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I asked ChatGPT and Google AI about America’s biggest data centers — their answers were shockingly different
Tom’s Guide covers new Five Blocks research on how eight AI engines describe 25 of America’s largest AI data center projects, and how much their answers differ.
Read more →Five Blocks Launches AIQ:
The First Platform That Shows PR Teams What AI
Says About Their Brand, and Why
AIQ tracks narrative, source influence, and brand messaging across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and four other major AI models, giving communications teams the intelligence layer that traditional SEO and GEO tools don’t provide.
Read more →If You Run from AI, It Will Find You: Our Advice in Entrepreneur
To manage your online reputation in the AI era, proactively shape your digital footprint with authoritative content so AI models present an accurate and strategic narrative about you or your brand.
Read more →The 20-Step Guide to Rebranding Your Company Online: Our Advice on Entrepreneur
Your company’s online presence plays an important role in how your brand is discovered and perceived by stakeholders. From a digital reputation perspective, how can a company make the transition hold?
Read more →For the 7th Time: Five Blocks Included in Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies List 2023
Five Blocks has once again been included on the annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. It is the 7th time the firm has received this honor.
Read more →All coverage, 2013 to 2026.
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2026
- Tom’s GuideI asked ChatGPT and Google AI about America’s biggest data centers — their answers were shockingly different
- Yahoo TechI asked ChatGPT and Google AI about America’s biggest data centers — their answers were shockingly different
- AnnouncementFive Blocks Launches AIQ: The First Platform That Shows PR Teams What AI Says About Their Brand, and Why
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
- Digital JournalDigital Journal Covers Five Blocks PR Conference Engagements in Chicago & Washington, DC
- CommPROCommPRO: Five Blocks on Corporate Reputation
- AnnouncementFive Blocks Launches WikiAlerts™
- How to Measure (and Influence) Brand Awareness with Google Search Data
- Holmes ReportAgency People News in Brief
- Inc.Hiring a Reputation Management Company for Your Business
- PR WeekHill+Knowlton veteran Howard Opinsky joins Five Blocks
2016
2015
- Hedge Fund IntelligenceIf You Manage a Hedge Fund, Ignore Glassdoor at Your Own Peril
- Holmes ReportWhat's The Social Footprint of 100 Most Influential Communicators?
- Search Engine LandWhat CMOs Need To Know About SEO
- Hedge Fund IntelligenceCatching Up on Hedge Fund Indifference to Search and Social Media
- Tech.coEach of These People Has a Flawless Online Presence [INFOGRAPHIC]
- Search Engine LandWhat Signals From Twitter Does Google Care About?
- MozHas Google Gone Too Far with the Bias Toward Its Own Content?
2014
- Holmes ReportShould PR People Pay More Attention To Glassdoor?
- Inc. 5000Five Blocks Listed as One of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies
- Holmes ReportWhat 'Right To Be Forgotten' Means For PR Agency Clients
- Hedge Fund IntelligenceHedge Funds, Google, and the "Right to be Forgotten"
- Hedge Fund IntelligenceThe Missing 'Link' for Digital Reputation of Hedge Funds
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