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AI adds location context in 13% of rewrites

AI added a location constraint in 13.19% of observed query rewrites.

Geographic specificity is a recurring retrieval behavior.

The numbers behind it.

Location added
1,520 queries added a location constraint.
13.19%
Prompt-query pairs
Captured prompt-to-query transformations.
11,521
MeasureResult
Location added

1,520 queries added a location constraint.

13.19%
Prompt-query pairs

Captured prompt-to-query transformations.

11,521

What this study measured.

An observational snapshot.
Tested 22 January 2026.

Read the full methodology

Population and method

Built from 11,521 captured prompt-to-query pairs observed in OpenAI web search calls, with 100% search-query coverage in the sampled dataset.

Where the evidence stops

This study reflects captured search-query transformations rather than every hidden retrieval step a model may perform.

Some inserted entities reflect category heuristics or market leaders rather than final recommendation outcomes.

The underlying dataset is concentrated in commercial and research prompts rather than all possible conversational traffic.

What to do with this

Localized modifiers, variants, and examples deserve space in answer-first content when geography matters.

“AI added a location constraint in 13.19% of observed query rewrites.”

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