AI SEO for local businesses

AI SEO, also called generative engine optimization (GEO) or answer engine optimization (AEO), is the work of making your business easy for AI tools to find, understand and recommend. It builds on local SEO.

We focus on the tools your customers use: ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot. Each one picks its sources differently, so we test them all.

No, and be careful with anyone who does. AI tools decide their own answers. What we can do is fix the things that influence them: accurate business facts, strong reviews, clear content and trusted mentions.

They work together. Local SEO gets you found in Google Search and Maps. AI SEO makes sure that the same information, reviews and content also work when someone asks a chatbot or reads an AI summary.

Each month we ask the AI tools the questions your customers ask and record whether your business is named and what is said about it. AI answers change from one day to the next, so we look at patterns over time instead of a single result.

There is no fixed timeline, because each AI tool updates on its own schedule. As with local SEO, we recommend at least 4–6 months and re-test every month so you can see what is changing.

Yes. AI tools draw on many sources, including your website, your Google Business Profile, reviews and mentions elsewhere. Keeping these accurate and consistent improves the information AI tools have about you.

Not always. Some sites block AI crawlers or hide key details in ways that are hard to read. We check that your site can be read and that your services, locations and contact details are clearly stated.

It depends on your business, your locations and what you already have in place. Tell us about your business on the free audit form or a discovery call and we will recommend what makes sense.