A prospect asked ChatGPT for the best contractor in your area.
You weren’t in the answer.
Systems that run while you’re on the job.
Get your business named in AI search — across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI. Fully managed. From $149/month.
AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) is the work — structuring your online presence so AI search platforms can find and recommend your business. AI Visibility is the result — whether you actually show up when someone asks. Read the complete AEO guide for local businesses.
Your customers are already asking AI. You’re not in the answer.
A homeowner asks ChatGPT “best HVAC company near me.” Three businesses get named. You’re not one of them — even though you have 200 five-star reviews and 20 years of experience.
You didn’t lose on quality. You lost because AI doesn’t know you exist. Your Google ranking didn’t help — only 38% of AI citations come from pages in Google’s top 10 (SOCi 2026). Your reviews didn’t help — because they’re not structured in a way AI can extract and cite.
97% of local businesses have zero strategy for appearing in AI recommendations. The ones who do are capturing leads their competitors don’t even know they missed.
45%
of consumers now use AI to find local services. One year ago: 6%.
Source: BrightLocal 2026
1.2%
of local business locations are recommended by ChatGPT. The other 98.8% are invisible.
Source: SOCi 2026 (350,000+ locations)
9×
AI search traffic converts at 9× the rate of traditional Google organic.
Source: Seer Interactive 2026
See what invisibility is costing you.
The free Revenue Leak Calculator estimates what missed calls, unfollowed estimates, and lapsed customers are costing your business every month — including the leads you’re losing to competitors who show up in AI search. 60 seconds, no signup.
Run Your Free Revenue Leak Calculator →What changes — and when.
Your prompt set is configured across all four AI engines. First sweep runs. You see exactly where you stand — which engines cite you, which cite competitors, which cite nobody local.
First full baseline captured. Sentiment classification shows whether you’re recommended, listed, or invisible. Content freshness scores flag which pages need attention. AI Readiness Score per page established.
Citation patterns emerge. Your monthly briefing identifies which actions would move the needle most. Competitor alert history shows who’s gaining ground and what changed on their end.
Measurable trends visible. Review-to-citation correlation quantified. Your monthly briefing becomes a strategic document — not just “where you stand” but “what to do next and why.”
AI search is replacing “Googling it” for local recommendations.
In 2026, a growing share of consumer searches for local services begin with an AI assistant — not a search engine. 45% of consumers now use AI tools to find local services — up from 6% one year ago (BrightLocal 2026), and 27% skip Google entirely (Yext/Researchscape 2025). When someone asks ChatGPT “best HVAC company in Durango” or “who handles storm-damage roofing claims near me,” the answer comes from AI-indexed data. Not blue links. Not your Google Business Profile alone.
ChatGPT references reviews in 58% of its local service responses. Perplexity references reviews in 100% (PushLeads 2026). Businesses need 30+ reviews at a 4.3-star average as the minimum entry point for AI recommendations — 100+ in competitive markets.
83% of AI citations come from pages updated within the past 12 months (AirOps 2026). Schema markup improves citation rates by 36% (Stackmatix 2026). Content freshness and structured data aren’t nice-to-haves — they’re the entry ticket. Businesses that appear in those answers capture leads competitors don’t even know they missed; businesses that don’t are invisible to an increasingly large share of the buyer population — and that share grows every quarter.
We track where your business shows up — across every engine that matters.
ChatGPT (OpenAI)
The most cited AI in consumer search. We track 20–50+ industry-specific prompts weekly and surface where you rank, where you’re missing, and which competitors get cited instead.
Claude (Anthropic)
Strong in professional and trades research. We track Claude’s local recommendations across your service categories and geographic radius.
Perplexity AI
Citation-heavy AI that links back to source sites. We monitor which sources Perplexity uses to answer questions about your category — and whether your domain is among them.
Google AI Overview / Gemini
The AI layer now appearing above traditional Google results. We track Google’s generative answers for queries that previously sent traffic to your site organically.
Ready to see where you stand in AI search?
Book Your Free Audit — includes AI visibility snapshot →Your AI Search Visibility Score. Every week.
- AI sentiment tracking — not just whether you’re cited, but whether you’re recommended, listed, or compared unfavorably. Tracked weekly across all four engines.
- Competitor citation alerts — proactive notification when a competitor gains ground in AI search or you lose a citation you previously held. Know within days, not months.
- Review-to-citation analysis — see how your review count, rating, recency, and response rate directly affect your AI visibility. Connects your reputation signals to your AI search presence.
- Content freshness scoring + AI Readiness Score — every page on your site scored on 6 signals: schema presence, direct-answer format, Q&A structure, author attribution, page speed, and update recency. Prioritized action list.
- 20–50+ industry-relevant prompts tracked weekly across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI — grounded web search queries, not training-data snapshots.
- Competitor citation benchmarking — which businesses get named instead of you, on which queries, across which engines.
- Monthly briefing with specific recommendations — which prompts gained, which need work, what schema or content changes would improve citation rates, and what your competitors changed.
- Fully managed — you never log into a dashboard, configure a tool, or interpret raw data. David reads the results and tells you what matters.
How managed tracking compares.
Bolt-on vs. self-serve AEO dashboards
| Feature | HighRidge Managed ($149/mo) | Self-Serve Tools ($99–$355/mo) |
|---|---|---|
| AI sentiment tracking | ✓ weekly | ✗ |
| Competitor citation alerts | ✓ proactive | ✗ |
| Review-to-citation correlation | ✓ integrated | ✗ |
| Content freshness + AI Readiness Score | ✓ per-page | ✗ |
| Monthly briefing with interpretation | ✓ managed | ✗ (raw data) |
| Multi-engine prompt tracking | ✓ 4 engines, grounded | ✓ varies |
| Specific action recommendations | ✓ monthly | ✗ |
| Personal point of contact | ✓ David | ✗ |
| Month-to-month contract | ✓ | ✓ |
| Schema deployment on your site | ✗ (recommended) | ✗ |
| GBP optimization execution | ✗ (recommended) | ✗ |
| Content updates from recommendations | ✗ (recommended) | ✗ |
The bolt-on delivers the intelligence — tracking, analysis, alerts, and specific recommendations.
What’s included at each level
| Capability | AEO Bolt-On ($149/mo) |
|---|---|
| 4-engine weekly sweep | ✓ |
| Citation + competitor benchmarking | ✓ |
| Sentiment tracking | ✓ |
| Competitor alerts | ✓ |
| Content freshness scoring | ✓ |
| Review-to-citation analysis | ✓ |
| Monthly briefing + recommendations | ✓ |
| AEO charge | $149/mo |
What this costs everywhere else.
Self-serve AEO dashboards charge $99–$355 per month for raw data — prompts tracked, citations logged. You interpret it. You decide what to do. You do the work.
HighRidge AI Visibility Tracking: $149/month. Same tracking data, plus sentiment analysis, competitor alerts, content freshness scoring, review-to-citation correlation, and a monthly briefing that tells you exactly what needs to change — and why. Managed. Personal.
Available as a bolt-on to any HighRidge system.
Add to any HighRidge system — +$149/mo
Stack AI Visibility Tracking onto your existing capture system. Pricing math:
Find out where your business stands in AI search.
Your free Revenue Leak Audit includes an AI visibility snapshot — we test your business across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI before the meeting so you see exactly where you appear, where competitors appear instead, and what it would take to close the gap.
Book Your Free Audit — includes AI visibility snapshot →Questions about AI Search Visibility
45% of consumers now use AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini to find local service providers — up from 6% one year ago (BL study 2026). Meanwhile, only 1.2% of local business locations have ever been recommended by ChatGPT (SOCi 2026). The gap between consumer adoption and business readiness is the largest in local marketing history. HighRidge AI Visibility Tracking exists to close that gap for your business.
SEO optimizes for traditional search engines that return ranked links. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) optimize for AI assistants that return synthesized answers. Both matter. AEO is the layer most local businesses haven’t built yet to improve AI search visibility.
Schema markup deployment is immediate. Citation and indexing signals typically begin moving inside 30–60 days. Full visibility gains track on a 90–180 day curve — similar to local SEO, with weekly tracking so you see the trend, not just the endpoint.
No. The bolt-on requires an active HighRidge system (Response, Reputation, or Revenue). The schema, citation work, and dashboard depend on the website and CRM integration that those systems build.
Standalone trackers give you a dashboard — prompts tracked, citations logged. You interpret the data, decide what to do, and do the work yourself. HighRidge gives you the tracking plus sentiment analysis showing whether you’re recommended or just listed, competitor alerts when someone gains ground, content freshness scoring on every page, review-to-citation correlation, and a monthly briefing that tells you exactly what changed, what it means, and what to do about it. You never manage another tool. That’s the difference between a $99 dashboard and a $149 managed intelligence service.
No. We query the public-facing AI engines the same way a customer would, and we measure their public answers. There’s no integration with OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, or Google that exposes your private business data.