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The Picks Index · Water damage restoration

How AI assistants choose a water damage company

We ask Meta Muse and Instinct the questions customers ask about water damage restoration and record every answer. This is what they read and what they rewarded across 32 answers in 6 markets, from each question's latest round.

Businesses weighed per answer
5.8
Picks whose own website the assistant read
84%
Most common reason for a pick
Speed and availability, 66%

What they reward

Why an assistant picks a water damage company

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

  • Speed and availability66%
  • Licenses and credentials63%
  • Reviews and ratings63%
  • Experience and history34%
  • Price and financing25%
  • Specific service match6%
  • Local or family owned3%

Assistant by assistant

Each one weighs something different

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

  • Meta Muse

    24 answers

    Top reason
    Reviews and ratings, 71%
    Picks whose own site it read
    79%
    Site it checks most
    angi.com, 38%
  • Instinct

    8 answers

    Top reason
    Licenses and credentials, 88%
    Picks whose own site it read
    100%
    Site it checks most
    angi.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.

  • angi.com34%
  • reviews.birdeye.com22%
  • expertise.com6%

In their own words

Restoration companies the assistants picked, and why

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