Starworks and doing it yourself
You can list yourself on a directory. You can’t make AI read it.
Some of this you can and should do yourself. The part you cannot do alone is decide what the sources say, or which sources an AI trusts. That takes owning them.
| On your own | Starworks | |
|---|---|---|
| Your listings | On your own: Yes: keep every profile accurate | Starworks: We publish a complete, verified record for you |
| Reviews | On your own: Yes: ask real customers | Starworks: We help you ask, as agreed in your proposal |
| Being on a source AI trusts | On your own: You can submit; the owner decides what shows | Starworks: We own the directories, so you are on them properly |
| A Featured place | On your own: Not available, or sold to anyone | Starworks: Capped at three per category and city, labelled |
| Knowing what AI reads | On your own: Guesswork, one chat at a time | Starworks: We log AI crawler visits across our network every day |
| If nothing changes | On your own: Your time is spent | Starworks: A full refund under the guarantee |
What doing it yourself is good at
- Keeping your Google Business Profile complete
- Asking happy customers for reviews
- Testing what ChatGPT says about you each month
Using both
Do the basics yourself, whatever you decide about us. Then ask the honest question: of the pages an AI read before naming your competitors, how many can you get onto, and how many do you control?
What independent studies found
Figures from firms that do not work for us, each linked to the study.
AIGROW.GG · Australia (153 answers in a 3,260-answer index)
#1
most-cited website in Australian AI answers. 18% of them gave Starworks as the source of a recommendation, more than twice the next site.
Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)Search Scope · Perth
199
observations of Starworks, the most cited domain after Google and Reddit.
Sep 2026 (opens in a new tab)
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