AI SEO services: AEO, GEO and local SEO

    Be the business ChatGPT recommends and Google ranks first

    One program for local service businesses that wins the map pack, the AI Overview and the answer an assistant gives when someone asks who to call.

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    See what AI says about your business today

    • Your customers' real questions tested in ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Mode and Perplexity
    • The competitors named instead of you, and the sources behind them
    • A 90-day plan with every fix ranked by impact
    Free, no obligation. Walked through on a 15-minute call.See how it works
    Asked inChatGPT
    Who's the best med spa for Botox in Austin? I want someone experienced and not overpriced.

    Based on reviews, pricing and what each business publishes, these are the strongest options:

    1. 1Competitor A4.8Clear per-unit Botox pricing and an RN injector bio on the site
    2. 2Competitor B4.7Mentioned often in r/Austin threads about injectors
    3. 3Competitor C4.6Hundreds of recent Google reviews that mention Botox by name
    Sourcescompetitor site /botox-austinGoogle Business Profilereddit.com/r/Austinlocal press

    Illustration only. Competitor names are placeholders. Real AI answers vary by engine, location and wording.

    One program forChatGPTGoogle AI OverviewsGoogle AI ModeGeminiPerplexityCopilotGoogle Maps

    Why this matters now

    Your customers stopped scrolling. They ask.

    A growing share of people never see your website. They read the answer an AI gives them and call one of the names in it.

    45%

    of US consumers now use ChatGPT or another AI tool to find local businesses, up from 6% a year earlier
    Source: BrightLocal Local Consumer Review Survey, Feb 2026

    900M

    people use ChatGPT every week
    Source: TechCrunch, Feb 2026

    58%

    lower click-through rate for the top Google result when an AI Overview sits above it
    Source: Ahrefs, Feb 2026

    1%

    of visits with an AI summary ended in a click on a link inside that summary
    Source: Pew Research Center, Jul 2025

    SEO, AEO and GEO in plain English

    SEO earns the ranking. AEO and GEO earn the answer.

    Answer engine optimization (AEO) and generative engine optimization (GEO) are the practice of getting your business named inside AI answers, the way SEO gets it ranked in search results. They share one foundation, so we run them as one program instead of three separate retainers.

    Local SEO

    The map pack and the blue links

    Where it shows
    Google Search and Google Maps
    What decides it
    Relevance, distance and prominence: your Google Business Profile, reviews, service pages and links
    How we measure it
    Map pack rank by neighborhood, calls and direction requests

    AEO

    The answer at the top of the page

    Where it shows
    Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and featured answers
    What decides it
    Pages that answer the question clearly, structured data, and sources Google already trusts
    How we measure it
    How often you are cited in AI Overviews and AI Mode for tracked questions

    GEO

    The name an assistant recommends

    Where it shows
    ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot and Claude
    What decides it
    What the web says about you: best-of lists, reviews on trusted sites, Reddit, press and your own pages
    How we measure it
    Share of AI answers that name you, and AI referral traffic and calls

    Shared foundation: reviews, a page for every service, mentions on trusted sites, structured data and a fast, crawlable site. Fix these once and all three improve.

    Two-minute self check

    What is your AI visibility score?

    Tick what is already true for your business. These are the ten signals that decide whether you show up in Google's local results and whether an AI assistant names you when someone asks for a recommendation.

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    Start ticking

    Your score updates as you go. Nothing is sent anywhere.

    We test real prompts for your city across four AI assistants.

    Ten signals

    Points = our weight for impact

    How AI picks a local business

    What an assistant checks before it says your name

    In the 2026 Local Search Ranking Factors survey, local search experts ranked these as the strongest signals for AI visibility. None of them is a keyword trick. Each one is evidence that you are a real, busy, well-reviewed business.

    1. 01

      Expert 'best of' lists

      Being named on curated local roundups is the factor local search experts rank highest for AI visibility.

    2. 02

      A page for every service

      One page per treatment, repair or service gives an assistant something specific to quote when the question is specific.

    3. 03

      Prominence on industry sites

      Profiles and mentions on the directories your trade relies on, from dental insurers to manufacturer certifications.

    4. 04

      Mentions without links

      Unlinked citations on authoritative sites count. AI reads the sentence, it does not need the hyperlink.

    5. 05

      Reviews on trusted platforms

      Assistants weigh where reviews live, not only the star rating. Ninety-seven percent of consumers read them too.

    Sources: Whitespark Local Search Ranking Factors 2026, BrightLocal Local Consumer Review Survey 2026

    What is included

    Six workstreams, one monthly plan

    Every engagement covers all six. The audit decides where the hours go first.

    Local SEO and Google Business Profile

    • Full profile rebuild: categories, services, products, attributes
    • Weekly posts and a monthly photo schedule
    • Map pack tracking on a grid across your service area

    Answer-ready service pages

    • One page per service and city you want to win
    • Price ranges, timelines and FAQs written the way customers ask
    • The answer in the first two sentences, details after

    A review engine that keeps running

    • Automatic review requests after every visit or job
    • Reply guidelines, HIPAA-safe for clinics
    • Every customer asked, never filtered, as Google and the FTC require

    Mentions on the sites AI quotes

    • Placement on local best-of lists and industry directories
    • Local press and partner features
    • Honest participation on Reddit and community forums, never fake accounts

    Technical SEO and structured data

    • Speed and Core Web Vitals on mobile
    • Crawler access for Googlebot, OAI-SearchBot and PerplexityBot
    • LocalBusiness, Service and FAQ schema on every key page

    Tracking you can check yourself

    • Your real customer prompts tracked across four AI assistants
    • AI referral traffic separated out in GA4
    • Calls and form leads tied back to the page or answer that sent them

    Next step

    Find out who AI recommends instead of you

    We run twenty real questions for your trade and city through four assistants and show you the answers, the competitors named and why.

    • Results for your city
    • Competitors and their sources
    • Fixes ranked by impact

    15 minutes, free, no obligation

    How it works

    From invisible to recommended in 90 days

    A fixed sequence, so the fast wins land first and the slower authority work compounds behind them.

    1. Audit, weeks 1 to 2

      We run the questions your customers ask, city by city, through ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Mode and Perplexity, and map who gets named and which sources they cite.

      Baseline share of AI answers and a ranked fix list

    2. Foundation, weeks 2 to 6

      Google Business Profile rebuilt, technical fixes shipped, schema added and the first answer-ready service pages published.

      A site and profile that search and AI can read cleanly

    3. Authority, months 2 to 3

      Review engine live, listings cleaned up, and outreach to the best-of lists, directories and local publications that AI already trusts in your market.

      New mentions and reviews on the sites assistants quote

    4. Compound, month 3 on

      Monthly report on share of answers, map rank and leads. Budget and content move toward the questions that bring booked customers.

      A monthly report tied to calls and bookings

    Measurement

    "You can't measure AI visibility." You can.

    Every month we run the same set of real customer questions, for your city, through each assistant and record who gets named. You see the trend next to the numbers that pay the bills.

    • Share of AI answers, by engine and by question
    • Map pack rank across a grid of your service area
    • AI referral traffic, calls and booked leads

    We will never promise you the top spot in ChatGPT. Nobody controls that answer. We promise the work, and a report that shows whether it is moving.

    Monthly AI visibility report

    Share of AI answers

    75%

    of tracked answers name the business5 prompts × 4 AI assistants

    Sample of tracked prompts and whether each AI engine named the business
    Tracked promptChatGPTAI ModeGeminiPerplexity
    “best med spa for botox in austin”
    “lip filler near me that looks natural”
    “how much is botox per unit in austin”
    “is morpheus8 worth it”
    “medical spa with nurse injectors 78704”

    Sample report layout for a med spa. Your report tracks the prompts your customers actually use, by city.

    Growbi compared

    How this differs from a typical SEO retainer

    Most SEO agencies still report keyword positions. Your customers are reading AI answers. The work and the report have to cover both.

    • Where they optimize

      Growbi: Google, the map pack and four AI assistants in one plan
      Typical SEO agency: Google rankings only
    • What the report shows

      Growbi: Share of AI answers, map rank, calls and booked leads
      Typical SEO agency: Keyword positions and traffic
    • Content

      Growbi: Service pages that answer real customer questions
      Typical SEO agency: Blog posts written for keyword volume
    • Reviews and mentions

      Growbi: Built in, because AI weighs them heavily
      Typical SEO agency: Separate add-on, or not offered
    • Paid and organic

      Growbi: One keyword map and one lead tracker if we also run your ads
      Typical SEO agency: Two vendors, two reports, no shared data

    Built for local service businesses

    The questions are local. So is the playbook.

    A med spa is judged on injector credentials and before-and-after photos, a roofer on storm claims and manufacturer certifications. We build the signals each trade is actually judged on.

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    We've been vetted for excellence

    Only companies that meet the highest standards become official partners with platforms like Facebook, Google, TikTok, and more. We're very proud to say Growbi is one of them.

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    AI SEO questions

    Questions owners ask before they start

    AI SEO services make a business easy for AI assistants and Google to find, trust and recommend. For a local business that means a strong Google Business Profile, a page for every service, steady reviews, mentions on the sites AI quotes, clean technical SEO and tracking of whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews name you.

    Partly. Most of the foundation is shared: a fast site, useful pages, reviews and authority. What changes is the finish line. SEO aims for a ranking you hope gets clicked. AEO and GEO aim to be the business an AI answer names, which depends more on what other sites say about you and on pages that answer a question directly.

    AEO, answer engine optimization, started with featured snippets and now covers Google AI Overviews and AI Mode. GEO, generative engine optimization, usually refers to chat assistants like ChatGPT and Gemini. In practice the work overlaps almost completely, and most agencies use the two terms interchangeably.

    No, and anyone who does is overselling. Nobody controls what an AI assistant says, and answers change with wording, location and the engine. What we can do is make you the best-documented option in your market and show you, every month, how often you are being named for the questions that matter.

    Three ways. Share of AI answers: the percentage of tracked prompts where each assistant names you. Map pack rank across a grid of your service area. And business results: AI referral traffic in GA4, calls and form leads, tied back to the source where we can.

    Google Business Profile and technical fixes often move map rankings within weeks. AI answers usually take longer, because assistants need to find new reviews, pages and mentions first. Plan on about three months before share of answers moves in a meaningful way, and judge us on the monthly trend.

    No. The work that earns AI mentions, clearer pages, better reviews, structured data and real authority, is the same work Google rewards. We do not rewrite pages that already rank well without checking what they rank for first.

    Usually less than you think. Most local businesses need a proper page for each service and location they want to win, plus answers to the questions customers ask before booking. Volume blogging is rarely the bottleneck.

    ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, Gemini and Perplexity are tracked as standard. We also check Copilot and Claude for clients where they matter.

    Not sure where you stand? The audit shows exactly what each assistant says about you today.

    Next time someone asks AI who to call, make it you

    Book a free AI visibility audit. We show you what ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Mode and Perplexity say about your business today, and what it takes to change it.

    • Your questions tested in four AI assistants
    • Your map pack rank across your service area
    • A 90-day plan you keep, whether or not you hire us
    • Free, no obligation
    • 15-minute call
    • You keep the audit