AI SEO agency · AEO + GEO services
Your customers stopped searching. They started asking. When someone asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI who to trust, the engine gives one answer. You are either in it or you do not exist. AEO is the work of becoming the answer.
$2,500 · Delivered in about 10 business days. We track our own AI visibility weekly and publish the scoreboard below. Ask any other agency to do the same.
01The shift
A growing share of buyers start their research by asking an AI instead of scanning ten blue links. The answer engines do not show a page two. They synthesize one response, cite a few sources, and move on.
That changes the job. Traditional SEO optimizes to be listed. Answer engine optimization structures your content, your schema, and your presence across the web so AI systems can extract you, verify you, and name you. A site can rank #1 and still be invisible in the answer above the results.
There is no second page in an AI answer. You are cited, or you are absent.
02The backstory
In early 2024, Josh built a project called AEO Masters and offered a simple AI search visibility report. Almost nobody bought it. The pain of being invisible to AI assistants was theoretical. Business owners were still focused entirely on traditional Google rankings.
Then Google rolled out AI Overviews, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Search, and the pain arrived all at once. Traffic dropped, and customers began showing up quoting recommendations from generative engines that favored competitors.
We run this exact optimization engine on ourselves. We pull multi-engine visibility data weekly, monitor Search Console for extraction rates, and maintain a strict queue where a human approves every structural fix. AEO is not a magic prompt; it is a technical discipline. We built the audit because you need a clear baseline before you change anything on your website.
03The receipts
Our own AI visibility, from our own tracked query set, measured continuously across four engines. Every client gets this same scoreboard.
Perplexity
cited in every tracked query
Copilot
cited in every tracked query
ChatGPT
our brand appeared in 20 percent of the tracked queries
Google AI
monitoring now live
Figures from our continuously tracked query set. AI answers vary by phrasing, location, and time; that is exactly why we measure instead of promise.
04The audit
We run discovery queries and branded queries across five major AI engines to measure exactly how often you are recommended and in what position.
MethodPosition-weighted scoring via helpers/aiEngineClients and helpers/llmVisibility, plus coverage data via helpers/otterlyApi across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Copilot, and Gemini.
We check whether your site accidentally blocks the bots that feed these engines, keeping you invisible by default.
MethodVerification of allowed and blocked bot lists for GPTBot, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, and Google-Extended via otterlyApi.fetchOrRunCrawlability.
We review your business data footprint to ensure AI systems can clearly read and verify your name, phone, address, and core services.
MethodEntity-graph validation ensuring a single Organization node, NAP consistency, sameAs profiles, and valid Service and FAQ markup mimicking GlobalSchemaMarkup.
We grade your page content on how easily an AI can extract direct answers, looking for clear question headings and structured response blocks.
MethodScoring technical, structure, metadata, and content readiness via otterlyApi.fetchOrRunContentAudit, checking for llms.txt and extractable blocks.
We show you exactly which competitors the engines recommend instead of you and the sources they cite to justify those answers.
MethodCitation gap analysis and leaderboard generation via llmVisibility.buildCompetitorLeaderboard.
We provide a prioritized, page-by-page list of exact changes to make, ranked by their expected impact on your AI visibility.
MethodTyped fix queue generation matching our internal seoFixProposer and seoFixDetectors, complete with a recorded baseline for future re-tests.
This page practices what it sells. Answer-first paragraphs, question-led structure, FAQ and Service schema validated in the rendered code. Ask an AI about answer engine optimization in Phoenix in a few months and see who it cites.
05The process
We run the query set and record exactly where you stand today.
This establishes the undeniable starting point before any fixes are applied, giving us a true benchmark to measure against.
We expose the technical and structural reasons you are missing from the answers.
We audit your crawler access, schema markup, content structure, and competitor citations to locate the exact friction points.
We hand you a prioritized, copy-paste ready action list.
Every fix is detailed with the exact title, meta description, heading, FAQ, and schema code required to improve your extraction rate.
We re-run the exact same queries against the baseline.
After fixes are applied, we measure the delta to prove impact and queue up the next tier of optimizations as the engines shift.
The deliverable
Written Audit + Fix Plan document plus a 45 minute walkthrough call with Josh.
06Side by side
| Focus | Traditional SEO | Answer Engine Optimization |
|---|---|---|
| What wins | Backlinks and domain authority | Direct answers and entity credibility |
| Unit of success | Ranking position and clicks | Mentions and verified citations |
| How you find out | Search console traffic | Prompt testing and citation tracking |
| The fix | More keywords and long articles | Schema markup and extractable facts |
| Feedback time | Months to move rankings | Weeks to update AI indexes |
07Pricing
AI Search Visibility Audit + Fix Plan
$2,500one-timeDelivered in about 10 business days. Written Audit + Fix Plan document plus a 45 minute walkthrough call with Josh.
From $750/month, audit fee credited toward your plan
AI engines and competitors shift constantly. A plan re-tests your query set every week, tracks the changes against your baseline, and does the fixes and new pages for you, for Google and AI answers together.
A one-engine Perplexity snapshot that tells you whether there is a problem at a high level.
A deep audit across five engines covering branded and discovery queries, crawler access, schema, page-level content scoring, competitor citations, and a comprehensive fix plan with a re-test baseline.
Search + AI Visibility plans
One plan covers Google SEO and AI answers together, so there is no separate AEO fee. Not ready to talk? Run the free AI Readiness Scan on your site first.
One location, one city
$750/month
Up to 3 locations or one metro
$1,500/month
A national brand or several metros
$3,000/month
Not on a Smart Site? A one-time $1,500 onboarding covers the technical fixes, schema, speed and tracking. Smart Sites clients skip it.
Want proof first? The $2,500 AI Search Visibility Audit is credited in full toward your plan, month by month until it's used up, if you start within 30 days. Or run the free AI Readiness Scan right now.
First term is 3 months, then month to month. Extra location $250/month; extra page $250. Ad spend is separate. No plan promises a ranking or a mention by any AI engine; nobody honest can.
Run the free AI Readiness Scan
Powering growth for brands in Phoenix and across the US
I had no idea how many people were bypassing Google entirely until we saw the citation gap. The audit made it obvious what we had to change.
08Fit
09Further reading
Learn the exact mechanics local businesses use to appear when customers ask AI for recommendations.
Discover the hidden technical reasons AI assistants ignore your website and favor your competitors.
Understand how traditional directory profiles interact with the new wave of generative answer engines.
A breakdown of why relying solely on Yelp and Google Maps is no longer enough for dining discovery.
Start here, free
Not ready for the full audit? Our free intelligence report runs real AI visibility tests on your business to give you a high-level view of where you stand.
Enter your business info and we'll generate a custom report showing exactly how your competitors are winning online, and how to beat them.
Find out exactly why AI engines are ignoring you and what it takes to fix it. We review every application personally to ensure you are a fit before moving forward.
10FAQ
The audit costs $2,500 one-time. It includes a multi-engine visibility test, crawler access check, entity and schema review, content structure audit, competitor leaderboard, and a prioritized fix plan, all delivered in a written document and a 45 minute walkthrough call.
We typically deliver the completed audit and fix plan in about 10 business days from the moment we begin.
The free brief is a simple snapshot on one engine to show you if a problem exists. The paid audit tests five engines extensively, analyzes your code, scores your content, tracks your competitors, and gives you the exact blueprint to fix the gaps.
No, and no agency can. AI engine answers are non-deterministic, and no platform sells guaranteed inclusion. We measure your current visibility, apply the structural fixes that make your site easier to extract and cite, and track what moves every week.
We need your core website URL, your primary business category, the main cities you serve, and your top three competitors. We handle all the crawling and testing from the outside.
You can hand the Fix Plan to your development team to implement, or you can hire us to apply the fixes directly if your platform allows it. Once applied, we recommend monitoring the results.
It is optional but recommended. AI engines and competitors shift constantly. A Search + AI Visibility plan, from $750/month, re-tests your query set every week, tracks the changes against your baseline, and does the fixes and new pages as the engines change. The audit fee is credited toward the plan if you start within 30 days.
Find out which one you are today. Get the audit and the fix plan to capture the new wave of search.
