- Reviews & response
- 50
- Backlink & citation authority
- 61
- Google Business Profile
- 84
- Speed & mobile
- 44
- Content freshness & schema
- 61
- 326/100
Cited by
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Perplexity
- Retrieval grounding
- —
- Off-property attestation
- 40
- AI visibility
- 0
- Reviews & response
- —
- Backlink & citation authority
- —
- Google Business Profile
- 67
- Speed & mobile
- —
- Content freshness & schema
- —
The record
Ranks 4–6.
- 4AIReply rate
100%
26/100→ - 5AIReply rate
100%
26/100→ - 6AIReply rate
80%
24/100→
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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