AI SEO That Gets You Found Everywhere
Since July 1, 2026, ChatGPT has sent Savo Group more website leads than Google: 15 to 13. Our AI SEO services run the same playbook for your business, and we check the results live in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google’s AI answers from every city you serve.
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AI SEO Case Study: ChatGPT Now Sends Savo Group More Leads Than Google
Every form on savogroup.com lands in Persilio, our own lead software, along with the site that sent it. The first lead from ChatGPT came in on July 1, 2026. Since then ChatGPT has sent us 15 website leads and Google has sent 13. Since September 1 it’s 12 of our 30, our largest single source.
The people ChatGPT sends show up ready to talk. They name their trade and their city in the first message: a weight loss clinic, a chiropractor asking for “Generative Engine Optimization,” a custom home builder, a personal injury firm. One of them is now a client: Current Electrical Systems, an electrician in Ann Arbor, MI.
AI assistants read the site constantly, too. Between October 6 and November 4, ChatGPT opened one of our pages 728 times because a person asked it something, mostly our homepage, local SEO, web design and case study pages like FindLaw.
website leads from ChatGPT since July 1, 2026, against 13 from Google
of our website leads since September 1 came from ChatGPT
times ChatGPT opened our pages to answer someone’s question, October 6 to November 4
Counted in Persilio from savogroup.com forms and Cloudflare-verified AI bot visits, November 5, 2026.
How We Track AI Search Visibility for Every Client
A ranking report can’t see inside an AI answer, so we built a tool that asks. We write the questions a customer would type from the pages AI bots actually read on your site. Then we run them live in ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, AI Overviews, Gemini and Perplexity, from each city you serve, and log whether you’re named, recommended or cited.
The answers also show what buyers care about. In 55 ChatGPT answers about local SEO agencies, ChatGPT asked about budget 35% of the time and mentioned pricing for 22% of the agencies it recommended. So our SEO price range is public: $1,500 to $3,000 a month.
Our own check found ChatGPT names us far more often in Vancouver, WA answers than in Portland, OR answers. That gap became our next to-do, the same way it would for you.
- Which AI bots read which pages, and when one gets blocked
- The sites each AI cites for your trade, like Clutch, Reddit or a directory you’re missing from
- A to-do list for each AI, checked against your live site, Google Business Profile and listings
- 55
- ChatGPT answers checked
- 15%
- named Savo Group
- 9%
- recommended us
- 11%
- cited savogroup.com
What ChatGPT asked people before naming an agency
- Size and details of the job 87%
- Comparing options 47%
- Budget 35%
Share of 55 ChatGPT answers about local SEO agencies, asked from Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR. Tracked in Persilio.
What AI Search Engine Optimization Actually Involves
AI SEO isn't a gimmick or a buzzword. It's a specific set of optimization practices that help AI models find, understand, and cite your content. The AI-specific piece is called GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), and it works alongside traditional SEO to get you found across every search platform.
- Rank in Google's "10 blue links"
- Compete for position 1-10 on results page
- User clicks through to your website
- Measured by rankings and organic traffic
Still essential. Still the foundation. Our local SEO services and web design build this foundation.
- Get cited in AI-generated answers
- Be the source AI models trust and recommend
- Users see your brand in the answer itself
- Measured by AI citations and brand mentions
The new frontier. Our AI SEO services optimize for this layer while strengthening your traditional SEO foundation.
ChatGPT
200M+ weekly users asking questions your business could answer
Google AI Overviews
AI summaries now appear on millions of Google searches
Perplexity
AI search engine gaining market share rapidly
Claude & Others
New AI assistants launching constantly
Real AI Answers, Already Citing Our Work
AI SEO promises are easy to make and hard to prove, so here are the screenshots. Every one is a real AI answer naming us or a client we optimized. Tap any of them to look closer:
Asked for an Agency, the AI Answered With Us
A buyer asked an AI assistant to recommend an SEO agency in one of our specialties. The answer named savogroup.com, earned with the same AI SEO work we do for clients.
Google’s AI Overview Names Our Client First
An incognito search for an EV charger electrician: the AI Overview calls out Newman Electric, licensed, bonded, and permit-pulling, exactly as their profile proves.
A Guide We Wrote, Quoted by the AI
Content built for AvilaCo Drywall being cited as the source in an AI Overview, the content layer of AI SEO doing its job.
A Law Client’s Site, Cited as the Source
AI engines verify legal sources hard, and David A.C. Long’s site passes: cited by name in the answer, in one of the strictest content categories there is.
A Fence Company Six Weeks After Launch
Asked who can fix a leaning fence in Battle Ground, WA, ChatGPT starts with J & W Fence. Across 463 checks on November 5, ChatGPT and Gemini named them 83 times.
A Pest Control Client, Recommended by Name
Asked for pest control in Lake Stevens, WA, the assistant recommends Pure Guard Pest Control, a Lake Stevens company, with its rating, review count and phone number.
27 Years of SEO. Now Optimized for AI
We've been doing search engine optimization since 1999. We didn't jump on AI SEO as a trend. We watched AI search evolve, tested what actually works, and built our AI SEO services on decades of search expertise.
What Doesn't Work
- Publish raw AI content without human review
- Trust AI for facts without verification
- Use AI to create thin, keyword-stuffed pages
- Rely on AI-generated "expertise" claims
- Ignore AI's tendency to hallucinate statistics
What Our AI SEO Delivers
- Content structured for both humans and AI models
- Add real expertise, examples, and opinions
- Verify every fact and cite real sources
- Build genuine E-E-A-T signals over time
- AI SEO layered on top of traditional SEO foundations
Ready to Grow Your Business?
Hand-coded websites and real SEO from a family-owned team with 27 years of experience. From small local businesses to enterprise corporations, nationwide.
Custom Websites That Convert
Hand-coded from scratch. No WordPress, no templates, no page builders. Your site loads in under a second, has nothing to hack, and is built to turn visitors into calls and form fills. Pretty is the floor, not the point.
Custom websites
Scoped to what you actually need. We look at the project and give you a straight quote. No packages, no upsells.
PageSpeed
100
Load Time
0.6s
Plugins
0
Core Web Vitals
SEO That Actually Moves Rankings
Content, links, technical audits, and AI search optimization. We move rankings and tie the work to real leads, not vanity traffic charts. Every SEO client gets Persilio, our lead management platform, free.
SEO
Pricing based on your location(s), competition, and industry. We'll assess your market and give you a straight answer.
- Local SEO + Google Business Profile
- Content + link building
- AI SEO / GEO optimization
What's Included
Persilio lead tracking, included free
Lead Tracking & Management
Web design and SEO is where most agencies stop. We built Persilio, our own lead management platform and mobile app, so every call and form from your site lands in one place. It comes free with every SEO plan.
Persilio, free for SEO clients
No per-seat fees, no add-on cost. If we run your SEO, you get the platform and the app, included.
- Calls and form fills captured automatically
- iOS and Android app with instant alerts
- Reporting that ties rankings to real business
What You Get
Free with every SEO plan
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How Our AI SEO Process Works
Our AI search engine optimization approach follows Google's E-E-A-T guidelines while optimizing for the unique requirements of AI-generated answers.
Content Structured for AI Comprehension
AI models parse content differently than humans scanning a page. Tables, bullet points, clear definitions, and logical section hierarchies remove the ambiguity that causes AI to skip your content entirely. This structural AI SEO work makes your content quotable by machines.
We restructure your content with clear entity definitions, FAQ schemas, and hierarchies that AI can confidently understand and cite. Every page gets the structured foundation that AI search engines need.
E-E-A-T Signal Building
Google's E-E-A-T framework (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) isn't just for traditional search anymore. AI models recognize and prioritize these exact trust signals. Content with strong E-E-A-T gets cited more often in AI-generated answers.
We build real expertise signals through detailed case studies, author credentials, industry recognition, and consistent information across the web. This is what makes AI trust you enough to recommend you.
Technical AI SEO Implementation
Schema markup is essential for AI comprehension. We implement comprehensive structured data: Organization, LocalBusiness, FAQPage, HowTo, Product, Service, and Review schemas that help AI understand exactly what your business offers and where.
Combined with the fast, clean websites we build, your content becomes easy for AI crawlers to index, understand, and cite. Technical AI SEO removes friction between your content and AI comprehension.
Multi-Platform AI Visibility
It's not enough to optimize for Google anymore. ChatGPT pulls from different sources than Perplexity. Google AI Overviews have their own ranking factors. Claude weighs different signals. Each platform needs a slightly different AI SEO approach.
Our AI search engine optimization strategy covers all major AI platforms. We track your AI citations across each one and optimize specifically for how each model discovers and recommends businesses. Our guide to tracking leads from ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews explains how to connect that visibility to visits, calls, forms, and CRM outcomes.
AI SEO by Location
We optimize businesses for AI search visibility across the Pacific Northwest and nationwide. See AI SEO in your market.
SEO Services Built for Your Industry
- HVAC SEO
- Plumber SEO
- Roofing SEO
- Electrician SEO
- Law Firm SEO
- Dental SEO
- Chiropractor SEO
- Landscaping SEO
- Pest Control SEO
- Contractor SEO
- Real Estate SEO
- Restaurant SEO
- Gym SEO
- Med Spa SEO
- Painter SEO
- Fence Company SEO
- Flooring SEO
- Locksmith SEO
- Moving Company SEO
- Cleaning Company SEO
- Pool Service SEO
- Doctor SEO
- Weight Loss Clinic SEO
- Veterinary SEO
- Hair Salon SEO
- Auto Repair SEO
- Auto Detailing SEO
- Towing SEO
- Accountant SEO
- Insurance Agency SEO
- Ecommerce SEO
- SaaS SEO
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AI SEO Works Best With a Strong Foundation
AI-generated answers don't come from nowhere. They cite sources with existing authority. Strong traditional SEO and a solid website build the foundation that AI SEO amplifies.
Local SEO
Build the organic rankings and local authority that AI models use as trust signals. Strong local SEO feeds directly into better AI SEO results.
Learn About Local SEOWeb Design
Fast, structured websites that AI crawlers can easily parse. Our hand-coded sites with proper schema markup are AI-ready by default.
See Our Web DesignPaid Advertising
AI SEO builds long-term visibility. PPC delivers immediate leads while your AI search engine optimization gains traction. Use both for full coverage.
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FAQs About AI SEO
Common questions about AI search optimization, ChatGPT visibility, and generative engine optimization.
What Is AI SEO?
AI SEO is the practice of optimizing your website and content to appear in AI-generated search results. That includes Google's AI Overviews, ChatGPT recommendations, Perplexity answers, and other AI search platforms. It builds on traditional SEO foundations while adding optimization for how AI models discover, evaluate, and cite sources.
Traditional SEO gets you into Google's top 10 results. AI SEO gets you cited directly in the AI-generated answer above those results.
Is AI SEO the Same as GEO and AEO?
Yes. GEO (generative engine optimization) and AEO (answer engine optimization) are other names for the same work: getting your business cited when ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity or Google's AI Overviews answer a question. AEO is the older term and grew out of featured snippets and voice search. GEO is newer and centers on AI chat tools.
We call it AI SEO because that is the name most business owners search for. Whatever you call it, the work is the same: clear answers on your pages, schema that names your business, reviews and listings that agree with each other, and tracking that shows when an AI tool sends you a lead.
How Is AI SEO Different From Regular SEO?
Traditional SEO focuses on ranking in Google's list of blue links. AI search engine optimization focuses on getting your business cited in AI-generated answers. The core work overlaps. You still need quality content, authority signals, and solid technical foundations. But AI SEO adds structured data optimization, entity-based content architecture, and formatting that AI models can easily parse and cite.
You need both. AI models tend to cite sources that already rank well organically. Strong traditional SEO is the foundation that AI SEO amplifies.
How Do I Get My Business Mentioned in ChatGPT or AI Overviews?
AI models cite sources they trust. You need strong E-E-A-T signals: real expertise through detailed content, authority built through quality backlinks and brand mentions, and trustworthy information that's consistent across the web.
There's no shortcut and you can't pay for placement in AI answers. You earn it by being the most comprehensive, authoritative source on your topic. Our AI SEO services build that authority methodically over time. It's the same thinking behind the authority sites we build from scratch, like MechatronicsPrograms.com, where every page emits structured data and cites primary sources so AI engines have a reason to quote it.
How Long Does AI SEO Take to Show Results?
AI search engine optimization is a long game, just like traditional SEO. Most businesses start seeing AI citations within 3-6 months of consistent work. The timeline depends on your existing authority, how competitive your industry is, and how much content needs restructuring.
If you already rank well organically, AI SEO results come faster because your existing authority gives AI models a reason to cite you. If you're starting from scratch, pair AI SEO with local SEO to build that foundation at the same time.
Do I Still Need Traditional SEO If I Invest in AI SEO?
Yes. AI SEO doesn't replace traditional search engine optimization. It extends it. Google still drives the majority of search traffic, and AI models heavily reference pages that rank well in traditional results. Skipping traditional SEO while investing in AI optimization would be like building a second floor without a foundation.
AI SEO is its own service with its own monthly checks in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google’s AI. Most clients run it alongside SEO, because the rankings and the AI answers feed each other.
Does AI Search Actually Send Leads?
It does for us. Since July 1, 2026, ChatGPT has sent savogroup.com 15 website leads, two more than Google. Since September 1 it’s 40% of our website leads, and one of those leads, an Ann Arbor electrician, became a client. We count every one in Persilio by the site that sent it, and we track the same thing for each client.
How Do You Know If ChatGPT Recommends My Business?
We ask it. Our AI search tool writes the questions your customers would type, based on the pages AI bots read on your site, and runs them live in ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, AI Overviews, Gemini and Perplexity from each city you serve. You see how often each AI names you, recommends you or cites your site, and what to fix next.
How Much Do AI SEO Services Cost?
AI SEO is its own service in our $1,500 to $3,000 a month plan. One town sits near the low end; a metro or several locations sits near the top. The plan covers content written for AI citation, structured data, E-E-A-T signal building, and live checks of what ChatGPT, Gemini and Google’s AI say about you. See what the plan includes.
We'll give you an honest assessment of what you actually need before recommending anything.