The Public Barber

Places near The Public Barber that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.

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Named by ChatGPT for "A barber for a beard trim and a cut today. Can I book online?" in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons, October 2026

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons and a link to each one's own site. This business was named in one answer, by 1 of the 2 assistants asked.

Every place named in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons, question by question.

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<a href="https://directindex.org/r/thepublicbarber.com"><img src="https://directindex.org/badge/named/thepublicbarber.com.svg" alt="Named by 1 of 2 assistants, Direct Index" width="300" height="40"></a>

What assistants answer

Each assistant gets three questions about this business: the official website, where to book and where to order. Each cell shows where the answer sent people.

The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

Recommended when people ask:
“A barber for a beard trim and a cut today. Can I book online?” (ChatGPT, by name, without a link)

What to fix first

1. Appointments through an unrecognised third party +9 points

   Check that the provider keeps your business as the seller of record. How to fix it

2. No price list of services found +7 points

   Agents answer 'what do they offer and what does it cost?' from marketplaces and directories instead. Add a page that lists services and prices as text, and link to it from the homepage. How to fix it

3. Structured data is incomplete +2 points

   Missing: telephone. How to fix it

4. No llms.txt no points, but worth doing

   Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. How to fix it

Send the fixes to your web person

No one is listed yet to fix this in Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons. List your agency or yourself. It's free, and every listing is reviewed by hand.

Already right

• robots.txt lets AI crawlers in No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
• AI crawlers get the page GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all got a normal response.
• Structured data found (LocalBusiness) address, opening hours

Builder: squarespace · contact page /contact: nothing new

What to paste

Filled in from the business's own record and this scan. Check every line before it goes live. The guides show where it goes on squarespace.

Where to paste it on Squarespace: the Code Injection panel, in the Header field, which applies to every page. It needs the Core plan or above. the official help page.

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "LocalBusiness",
  "name": "The Public Barber",
  "url": "http://www.thepublicbarber.com/",
  "telephone": "+17737547363",
  "address": "1319 W Wilson Ave, 60640, Chicago",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 41.96520552,
    "longitude": -87.66320097
  }
}
</script>

# The Public Barber

> local business in 1319 W Wilson Ave, 60640, Chicago, Chicago hairdressers and beauty salons. Phone +17737547363.

## About

- Website: http://www.thepublicbarber.com/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.