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Seems to have impactauto·price/quality anchor wording·captured 2026-04-26

Price anchor — 'most reliable'

perplexity returns USAA 5/5; gemini returns USAA 4/5. Verdict: predicted State Farm, but USAA actually placed first.

Query

What's the most reliable car insurance in Seattle?

Prediction: State Farm reliability framing should surface incumbent generalists

Per-LLM run arrays

LLMRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Modal
perplexityUSAAUSAAUSAAUSAAUSAAUSAA:5/5
geminiUSAAState FarmUSAAUSAAUSAAUSAA:4/5

Carriers winning this query

  • USAA

Other observations