Get recommended when people ask AI.
Your customers are starting to ask ChatGPT "who's a good counsellor in Courtenay?" instead of Googling it. The answer names two or three businesses. AI SEO is the work that gets you on that list.
Straight talk. AI search is still small for clicks, but it's where a lot of hiring decisions get made. Anyone promising you a number of ChatGPT leads is guessing.
What I can do is make sure AI tools can read your site, get your facts right, and find you mentioned in the places they already trust. Then I track it honestly, month after month.
I report the share of AI answers that name you, the "How did you hear about us?" answers, and ChatGPT's own Business Hub numbers once they show up. No made-up scores.
What I do for you
- A check that AI crawlers can reach your site, in robots.txt and in your firewall
- A raw HTML check. AI crawlers don't run JavaScript, so text hidden in tabs or Wix widgets is invisible to them
- A dated baseline: 20 to 30 real customer questions, each run several times through ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI Mode and Grok
- Your business claimed in ChatGPT's Business Hub where it's open, so ChatGPT gets your facts right
- "How did you hear about us?" added to your enquiry form. The single most useful number in this whole thing
- The pages AI goes looking for: services, pricing guides, comparisons, a detailed About page and a visible FAQ
- Mentions on the sites AI already cites for your industry, and one plain sentence about what you do, the same everywhere
Four steps, no mystery.
- 1
Foundations
Crawlers open, text in the raw HTML, AI traffic tracked in Analytics, and the "How did you hear about us?" question live.
- 2
Baseline
I run your customers' real questions through six AI tools, several times each, and log who gets named. Then I repeat it every month.
- 3
Build what AI cites
I open every source the AI quotes for your industry and build the type of page it keeps picking.
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Get mentioned
Real listings, real reviews that name the service and the town, real local mentions. No fake press releases.
Is it a fit?
A good fit
- Businesses already doing the basics on Google who want the next edge
- Owners happy to answer real customer questions on their website
- Anyone who wants honest reporting over hype
Not a fit
- Anyone who wants a guarantee ChatGPT will name them. Nobody can promise that with a straight face
- Shortcuts like self-written Wikipedia pages or fake awards. They burn your name
AI SEO questions.
Is AI SEO different from regular SEO?
It sits on top of it. Strong SEO and Local SEO come first. AI SEO adds the checks and pages AI tools look for.
Can you guarantee ChatGPT will recommend me?
No. Ask ChatGPT the same question five times and you'll get different answers. That's why I report the share of answers that name you, not one lucky screenshot.
How do you measure it?
An AI channel in your Google Analytics, the answers to "How did you hear about us?", ChatGPT's Business Hub data and my monthly prompt runs.
Do my Google reviews matter here?
A lot. AI tools read them. Ask customers to mention what you did and the town, like "replaced our hot water tank in Qualicum". I'll give you the exact wording.
Does llms.txt or schema help?
Unproven for AI. I add schema for normal SEO reasons and won't charge you for magic files.
Other ways I get you found
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Facebook and Instagram ads that reach locals before they ever search.
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I'll record a short personal video: where you show up, why competitors are ahead and what I'd fix first. Free.