AI SEO: get your business named when customers ask AI
- A$749 a month: website and SEO team
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI
- Checked before it goes live, and you choose what you approve
When a customer asks an AI assistant who to call, it names a few businesses and moves on. Your SEO team works on what AI reads about you, every day, and checks the answers every month.
Who’s a good bricklayer near Bakewell for a block retaining wall?
For a block retaining wall near Bakewell, these local bricklayers come up most:
- 1Ash Huskisson Masonry (Darwin)
Brick, block and retaining walls across Darwin and Palmerston. Recent job photos on their Google listing.
ahmasonry.com.au/bakewell - 2Dunmoray Masonry (Durack)
Fences, letterboxes and small walls.
Other businesses are made up.
- Named first
One clear business, with the same facts everywhere the assistant looks.
- Recent job photos on the listing
Your Google listing kept current, so the answer has something real to say.
- A page for the area
The Bakewell page is the source the assistant cites.
What is AI SEO?
AI SEO is making sure AI assistants have clear, checked facts about your business, so they name you when a customer in your area asks.
Looking for Google Maps and local results? See Local SEO.
- Also called
- GEO (generative engine optimisation) or AEO (answer engine optimisation). Same job, newer names.
- Where it shows
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google’s AI Overviews and AI Mode.
- Why it helps Google too
- AI Overviews draw on the same pages Google ranks, so clear pages work for both.
Why does it matter now?
Search is moving into AI answers: 58% of Australians aged 14+ used an AI tool in an average four weeks. More customers ask AI instead of scrolling Google, and fewer of them click through to a website.
- 58%
of Australians aged 14+ use an AI tool in an average four weeks. ChatGPT 45%, Gemini 21%.
Roy Morgan, June 2026 - 6%→to 45%
of consumers now use AI to find local businesses, up from 6% a year earlier.
BrightLocal Local Consumer Review Survey, Feb 2026US - 2.5billion+
monthly users of Google’s AI Overviews.
Google, May 2026 - 68%
of Google searches now end without a click.
SparkToro and Similarweb, June 2026US
Figures from Roy Morgan (No. 10248, 2 Jun 2026), BrightLocal (11 Feb 2026), Google (19 May 2026), SparkToro / Similarweb (9 Jun 2026). US figures marked US.
What does your team do for AI answers?
Your team makes your business one clear, consistent entity everywhere AI looks, and writes the answers customers ask for.
One clear business, everywhere
The same name, details and description across your site, written in the structured form AI assistants read.
Every page ready for AI
Each page is checked for the facts an assistant needs to quote it: what you do, where, and for whom.
AI crawlers let in
Your site lets the assistants’ crawlers read it, so your pages can be part of the answer.
Prices and FAQs on your pages
Price ranges and answers to the questions customers ask, in words an assistant can quote.
Your details matching across directories
Name, phone, website and hours the same on the directories AI reads.
Checked, then measured
Every change is checked before it goes live, and the bigger ones are measured for 28 days.
How do you know if AI names you?
Your team asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google’s AI the questions your customers ask, every month, and reports who gets named.
“Who’s a good bricklayer near Bakewell for a block retaining wall?”
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Perplexity
- Google AI
- AugustNot named
Two other bricklayers come up. Ash Huskisson Masonry isn’t in the answer.
- SeptemberMentioned, no link
Ash Huskisson Masonry is named in passing, with no link to its site.
- OctoberRecommended first
Ash Huskisson Masonry comes up first, with its Bakewell page as the source.
Illustration Ash Huskisson Masonry’s monthly AI-answer check, August to October.
When the AI rules change, what happens?
Your team is already working on it, so you keep your place. When Google, ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot change how they pick who to show, your team adjusts your pages and listings.
- GoogleWhen Google started showing more job photos in local resultsWhat your team doesPuts your newest job photos on your listing, each with a line about the job
- AI answersWhen an AI assistant started favouring prices and FAQsWhat your team doesAdds price ranges and answers to common questions to your pages
- GoogleWhen Google changed how it ranks local listingsWhat your team doesChecks your service areas and page titles against it, and adjusts them
Examples of how your team responds when Google or an AI assistant changes.
How is this different from AI SEO software?
Software gives you the tools; your team does the work, and every change is checked before it goes live.
| Feature | SEOrtedA$749 a month | BabyLoveGrowthA$142–572 a month | Search Atlas OTTOA$142–572 a month | Typical local SEO agencyA$800–3,000 a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shows up in AI answers: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI | Yes | Partly: Not Perplexity or Google AI | Yes: All four on the Pro plan | Not stated |
| Makes the changes for you, with your OK where you want it | Yes | Partly: New articles only | Yes | Partly: Staff, by hand |
| Every change checked before it goes live, and you choose what you approve | Yes | Not stated | Partly: Optional approval mode | Partly: Staff |
| Done for you, no software to run | Yes | Partly: Software you set up | Partly: Software you set up | Yes |
| Your website: designed, hosted and looked after | Yes | Not stated: Publishes to your site | Not stated | Not stated |
Competitor features and prices from their own websites, seen 15 Oct 2026. BabyLoveGrowth and Search Atlas show US$99–399 a month billed monthly, converted at US$1 = A$1.433. Agency range from Australian agencies’ published guides: about A$800–1,500 for local SEO and A$1,500–3,000 for the professional tier (Clickmatix, Aug 2026). “Partly” and “not stated” mean their site doesn’t claim it in full. Every option compared
Questions
Can ChatGPT do my SEO?
It can draft words, but it can’t run your listing, fix your site or check what other assistants say about you every month. Your team uses AI to do more, faster, and every change is checked before it goes live.
What is AI SEO called now?
You’ll also see GEO (generative engine optimisation) and AEO (answer engine optimisation). They all mean getting your business named in AI answers.
How much does AI SEO cost?
With us it’s part of A$749 a month, with your website and your SEO team for Google. There’s no separate AI fee. See pricing
Is SEO dead now with AI?
No. AI assistants draw on the same pages, listings and reviews that Google uses, so the work still counts. What changes is checking AI answers as well as Google. Read the guide
Do I need a new website for AI?
Not always, but a clear multi-page site helps: a page for each service and area, with facts an assistant can quote. Your website is built and looked after as part of A$749 a month.
How long until AI names my business?
We don’t promise a timeline. Your team checks AI answers every month and reports who gets named, so you can see the change as it happens.
See your new homepage before you spend a cent
We design your new homepage and a report on where you show up today, usually within a few days. No charge, no commitment, and we’ll tell you honestly if we’re not the right fit.