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AI Search Optimization

When someone asks AI for a recommendation, be the answer.

Your next customer might not Google you. They might ask ChatGPT, Claude, or Google's AI for a recommendation, and get one answer. We build the signals that make AI systems name your business when it counts, the same authority we have built for search since 2007, plus a new layer most agencies have not learned yet.

  • ✓ Get named in ChatGPT, Claude, and Google AI answers
  • ✓ Track how often AI actually recommends you, and report it
  • ✓ Built on the authority signals AI systems already trust
Born & raised in Whatcom County Clients across the U.S. Certified Google Partner Ranking businesses since 2007

Search is changing. The winners will be recommended, not just ranked.

A growing share of your customers no longer scan ten blue links. They ask a question, to Google’s AI Overviews, to ChatGPT, to Claude, and get one answer. If that answer names your competitor, you never even got a chance to lose.

The good news: AI systems do not recommend at random. They lean on signals you can build, the same authority we have spent nearly two decades building for search, plus a new layer most agencies have not learned yet.

How we make AI recommend you

We work the levers that AI systems actually read, and unlike most agencies, we can measure the results:

  • ✓ Structured data and schema, so machines understand exactly who you are
  • ✓ Digital PR and press releases that build the citations AI trusts
  • ✓ Consistent business information everywhere AI looks
  • ✓ Reviews and authoritative content that make you the safe recommendation
  • ✓ AI mention tracking: we monitor how often ChatGPT, Claude, and Google’s AI actually name you, and report it

Why we can do this when most cannot

AI systems do not invent recommendations. They lean on the same evidence that has always signaled trust: consistent business information, authoritative content, real reviews, and citations from sources the models respect. We have spent since 2007 building exactly those signals for search, so extending them to AI answers is not a new trick for us, it is the same discipline aimed at a new destination.

The difference is the measurement. We do not guess whether AI mentions you. We test the questions your customers actually ask and track your presence in the answers over time.

Straight Talk On A New Frontier

Anyone guaranteeing AI placement is selling vapor

AI search is young, and nobody on earth can promise you a spot in ChatGPT’s answer. Here is what is real: the signals AI systems trust are measurable and buildable, we build them with proven tactics like schema, digital PR, and entity consistency, and we track your AI mentions so you can watch the needle move. Honest inputs, measured outputs. That is the only credible way to do this work today.

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AI surfaces tracked: Google’s AI, ChatGPT, and Claude
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AI use inside our own agency, on real client work
100%
of AI output reviewed by a human before it touches your brand
AI mention tracking via professional-grade tools, reported alongside your rankings.
What's Included

How we get you into the answer

AI Search Optimization

The core work: making your business the answer AI assistants give. Content, structure, and authority tuned for how ChatGPT, Claude, and Google AI actually choose who to recommend.

AI Mention Tracking

We ask the assistants the questions your customers ask, log whether they name you, and report the trend over time. Proof, not promises.

Schema & Structured Data

The machine-readable layer that lets AI parse exactly what you do, where, and for whom, so it can quote you with confidence.

Digital PR & Press

Premium press campaigns that earn the third-party citations AI systems treat as trust signals, the mentions that get you cited instead of ignored.

Conversational Query Targeting

Customers ask AI full questions, not keywords. We map the real questions in your market and build content that answers them the way assistants like to quote.

Entity & Knowledge Signals

AI models recognize businesses as entities, not just web pages. We strengthen the knowledge-graph signals, consistent identity, associations, and mentions, that tell the models exactly who you are.

How It Works

From invisible to recommended

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AI Audit

We ask the AIs about your business, baseline your mentions, and map the gaps.

2

Build the Signals

Schema, press, entity consistency, and content that make you the safe answer.

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Earn the Citations

Digital PR and authoritative content build the third-party mentions AI systems treat as proof.

4

Measure & Expand

AI mention reports show the needle moving, then we widen what you own.

Questions

AI questions, answered straight

Will AI replace SEO?
It is transforming it, not replacing it. AI systems learn who to recommend from the same authority signals good SEO has always built: strong content, real citations, consistent information, and reviews. The businesses winning AI recommendations are the ones with SEO foundations plus the new AI-specific layer. We build both together.
How do you get a business mentioned by ChatGPT or in AI Overviews?
There is no pay-to-play and no secret backdoor. AI systems favor businesses with strong, consistent, verifiable signals: structured data, third-party press and citations, authoritative content, and a solid review footprint. We build those deliberately, then track your mentions across Google’s AI, ChatGPT, and Claude to prove the needle is moving.
Can you guarantee AI will recommend my business?
No, and nobody honest can. AI search is too new and changes too fast for guarantees. What we can do is build the measurable signals AI systems trust, track your mentions with professional tools, and show you real progress. Honest inputs, measured outputs.
Does AI-generated content hurt rankings?
Lazy, unreviewed AI content can absolutely hurt you, with Google and with customers. AI-assisted content with real expertise and human editing performs well. Our standard is simple: AI accelerates the work, a human approves every word, and nothing generic ships under your name.
Which AI automations actually make sense for a small local business?
Start where speed wins jobs: an AI chat assistant for after-hours website visitors, missed-call text-back, and fast review responses. Those three alone rescue leads most businesses lose every week. From there we can layer in follow-up sequences and content workflows as the wins stack up.
How much does this cost?
It depends on which side you need: AI visibility, automations, or both. We will give you a straightforward recommendation on your free consultation, sized to your business, with no long-term lock-in pressure.

The next customer will not search. They will ask.

Book a free 30-minute consultation. We will ask the AIs about your business together, live, and map exactly what it takes to become the answer.