Get named
when
Vancouver
asks AI
People now ask ChatGPT and Google’s AI answers who to hire, and the reply is a short list of names. Our job is to get your business onto that list more often. We correct the facts AI tools read about you, publish plain answers to the questions your customers ask, and keep your Google presence solid underneath. Every month you see what the tools actually said, with the date on it.
$1,200 setup, then $800 a month for three months, then month to month. CAD, plus applicable taxes. See what’s included
Example answer
Who’s a good emergency plumber in Burnaby?
Sample question and answer
The problem
AI tools name only a few
Ask an AI assistant for a good accountant in Richmond and you don’t get ten links to compare. You get a paragraph and three or four names.
Those names come from what the tool can find and trust about each business: its website, its Google Business Profile, the directories that list it and the reviews people leave. When that information is thin, out of date or contradicts itself, the tool has an easy reason to leave you out.
What we do about it
We make the facts about your business match everywhere they appear, write the answers your customers are looking for, and fix the technical problems that stop pages being read. There are no tricks in that list. It’s the groundwork that makes a business easy to find, understand and recommend.
How answer engine optimization worksThe work we do
We do the same four jobs every month, and report on all of them. Every change we make comes with a link.
Month
Fix the facts
- 1Business name and phone
- 2Address and opening hours
- 3The services you offer
- 4Your website and Google profile
Month
Publish answers
- 5The questions customers ask
- 6The answer in the first lines
- 7Written for people
- 8Structured so a machine can quote it
- 9Published on your own site
Month
Technical basics
- 10Structured data, validator-checked
- 11Validator output shared with you
- 12Pages a crawler can index
- 13A robots.txt that lets AI crawlers in
Month
Monthly report
- 14Your questions, five AI tools
- 15What each tool said, who it named
- 16A dated report of what changed
See what AI says about you
Tell us your business, your main service and your city. We’ll put the kind of questions your customers ask to the AI tools and send you a short, dated snapshot of what they said and who they named.
The snapshot is free. The AI SEO Vancouver team emails it to you within three business days. It covers 10 customer questions, asked in each of five AI tools: Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. AI answers change from one run to the next, so it records one moment and isn’t a ranking.
What’s in your free snapshot
- 10 questions your customers ask, put to each of five AI tools
- A dated record of what each tool said and which businesses it named
- Emailed to you within three business days
- Free. AI answers change from one run to the next, so it shows one moment, not a ranking.
First month
How we start
[ 01 ] Week
- Questions agreed
- Baseline recorded
- Written down
Questions
We agree the list of 20 customer questions we’ll track, in the words your customers actually use, and record what the AI tools say today as your starting line. We keep the list fixed after that.
Result:
A fixed question list and a dated baseline we can point back to. Every later month is measured against the same questions and the same tools, so you can see exactly what changed, what stayed the same, and where the AI tools started naming you instead of someone else, with the date of every run we made.
Book a call[ 02 ] Week
- Website checked
- Google profile checked
- Directories checked
Your facts
We check how your business is described on your own site, your Google Business Profile and the main directories, and list every gap and conflict we find. Where two places disagree, we show you both before we change anything.
Result:
Every gap and conflict, on one list. Each entry says which source it came from and what the two versions said, so you can decide what the right answer is before we touch a page.
Book a call[ 03 ] Week
- Facts corrected
- Answer pages written
- Structured data added
Publish
We correct the facts, write or rewrite up to four answer pages a month, each approved by you before it goes live, and add structured data that passes validation. Each change goes on your list, with a link so you can see exactly what moved.
Result:
Changes published, each with a link. Nothing is hidden behind a dashboard: you get the page, the change and the date it went live.
Book a call[ 04 ] Week
- Same questions
- Five AI tools
- Dated report
Monthly
Same questions, same tools, every month. You get the answers side by side with the baseline, plus what we did and what we’ll do next.
Result:
Three dated reports and a full change log. Compare any month with the starting line and see who the AI tools named, in what order, from which source. After month three the service continues month to month, and either side can cancel with 30 days’ notice by email.
Book a call
Google’s opinion
Why ordinary SEO still counts for your business
Why we skip tricks…our generative AI features on Google Search are rooted in our core Search ranking and quality systems.
That is Google’s view of its own AI features in Search. ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini say much less about how they choose sources, so we measure what they say instead of guessing.
Google Search Central, “Google’s Guide to Optimizing for Generative AI Features on Google Search”. Page last updated 2026-07-10, read 2026-10-07. developers.google.com
Method
How we measure
5 AI tools
Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, asked the same way.
Monthly
The same agreed questions, put to each tool every month.
Dated
Every answer saved with the date, the tool and the question, plus a dated screenshot.
Trends
Repeated runs compared against each other, never a single run.
Outcome
Our tracker asks the same agreed questions every month and stores each full answer with the sources the tool cited and the date it was recorded. AI answers vary between runs and can differ by location, account and device, so we report trends over repeated runs, never a single run.
See how we measureWho it’s for
Who we help
Homes
Trades
Customers ask AI tools who the best emergency plumber is in Burnaby, or which electrician in Surrey handles panel upgrades. The answer is usually a short list of names.
We work with established trades and home-service businesses in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley (Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, Coquitlam, North Shore, Langley and Abbotsford) that already have a website and a Google Business Profile. If you don’t have those yet, that is the right first step instead.
Wellness
Clinics
Patients ask AI tools which physiotherapist in Richmond treats a sports injury, or which dentist in Coquitlam has evening appointments. The answer is usually a short list of names.
We work with established clinics and wellness businesses in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley (Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, Coquitlam, North Shore, Langley and Abbotsford) that already have a website and a Google Business Profile. If you don’t have those yet, that is the right first step instead.
Practice
Legal
Clients ask AI tools which family lawyer in Langley to call, or which accountant in Vancouver handles small-business tax filings. The answer is usually a short list of names.
We work with established law and accounting practices in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley (Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, Coquitlam, North Shore, Langley and Abbotsford) that already have a website and a Google Business Profile. If you don’t have those yet, that is the right first step instead.
Leisure
Auto
Owners ask AI tools which mechanic in Abbotsford does brake repair, which vet in Surrey is open on weekends, or which gym on the North Shore offers personal training. The answer is usually a short list of names.
We work with established auto, pet and fitness businesses in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley (Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, Coquitlam, North Shore, Langley and Abbotsford) that already have a website and a Google Business Profile. If you don’t have those yet, that is the right first step instead.
Local area
Local services
Customers of other local services ask the same kind of question in their own words, such as who the best cleaner, tutor or photographer is in their city. The answer is usually a short list of names.
We work with established other local service businesses in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley (Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, Coquitlam, North Shore, Langley and Abbotsford) that already have a website and a Google Business Profile. If you don’t have those yet, that is the right first step instead.
The AI tools we track
Plain
rules
TRACKED MONTHLY
DATED AND SOURCED
What AI tools cite
AI tools choose their sources question by question and change often. Each month we track which sources they cite for your questions and work on the pages that make you easier to cite.
Where you stand
Results move with every update, every competitor and every new page you publish. Each month we report where you stand, with the date and the query, and when something drops we explain why and what changes next.
Your own baseline
Every business starts from a different place, so we set a baseline in the first month and show the change against it in your own numbers, month after month.
Standard structured data
Google says its AI features don’t need special files or “AI markup”. Standard structured data still helps search engines read a page, so we add it where it fits and keep it accurate.
Sources on every report
Every result is shown with the date, the tool and the question, and every report links its sources.
Pricing
One clear price,
published upfront,
before you call
$1,200 setup
then $800 a month for three months, then month to month. Canadian dollars, plus applicable taxes.
Notes
Field
notes
Read the AI SEO Vancouver guides on checking what AI tools say about your business, and the AI search glossary.
Next step
Two ways to
get started
- Setup: $1,200
Monthly
AI SEO- Your name, hours and services made to match across your site, profile and directories.
- Clear, plain answers to the questions your customers ask, published on pages that AI tools can read and quote.
- Technical fixes so crawlers can reach, read and understand every important page.
- A dated report and change log every month.
- $800 a month after the $1,200 setup, in Canadian dollars plus applicable taxes. Month to month after the first three months.
- Price: Free
Free AI
snapshot- We ask five AI tools ten of the questions your customers ask.
- You see which businesses the tools named for your service and city, and where you stand.
- Every answer is recorded with the date, the tool and the exact question we asked.
- Free, with no obligation to buy anything.
- Emailed to you by the AI SEO Vancouver team within three business days.
Still unsure? Send us your question and a person will answer it plainly, by email, within one business day.
Send a questionQuestions
Answer engine optimization (AEO), also called generative engine optimization (GEO) or AI search optimization, is the work of making a business easy for AI tools such as ChatGPT and Google's AI Overviews to find, understand and recommend. In practice that means accurate facts about the business everywhere they appear, clear answers to customer questions, and sound technical SEO.
No. Nobody can guarantee a place in an AI answer, and it's worth being wary of anyone who says they can. The answers change between runs, and the companies that build these tools decide what they show. What we can guarantee is the work and the reporting: each month you see what we changed and exactly what the AI tools said, with the date, the tool and the question.
Less than the hype suggests. Google says its AI features in Search are rooted in its core ranking and quality systems, so ordinary SEO best practices still apply. What we add on top is AI-specific checking: we ask the AI tools real customer questions every month and record what they say and which sources they cite.
Those names come from what the tool can find and trust about each business: its website, its Google Business Profile, the directories that list it and the reviews people leave. When that information is thin, out of date or contradicts itself, the tool has an easy reason to leave you out.
Yes. It is one of the main places AI tools read your name, hours, services and reviews from, so we check it first and keep it matching your website and directories.
$1,200 for setup, then $800 a month for a fixed first term of three months. That's $3,600 in total for the first term, in Canadian dollars, plus applicable taxes (GST, and PST where it applies). Advertising spend and website rebuilds are not included.
You'll have three dated reports and a full log of every change, so you can decide on evidence. The service then continues month to month at $800 a month plus applicable taxes. Either side can cancel with 30 days' notice by email, and nothing renews into another fixed term.
Established service businesses in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley that already have a website and a Google Business Profile. If you don't have those yet, start there. We'll tell you if this service isn't the right first step.
We agree a fixed list of customer questions with you, then ask five AI tools those questions every month: Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. We store each full answer and every source cited, and report whether you were named, where, and who was named instead. Every result carries the date, the tool and the question.
We won't give you a date, because we don't control when AI tools update what they say. You will see what changed from month to month in your reports, measured against the baseline we take before starting, so you can judge progress for yourself.
Not for Google. Its guidance says you don't need llms.txt files or other special markup to appear in its AI features. Other AI companies publish less about how they choose sources, which is one reason we measure what they say rather than assume.
Yes. Ask for a free AI visibility snapshot. We'll put 10 of the questions your customers ask to each of five AI tools and email you a short, dated record of what they said and who they named within three business days.
Before you go: a free snapshot
Tell us your business and city. We’ll put 10 questions your customers ask to five AI tools and email you what they said within three business days.