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We track what ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot say when customers ask for a business like yours, and which sources each answer cites. Then we work on those sources, so the answers name you and get your details right.
Every AI answer is built from sources: websites, listings, reviews and articles. Our tracking shows which ones each assistant cites for the questions your buyers ask, so we know exactly what to fix, strengthen or earn. It all runs inside your MaaS plan, alongside your SEO, listings and content, not as a separate retainer.
Every month we run the questions your buyers ask in ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot, several times each, and record whether you're named, where you appear and what's said about you.
We log the sources behind every answer: the listings, review sites, articles and pages each assistant cites. That shows what's shaping the answer, and what you can influence.
We correct wrong facts where they come from and strengthen the sources that count: Google Business Profile, Bing Places, Apple Business Connect, Yelp, industry directories and your ChatGPT business profile.
Answer-ready pages on your site, a steady review program, and outreach to the publications and directories AI keeps citing in your category.
AI answers name far fewer businesses than a page of search results. Missing one of those slots costs more than dropping a place on a map.
45%
of consumers now use ChatGPT or other AI tools for local recommendations, up from 6% a year earlier.
Source: BrightLocal, 2026
2 to 4
businesses are named in a typical AI answer about a local service. The shortlist is short.
Source: BrightLocal, 2026
68%
of U.S. Google searches ended without a click in early 2026. When the answer is on the page, being named in it is what counts.
Source: SparkToro, 2026
Each assistant leans on different sources, which is why a business can be recommended in one and missing from another. We track the answers and the citations on each, then work on the sources that move them.
Leans on
Business websites, Yelp, Bing, and the profile a business manages in ChatGPT
What we work on
Your website, Yelp listing, Bing Places and your ChatGPT business profile
Leans on
Google Business Profile, business websites, Facebook, Yelp
What we work on
A complete, current Google Business Profile and clear service pages
Leans on
Google's own data, including Business Profiles and Maps
What we work on
Google Business Profile, reviews and your website
Leans on
Live web results, often citing directories like Yelp
What we work on
Your website and the major directories in your industry
Leans on
Bing's search index and Bing Places for Business
What we work on
Bing Places and Bing Webmaster Tools
Leans on
Apple Business Connect plus partner data such as Yelp ratings
What we work on
Apple Business Connect and Yelp
Live-search answers can move within weeks of fixing a source. What models learned in training moves slower.
Weeks 1 to 2
Your buyers' questions run across the assistants they use, compared with the competitors you name, with the sources behind every answer. You get a dated baseline and a short fix list, whether or not you hire us.
First 60 days
Inconsistent and duplicate listings, wrong facts, crawler access, structured data, your About and service pages, and your ChatGPT business profile.
Ongoing
New and upgraded pages for the questions where you're missing, a review program, and outreach to the publications and directories AI cites.
Monthly
The same questions, re-run and compared with your baseline, plus AI referral visits and leads in GA4 and your CRM. Plan on a quarter to see clear movement.
Client Results
We don't hide behind vanity metrics. Here's the real impact we deliver for our clients — tracked, measured, and proven.
Tasks Delivered on Our Platform
Leads Generated in Our CRM
Client Revenue Driven
Brands Served
Jared Solis
Marketing Director
Mercedes-Benz of San Juan
“CodeSM can complete any marketing task with the high quality production your brand deserves. But the most valuable components are the hard data analytics, expert direction, and throughline to the return on investment. Their team has done more for our bottom line than any traditional advertising agency.”
JD Salinas III
Director External Affairs
AT&T
“CodeSM has been a great strategic partner and has consistently provided valuable insights to support our organization. Their understanding of our business and the marketplace resulted in a strategy that helped fuel our goals.”
Tommy Calvert
Commissioner
Bexar County Precinct 4
“The CodeSM team is very knowledgeable. I love the innovative approach they bring to their campaigns. I truly feel that they are part of our team. They work hard to propel us forward and they do everything they can to help us succeed.”
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ClutchSkip the agency runaround and staffing headaches. Get a dedicated team that delivers - and proves it.
No rotating junior staff. You get a dedicated team of AEO specialists who understand your brand, your audience, and your goals.
Ramp up during launches, scale back when you need to. No long-term contracts, no penalties. Pay for what you use.
Real-time dashboards show hours, deliverables, and results. No black boxes.
Your AEO doesn't live in a silo. Our integrated team coordinates across SEO, PPC, social, email, and every channel to make sure your campaigns work harder together.
If it's not what you expected, you get your money back. No questions asked.
A battle-tested team refined across 500+ brands and 93,000 tasks delivered. We know what works because we've done it at scale.
An AEO (answer engine optimization) agency gets your business cited and recommended in the answers AI assistants give, such as ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot. It does that by measuring what those assistants say about you and improving the sources they read: your website, your listings and reviews, and the publications and directories that cover your industry.
SEO is about ranking in search results. AEO and GEO (generative engine optimization) are about being named in AI-written answers; the terms are used almost interchangeably. They overlap heavily: most AI assistants search the web before they answer, so strong SEO is the foundation. AEO adds tracking of the answers themselves, fixing what AI gets wrong, and earning mentions in the sources AI cites.
ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot. For every answer we record whether you are named, where you appear, what is said about you and which sources the answer cites. We run each question more than once, because answers change from run to run.
Through the sources it cites. Citation tracking shows which listings, review sites, articles and pages each assistant relies on for your category. We correct wrong facts at those sources, strengthen your presence on the ones that matter most, publish pages that answer the questions directly, and earn mentions in the publications and directories that keep getting cited.
Fixes to listings and pages can show up in live-search answers within weeks. Changing what a model learned in training is slower. Plan on a quarter to see measurable movement against your baseline, and longer to change how your whole category is described.
No one can. AI answers vary from run to run, and the platforms change how they work. What we can do is measure how often you're named, fix the sources behind the answers, and show you the trend every month.
Not in the answer itself. ChatGPT now shows ads, but they're labeled and kept separate from the answer, and they don't change what the model says about you. Being recommended comes from the sources the assistant reads.
If you're a local business, yes. Since November 2026, businesses can claim their profile in ChatGPT, correct their details and see how often they're mentioned. We help you claim it with your own company account, then manage it for you with agency access.
Many agencies sell AEO as its own monthly retainer. We run it as part of a MaaS plan, built on 20 or 40 hours a month with no long-term contract, so the same team handles your AEO, SEO, listings and content. The AEO audit is free.
Any business whose buyers ask for recommendations before they call: home builders, healthcare practices, law firms, banks and credit unions, insurance agencies, movers, restaurants, and B2B companies whose buyers research with AI before they ever talk to sales.
Get a free AEO audit: your buyers' questions run across the major AI assistants, the sources behind each answer, and a short list of fixes.
