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The Picks Index · Moving

How AI assistants choose a moving company

We ask Meta Muse and Instinct the questions customers ask about moving and record every answer. This is what they read and what they rewarded across 36 answers in 7 markets, from each question's latest round.

Businesses weighed per answer
6.5
Picks whose own website the assistant read
89%
Most common reason for a pick
Reviews and ratings, 83%

What they reward

Why an assistant picks a moving company

Share of picks whose stated reason mentions each thing. A reason can mention several.

  • Reviews and ratings83%
  • Experience and history50%
  • Price and financing47%
  • Licenses and credentials36%
  • Speed and availability14%
  • Specific service match11%
  • Local or family owned3%

Assistant by assistant

Each one weighs something different

The same questions about movers, answered by each assistant. What decides a pick is not the same everywhere, so a business has to show all of it.

  • Meta Muse

    28 answers

    Top reason
    Reviews and ratings, 86%
    Picks whose own site it read
    86%
    Site it checks most
    mystorageplus.com, 14%
  • Instinct

    8 answers

    Top reason
    Reviews and ratings, 75%
    Picks whose own site it read
    100%
    Site it checks most
    freightwaves.com, 25%

What they read

The sites they check you against

Share of answers that cite each site, leaving out the businesses' own websites. Your profile on these is part of your answer.

  • mystorageplus.com11%
  • freightwaves.com8%
  • thumbtack.com8%
  • birdeye.com6%
  • angi.com6%

In their own words

Movers the assistants picked, and why

Movers · Moving company SEO · Other trades: HVAC companies, plumbers, roofers, personal injury firms, pest control companies, garage door companies, restoration companies, dental practices, electricians, remodelers.

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