AEO & AI SEARCH
BE THE ANSWER AI GIVES
ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity give one recommendation — not ten links. We make sure it's your business they name.
Search is splitting in two: ranked results, and AI answers. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) is how you win the second one — structured data AI can parse, content written the way answer engines pull from, and a site AI agents can browse like a real customer. We build all of it, then track what the AIs say about you every week.
What's inside
AI recommendation tracking
Weekly checks of how ChatGPT, Google's AI Overviews and Perplexity answer questions in your category — and whether it's you they name.
Answer-first content
Services, pricing and FAQs written the way AI tools pull answers — direct, structured and quotable.
Schema & structured data
LLM-readable markup on every important page, so AI engines can parse, trust and cite your business.
Agentic-browsing readiness
Fast, crawlable pages AI agents can browse like a customer — clear services, hours and pricing, all current.
Citations & authority
Consistent business data and mentions from sources answer engines trust — the signals that decide who gets quoted.
Plain-English reporting
See exactly where you appear in AI answers, where competitors beat you, and what we changed this month.
How it works
Test
We ask the major AI tools the questions your customers ask, and record exactly who they recommend — and why.
Optimize
Schema, answer-first content, business data cleanup and speed work, so AI tools can read and trust you.
Compound
AI visibility tracked weekly and refined monthly, so you stay the answer as AI search grows.
LET'S TALK
Ready to ignite local growth?
A 20-minute demo. Real strategy, no pressure. See exactly how we'd plug into your business.
WHY IT MATTERS
One answer beats ten links.
When someone asks an AI "who's the best plumber near me?", they don't get a results page — they get a shortlist, often a single recommendation. If the AI doesn't know your business, or recommends a competitor instead, you never make that list. Early movers are locking in "recommended business" status right now, in markets where most competitors haven't even heard of AEO. The businesses that wait will be playing catch-up.
HOW IT WORKS
What it takes to get picked by AI.
What is AEO?
AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) is the practice of making your business the answer that AI tools give. Instead of only ranking web pages, you're optimizing so ChatGPT, Google's AI Overviews, Perplexity and AI browsers recommend your business when someone asks "who's the best plumber near me?"
Why local businesses can't ignore it
More customers start their search by asking an AI instead of scrolling results. High-intent questions — "who can fix my furnace today?", "best dentist near me" — end with one recommendation. Being absent from that answer means being absent from the shortlist entirely.
What your site needs for agentic browsing
AI agents don't just skim pages — they browse your site like a customer would: reading pricing, services and FAQs, and checking that pages load fast and are easy to understand. To be picked, your site needs clear structure, schema markup AI can parse, direct answers to common questions, up-to-date service and pricing info, and fast, crawlable pages.
How Ignite Leads helps
We build AEO into everything we do: structured data and schema on every important page, content written to answer the exact questions customers ask AI, fast sites that agents can browse effortlessly, and consistent business information across the web so AI tools trust and recommend you. Your visibility in AI answers gets checked every week — so you know you're the answer, not the alternative.
FREE AI SEARCH AUDIT
Find out if AI recommends your competitors instead of you.
We ask ChatGPT, Google's AI Overviews and Perplexity the questions your customers ask — then show you exactly who gets recommended, why, and what it takes to become the answer.
What we look at
- How ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews & Perplexity currently answer questions in your category
- Whether AI tools can read, parse and cite your site at all
- Schema markup & structured data gaps on your key pages
- Answer-first content — are your services, pricing and FAQs phrased the way AI pulls from?
- Business data consistency across the sources AI trusts
- Site speed & crawlability for agentic browsing
Audits are delivered in 2–3 business days. No obligation, no auto-enroll into anything.
SERVING
AEO & AI Search for your city.
Dedicated aeo & ai search pages with neighbourhood-level targeting, local schema, and FAQs tuned to each market.