Included in the Maps Pack Program

When customers ask AI who to call, give it a clear answer

ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Mode build their answers from what the web says about you. If your facts are scattered, thin or contradictory, you’re easy to skip. We make your business easy to read, easy to verify and easy to recommend, then measure how often it is.

  • ChatGPT
  • Gemini
  • Perplexity
  • Google AI Mode

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Price: included in the Maps Pack Program, or ask about a standalone AI visibility audit.

Three kinds of search

Website SEO, Maps SEO and AI search, side by side

They overlap more than the acronyms suggest. The same facts about your business feed all three.

Traditional SEO

Website results

What it is
Getting your website pages to show in the regular list of links.
Where you show up
Below the ads and map, as blue links.
What drives it
Useful pages, site speed, links from other sites, clear titles.
How we measure it
Page-level checks inside the work we already do on your site.

Local SEO (Maps)

The map pack

What it is
Getting your Google Business Profile into the three map listings.
Where you show up
Google Search and Google Maps, with a Call button.
What drives it
Relevance, distance and prominence: categories, reviews, citations, your site.
How we measure it
5×5 map grid on 3 keywords, every month.
Where search is heading

AI search (GEO / AEO)

AI answers

What it is
Being named when someone asks an AI assistant for a contractor.
Where you show up
ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews.
What drives it
Consistent business facts across sources, review themes, clear answer-style content, structured data.
How we measure it
A fixed prompt set, run monthly, reported as share of mentions.

How it works

How AI assistants decide which contractors to mention

Simplified, but accurate in spirit: the assistant gathers what it can find about local options, checks which facts agree, and names the businesses it’s most confident about.

What we do

Same foundation as Maps, plus the AI-specific layer

Entity consistency

Your business name, address, phone, hours, services and service area match across your profile, site and directories, so an AI tool sees one clear business, not three slightly different ones.

Answer-ready content

Service pages and FAQs that answer real questions plainly: what it costs to diagnose, whether you do same-day, which towns you cover. Easy for people to read and easy for AI to quote.

Structured data

Schema markup on your site that labels your business type, services, area and contact details in a format machines read directly.

Review themes

Steady review requests sent right after each job, to every customer, with no script for what to say. Reviews that describe real jobs in the customer’s own words tell an AI far more about what you’re known for than a wall of one-word ratings.

Sources AI tools read

Listings and profiles on the directories and data sources that AI assistants commonly draw on, kept accurate and complete.

Your Google Business Profile

Google’s own AI features lean on your profile. Categories, services, posts and photos all do double duty.

How we track it

A fixed prompt set, run every month

AI answers change from run to run, so a single screenshot proves nothing. We use the same 10 prompts every month in ChatGPT and Google AI Mode and report your share of mentions: how many answers name you, out of all the answers we collected.

Sample prompt set for an HVAC company

  1. Who’s the best AC repair company near [city]?
  2. My AC is blowing warm air. Who can come out today in [city]?
  3. Recommend an HVAC company in [city] for a new furnace.
  4. Who does heat pump installation near [city]?
  5. Which HVAC companies in [city] offer maintenance plans?
  6. Emergency furnace repair near [neighborhood] tonight
  7. Is [your company] a good HVAC company?
  8. Who installs ductless mini splits in [city]?
  9. Affordable AC replacement companies in [city]
  10. Who should I call for a weird smell from my furnace in [city]?

Illustrative example

AI visibility tracker — Example Heating & Air (fictional), one month
PromptChatGPTGoogle AI Mode
1. Best AC repair near [city]MentionedNot named
2. AC blowing warm air, todayNot namedMentioned
3. New furnace recommendationNot namedNot named
4. Heat pump installationMentionedMentioned
5. Maintenance plansNot namedNot named
… prompts 6–10Same format
Share of mentions (prompts 1–5 shown)4 of 10 answers named the business

Fictional data for layout only. Each monthly report lists every prompt, every answer checked, and which competitors were named instead.

The honest limits

  • No one can guarantee AI mentions. Not us, not anyone. ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews decide for themselves what to say.
  • Answers vary from run to run. The same question asked twice can name different companies. That’s why we track trends over a fixed prompt set rather than chase single answers.
  • The tools change often. When an assistant updates how it sources local results, numbers can move for reasons unrelated to your business. We’ll tell you when we think that’s happened.
  • Our Day-60 Grid Guarantee covers Google Maps grid results only, not AI visibility.

FAQ

AI search questions

Is AI search replacing Google Maps?

Not for now, and the two are tied together anyway. Google’s own AI features draw on Business Profiles, and other assistants read many of the same sources. Work that helps one usually helps the other, which is why it’s one program.

Can you guarantee ChatGPT will recommend my company?

No. No one can. We can make your business facts clear, consistent and well supported, and we can measure your share of mentions monthly so you see whether it’s moving.

What is GEO or AEO?

Generative engine optimization and answer engine optimization. Two names for the same idea: making your business easy for AI tools to find, understand and cite. For a local contractor, most of it is solid local SEO done carefully.

Can I buy just the AI part?

AI Search Visibility is included in the Maps Pack Program. If you only want to know where you stand, ask about a standalone AI visibility audit.

Which AI tools do you check?

Monthly tracking runs in ChatGPT and Google AI Mode. In the audit we may also spot-check Gemini and Perplexity. We name the tools and the prompts in every report.

Find out what AI says about you today

We’ll run sample prompts for your trade and town and show you whether you’re named, who is, and what’s missing. A Maps baseline grid is included.

Are you a business owner or an agency?
Business details

Exactly as it appears on your Google Business Profile

Do you have a Google Business Profile?

Or your service-area city, if you hide your address on Google

Is your profile set up with some reviews?

Written reply within 1 business day.

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