AI search optimization: get named when customers ask ChatGPT

Customers now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI Overviews which business to call. We make sure those tools can read your site, find consistent facts about you, and have good reasons to name you.

Included in our Authority package at $2,750 a month. Start with a free check of what AI assistants say about your business today.

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Send your website. We ask the questions your customers ask, record whether you are named and which sources the answers cite, and send you the findings within one business day.

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The short answer

What is AI search optimization?

Making your business easy for AI assistants to find, understand and recommend, using the same honest signals that build trust with people.

AI search optimization, also called generative engine optimization (GEO), answer engine optimization (AEO) or LLM SEO, is the work of getting a business named and cited in answers from tools such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and Google AI Overviews. It covers crawler access, clear facts on your own site, consistent information across the web, and mentions on the third-party sources those tools read.

  • Nobody controls AI answers. Each tool decides what to say. Treat any provider who guarantees a mention or a position in ChatGPT as a warning sign. What can be done is removing the reasons you are left out.
  • Price: included in the Authority package at $2,750 a month, month-to-month, no setup fee. Agency GEO fees for small businesses are published at $1,500 to $5,000 a month (WebFX, October 2026).
  • Access comes first. OpenAI says its OAI-SearchBot crawler is what surfaces websites in ChatGPT search results, and that sites which block it will not be shown there (OpenAI crawler documentation). Some hosts and firewalls block AI crawlers at server level without the owner knowing.
What we work on

Five things that decide whether AI names you

  1. 1

    Crawler access

    We check robots.txt and the server response each AI crawler actually receives, so ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude can read your pages, and Google and Bing can index them.

  2. 2

    Facts AI can quote

    Clear answers on your own pages: what you do, where, for whom, what it costs and how to book, written as short question-and-answer text that assistants can lift accurately.

  3. 3

    One consistent identity

    Your name, address, phone, services and hours match across your website, Google Business Profile, directories and schema markup, so the tools are not choosing between conflicting facts.

  4. 4

    The sources AI reads

    Answers cite third-party pages such as directories, review sites, industry lists and local press. We find which sources are cited for your services and work on genuine listings and mentions there.

  5. 5

    Measured, not guessed

    Each month we ask the AI tools the questions your customers ask and record whether you are named and which sources are cited, so you see movement in plain numbers.

How it works

From invisible to on the shortlist

  1. Free

    AI visibility check

    We ask the buyer questions for your service and area and show you who is named, who is cited, and whether the crawlers can reach your site.

  2. First weeks

    Fix access and facts

    Crawler access, schema markup, profile consistency and the question-and-answer content on your key pages.

  3. Every month

    Earn mentions

    Genuine listings, reviews and mentions on the sources the AI answers cite for your services.

  4. Every month

    Report

    The same questions asked again, with mentions, citations and the leads that followed.

Pricing

What AI search optimization costs

Authority package, $2,750 a month

AI search optimization of your profile and pages is part of Authority, alongside long-form service and location pages, authority links, schema on every page and bi-weekly strategy calls. Month-to-month, no setup fee.

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Free AI visibility check

Not sure you need the full package? Start with the free check. You get the questions we asked, the answers, who was named and which sources were cited, whether you buy anything or not.

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No surprises

What you get in writing

The same terms as our terms and conditions and refund policy.

  • A statement of workYour deliverables are listed before work starts, so you can check each month what was done.
  • Month-to-month termsCancel with 30 days written notice. Fees prepaid for months that have not started are refunded in full.
  • Optional prepay discountPay 3 months upfront for 5% off, 6 months for 10% off, or 12 months for the price of 10. If you stop early, every month up to and including the month your cancellation takes effect is kept at the standard monthly price, because each month's team and tools are committed when it starts. Every month after that is refunded.
  • Your approval firstNothing is published on your website, profiles or ad accounts without your sign-off.
  • You keep ownershipYour accounts stay in your name, and the content made for you is yours once paid for, including after you cancel.
  • No AI placement guaranteesAI tools decide their own answers. We commit to the work and report the results each month, not to a mention by a date.
  • No ranking guaranteesGoogle controls rankings. Treat any provider who guarantees a number one position as a warning sign.
What changes the price

What changes the cost of AI search work?

  1. 1

    Whether the foundations exist

    If the site blocks AI crawlers, lacks schema or has conflicting business details, the first weeks go on fixing those before any mention-building.

  2. 2

    How many services and areas

    Each service and area adds questions to track and pages to make quotable.

  3. 3

    How crowded the cited sources are

    Where the AI answers cite a few busy directories and lists, earning genuine mentions there takes longer.

Example cases

Typical AI visibility problems

Illustrative examples, not client results.

  1. 1

    A clinic missing from ChatGPT answers

    The host firewall was blocking AI crawlers. Access fixed first, then question-and-answer content on the main treatment pages.

  2. 2

    A contractor named with the wrong phone number

    Old directory listings disagreed with the website. Business details made consistent across the web, then re-checked each month.

  3. 3

    A firm whose competitors are named instead

    Competitors appeared on the industry lists the answers cite. Genuine listings and mentions built on those sources.

Sources

Sources

WebFX lists agency GEO fees of $1,500 to $5,000 a month for small businesses and $5,000 to $25,000 for mid-sized ones, with its own GEO service starting at $3,000 a month (WebFX GEO pricing, 15 October 2026). WebFX sells this service, and we found no survey-based GEO pricing, so treat these as vendor estimates.

"There's no way to request or pay for a better local ranking on Google." Google Business Profile Help, support.google.com (checked 21 October 2026)

The same is true of AI answers: the work is making accurate facts easy to find, not buying a placement.

Fit

Is AI search optimization right for you?

Best for

Businesses that want to be named when customers ask ChatGPT, Copilot, Perplexity or Google's AI answers for a recommendation.

  • Businesses already doing local SEO that want the next layer
  • Practices and firms in fields where buyers ask AI assistants for options
  • Owners who want to know what AI tools say about them today

Not the right fit if

Another route will serve you better in these cases.

  • Your Google Business Profile is suspended: AI answers lean on it, so start with reinstatement
  • You have no website or profile yet: build those first
  • You want a guaranteed mention in a specific AI tool (no one controls their answers)
  • You only want a one-off check: the free AI visibility check covers that

Prices and facts verified · Reviewed by the Rankure team · Next review November 2026

Questions

AI search optimization questions

What is the difference between SEO and AI search optimization?
SEO aims to rank pages in search results. AI search optimization aims to have your business named and cited inside the answers AI tools write. They share foundations, such as crawlable pages, accurate facts and trusted mentions, so good SEO helps AI visibility, but AI answers also lean on third-party sources and short, quotable facts.
Can you guarantee ChatGPT will recommend my business?
No. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google decide their own answers, and nobody can guarantee a mention. We remove the reasons you are left out, build genuine mentions on the sources the answers cite, and show you every month whether you are being named.
Why does ChatGPT recommend my competitors and not me?
Usually because it cannot read your site, finds conflicting facts about you, or sees your competitors mentioned on the sources it trusts and not you. Our guide on why AI mentions competitors covers the common causes.
Does my robots.txt file matter?
Yes. OpenAI says sites that block its OAI-SearchBot crawler will not be shown in ChatGPT search answers. Server firewalls and some hosting providers can also block AI crawlers without anything showing in robots.txt, so we test what each crawler actually receives.
Do I need an llms.txt file?
It is optional. It is a short summary of who you are and your key pages, and it is quick to add, but no major AI provider has confirmed that it changes their answers. We treat it as a small extra, not a strategy.
How long does AI search optimization take?
Access and on-site fixes can be done in the first weeks. Mentions on third-party sources and changes in AI answers take longer and vary by tool and by how competitive your market is. We report the same questions each month so you can see the trend.
How do you measure AI visibility?
We ask the AI tools the questions your customers ask, for your service and area, and record whether your business is named and which websites are cited. Asking the same questions each month shows whether mentions are rising.