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An AI chatbot alternative that lives in the page
A chatbot keeps its answers behind a bubble and a conversation. Actually Asked shows the questions visitors ask most as a FAQ in your page, answers new ones under it, and adds them to the FAQ when they keep coming up.
Side by side
A chatbot and Actually Asked.
| Topic | A chatbot | Actually Asked |
|---|---|---|
| Where answers appear | In a chat window over the page, once a visitor opens it. | In the page, as a FAQ section in your layout, fonts and colours. Any sentence on the page can be highlighted and asked about. |
| Who sees an answer | The visitor who asked. | Everyone who reads the FAQ. The questions asked most join it on their own. |
| On a phone | The window usually covers the page. | The FAQ scrolls with the page, like the rest of it. |
| Search engines | Answers stay inside a chat window, not in your pages. | The FAQ is HTML in your page, with FAQPage structured data, so search engines read every question and answer. On Shopify it's in your theme's HTML from the start. |
| What you learn | Transcripts, one conversation at a time. | Every Monday, an email of what visitors asked and what your pages couldn't answer. |
When a chatbot is the better fit.
A chatbot suits the rare question that needs a back-and-forth, such as troubleshooting or an account lookup. Most questions asked before someone buys, books or signs up are the same few, and a FAQ in the page answers each of them once, for everyone, before they think to ask.
What your site gets.
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Two lines to install
Paste a div and a script, or add the block in your Shopify theme editor.
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Real HTML
Plain questions and answers in your page's HTML, with FAQ structured data, so search engines read every entry. On Shopify they're in the page before any script runs.
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Your colours, your radius
Pick a look, then change the colours, corners and spacing in the widget editor. The preview updates as you type.
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Groups and page rules
Group entries under Shipping, Returns and Sizing. Show different entries on different pages with URL rules.