Tom BurtonCo-Founder, COO and CTO of LeadSmart Technologies

Why Google is dead for business leads #LeadGeneration

Name: Why Google is dead for business leads #LeadGeneration
Uploaded: 2025-10-02T17:03:36+00:00
Duration: 53 s
Channel: Tom Burton
Description: Tom Burton says AI chatbots are replacing Google for finding business leads. 34% of business leaders now get leads from AI recommendations, with ChatGPT…

2 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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Tom Burton says AI chatbots are replacing Google for finding business leads. 34% of business leaders now get leads from AI recommendations, with ChatGPT accounting for 85% of those and Gemini for 22%. He's personally using Google far less.

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First one here on e commerce and marketing business leader perspective on AI for Legion. What they're really talking about is companies and consumers using AI chatbots for search versus going to Google and doing Google searches and so forth. They said here in the infographic, 34% of business leaders reported receiving direct leads or inquiries from AI generated recommendations, 85% of those came from ChatGPT, 22% from Gemini, which is Google's. This is a problem for Google but the challenge they've got right now, I believe if it's this week or next week, they're now going to offer entirely an AI search and AI Google search. The problem is is that from an AI perspective, ChatGPT from a brand recognition is way ahead of where Gemini is from a brand recognition. I don't know when last time you did a Google search. I've reduced my Google searches by 90%. And the other I'm using ChatGPT for, I use perplexity but.