AI visibility services — get your business named in ChatGPT and Google AI
About two thirds of local-business searches now show a Google AI answer (Whitespark, North America, July 2026), and some buyers now ask ChatGPT before they open Google at all. We work to make your website, your Business Profile and your listings what those answers are built from — and we show you the transcripts so you can see it for yourself.
Same team as our SEO Chester service. Meet us at the Riverside Innovation Centre.
"Who does AI receptionists for small businesses in Chester?"
Captured with DataForSEO’s Google AI Mode endpoint, geolocated to Chester. We keep the raw response. Results vary by day and wording — which is exactly why we measure on a fixed panel.
What the 2026 data says
Four numbers that decide where the work goes. Each one has a named source and a date.
of local-business searches now show a Google AI Overview
Whitespark study (North America), July 2026
of the sites Google AI Mode cites are also in the organic top 10
Semrush AI Mode research, 2026
of Google AI citations for home-service searches go to the business’s own website
Cheers dataset, 100 US & Canadian cities, Sep 2026
of ChatGPT’s citations for the same searches go to directories and review sites
Cheers dataset, 100 US & Canadian cities, Sep 2026
Put together: your own website is what Google’s AI cites, your Business Profile and reviews are what its “best in Chester” answers are ranked by, and directories still matter for ChatGPT. Ranking on page one is half the battle — not the whole of it.
Where an AI answer comes from
The engines differ, and so does the work. This is the plain version of what each one leans on for a local service question.
| Engine | Mostly built from | What we work on |
|---|---|---|
| Google AI Overviews & AI Mode | Pages already in Google’s index, about half of them on page one; Business Profile cards for “best/near me” questions | Ordinary SEO, answer-shaped pages, Business Profile categories and reviews |
| Gemini | Business websites, with Google Business Profile behind local answers | Same as above, plus consistent entity data |
| ChatGPT search | Bing’s index; business websites and directories/review sites in roughly equal measure | Bing Places, the directories that actually get cited, OAI-SearchBot access |
| Perplexity | Live web retrieval, heavily weighted to business websites | Clear, factual, dated pages; crawler access |
| Copilot | Bing index and Bing Places | Bing Webmaster Tools, Bing Places, AI Performance report |
What the AI visibility work involves
Eight pieces. The first one is free, and it decides which of the other seven your business actually needs.
Baseline: what the AIs say about you today
We run a fixed panel of buying questions for your service and area through Google AI Mode, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, and record who gets named and which page gets cited. You get the transcripts, not a score we made up.
Entity and listings
Google’s AI answers for “best agency in Chester” style questions are built from Business Profile cards, and ChatGPT leans on directories and review sites. So we fix the Business Profile, Bing Places and the handful of directories that actually get cited, and make sure the name, address, phone and categories agree everywhere.
Answer-shaped service pages
AI answers pull from pages that state plainly who a service is for, what it includes, what it costs, how long it takes and where you work. Most service pages say none of that. We rewrite yours so the answer is on the page, in visible text — not hidden in a video or a chatbot.
Proof that can be checked
Dated case studies with a baseline, a result and the source it was measured in. Undated “latest 28 days” claims and anonymous testimonials get quietly ignored by both people and models.
Structured data that matches the page
Organisation, LocalBusiness, Service, FAQ and Article schema, saying exactly what the visible text says. Google is clear that no special schema or file is required for AI features — but consistent, accurate data is still how systems confirm who you are.
Earned mentions
Local press, industry bodies, suppliers, the university, the Chamber, clients who will link to you. These are the references AI systems treat as corroboration. We prepare the outreach; you approve every message before it is sent.
Classic SEO underneath
Roughly half of what AI Mode cites is already ranking on page one. There is no AI visibility without ordinary visibility, so the technical, content and link work continues alongside.
Measurement you can repeat
The same prompt panel re-run monthly, the AI-assistant referral channel in GA4, Bing Webmaster Tools’ AI Performance report, and your enquiry log. Mentions are only worth reporting if they turn into conversations.
What we won’t do
A lot of “GEO agency” pitches are guesses dressed up as guarantees. These are the lines we hold, because crossing them costs clients real visibility.
- Guarantee a ChatGPT or Google AI placement — nobody controls what a model says, and anyone who promises it is guessing
- Sell an llms.txt file as the fix — Google has said it does not use one, and the search bots of the other engines read your normal pages
- Publish AI-only content that differs from what visitors see
- Buy reviews, fake Wikipedia entries or mass directory submissions — they get reverted, and the brand gets suppressed
Pricing
Month to month with 30 days’ notice (an SEO retainer has a 3-month minimum first). Every report includes the raw AI transcripts, so you are never asked to take a score on trust.
AI visibility, answered plainly
The questions Chester business owners ask us before they start.
What is AI visibility?+
Is this really separate from SEO?+
Which sources do the AIs actually cite for a local service?+
Can you show it working for a real business?+
How long does it take?+
What does it cost?+
Do you work outside Chester?+
Related services and reading
AI visibility sits on top of the local SEO and Business Profile work. These pair with it.
AI Visibility Checker (free)
Submit your URL. We test ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity against 20 buying-intent questions in your niche and send a written report.
Read moreSEO Chester
The local SEO programme this layer sits on — Chester team, 3-month minimum then month to month, transparent reporting.
Read moreGoogle Business Profile Management
Google’s “best in Chester” AI answers are ranked by Business Profile rating and reviews. This is where that is won.
Read moreAI Agency Chester
Voice agents, chatbots and automation — the services Google’s AI already names us for in Chester.
Read moreCase study: Tropical Fish Co
Search and AI-assistant work for our founder’s own aquatics shop, with dated first-party results.
Read moreHow LLMs work
Background reading on why models name some businesses and not others.
Read moreSources: Google Search Central, “AI features and your website” (2026); Whitespark, “The prevalence of AI Overviews in local search” (July 2026); Semrush AI Mode study (2026); Cheers AI citation dataset, 32 home-service prompts across 100 US and Canadian cities, 28 days to 2 Sep 2026 (UK behaviour may differ); Hand On Web DataForSEO captures, 13 Sep 2026.
See your AI visibility baseline first
Before you commit to anything, find out what ChatGPT, Google AI, Gemini and Perplexity say about your business today. Free written report, no card, no sales call required.