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Original data · measured 2 October 2026 · re-measured monthly

Which opticians in Guildford do AI assistants actually recommend?

We put the 13 questions a person in Guildford asks before choosing optician — cost, specialism, who to use, how to check them — to Claude, 5 times each, 65 answers in all, and recorded every firm the answers named. 19 firms in Guildford were checked against those answers. 12 of them were named at least once. The rest were not recommended in a single answer.

The league table

#FirmNamed inOn questionsYour firm?
1Optegra20 of 65 answers6 of 13Your firm? Get its report
2Nuffield Health17 of 65 answers5 of 13Your firm? Get its report
3Mount Alvernia Hospital14 of 65 answers4 of 13Your firm? Get its report
4Laser Vision11 of 65 answers5 of 13Your firm? Get its report
5Optical Express7 of 65 answers2 of 13Your firm? Get its report
6Sapphire Eye Care5 of 65 answers2 of 13Your firm? Get its report
7Bayfields5 of 65 answers1 of 13Your firm? Get its report
8Vision Express5 of 65 answers1 of 13Your firm? Get its report
9Specsavers5 of 65 answers1 of 13Your firm? Get its report
10Miss Mall3 of 65 answers2 of 13Your firm? Get its report
11Farnham Eye Care3 of 65 answers1 of 13Your firm? Get its report
12Nicklins Opticians1 of 65 answers1 of 13Your firm? Get its report
13The Glasses Shop0 of 65 answers0 of 13Your firm? Get its report
14Eagle Eye0 of 65 answers0 of 13Your firm? Get its report
15Not specified in material0 of 65 answers0 of 13Your firm? Get its report
16Nuance Audio0 of 65 answers0 of 13Your firm? Get its report
17Purposeful AI0 of 65 answers0 of 13Your firm? Get its report
18Eye Health Care0 of 65 answers0 of 13Your firm? Get its report
19Optician Online0 of 65 answers0 of 13Your firm? Get its report

Firms are ranked by the number of answers that named them, then by how many different questions. The assistants do not give identical answers twice, so a difference of one or two mentions is noise; being named on questions a rival is absent from is not.

The questions we asked

  1. best place for cataract surgery near Guildford
  2. how much does cataract surgery cost privately in the UK
  3. is private cataract surgery in Guildford actually worth it
  4. is lens replacement surgery better than cataract surgery for older adults
  5. where can I get an eye test near Woking or Guildford this week
  6. how much does a basic eye exam cost without insurance
  7. do I need an eye test before I can get new contact lenses
  8. laser eye surgery clinics near Guildford worth looking at
  9. how much does laser eye surgery cost without insurance in the UK
  10. do I need laser eye surgery or would lens replacement suit me better
  11. can you actually have laser eye surgery if you have astigmatism
  12. who treats glaucoma near Guildford if I've just been diagnosed
  13. what are the first signs you need treatment for retinal disease

How this was measured

  • Date: 2 October 2026. This is one day, not a trend; the index is re-measured monthly.
  • Sample: 13 questions × 1 assistant × 5 runs = 65 answers. 19 firms checked.
  • Assistants used: Claude (Anthropic’s Sonnet model, through its API, with web search). Answers from these programming interfaces can differ from what the consumer apps show.
  • Counting: a firm is counted when its name appears in an answer. Names are picked out of the answer text automatically, then matched to the firm list.
  • Limits: the assistants vary between runs, so small gaps are noise. Firms that were not named may still be recommended by an assistant or a question we did not ask. National chains are left off the list.

Is your firm on this list?

Every firm above has a private report: which answers named it, which rivals were named instead, whether its website can be read by the assistants, and the three things that would change the result. We work with one optician in Guildford, and this index is re-measured every month, so the change is visible here.

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