Guides on GEO, local AI visibility, and how to make ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini recommend you.
Latest - April 2026
The 7 most common mistakes that keep local businesses invisible to ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. Each mistake explained with a specific fix you can implement today.
GEO · Advanced Strategy
How review text (not just stars) influences AI recommendations. Specific words that trigger recommendations, minimum thresholds, and review velocity.
GEO · Technical Guide
Which Schema.org types AI models actually read. LocalBusiness, FAQPage, Service schema. Implementation guide with common mistakes and the 3.2x citation rate.
GEO · Content Strategy
500+ word pages vs thin content (18 vs 41 visibility score). FAQ format, direct answers, comparison pages. The structure AI models prefer to cite.
GEO · Multi-Location
How AI handles chains vs independents. Per-location directories, centralized vs local content, NAP at scale. When franchise branding helps vs hurts.
GEO · Hallucinations
ChatGPT is telling customers the wrong hours, wrong phone number, and wrong services for your business. Here's how to find and fix AI hallucinations.
GEO · Los Angeles
250K+ LA businesses competing for AI visibility. Neighborhood-specific strategies, Foursquare coverage gaps, bilingual optimization, and why generic listings fail in the densest market on the West Coast.
GEO · Miami
27M+ annual visitors asking AI for restaurant, nightlife, and activity recommendations. Tourism-driven queries, bilingual optimization, and why hospitality businesses need AI visibility most.
GEO · Denver
Denver's tech-savvy population adopts AI search faster than most markets. Home services, outdoor recreation, and breweries are most affected. New businesses are especially invisible.
GEO · Austin
Austin's tech-forward market and explosive growth mean AI adoption is ahead of the curve. Food scene competition, new business invisibility, and the shrinking window to get ahead.
GEO · New York City
900K+ businesses across five boroughs. The highest-density AI search market in the US. Why even famous NYC businesses get skipped, and what it takes to stand out.
GEO · Pricing
What agencies and tools charge for GEO. Profound $499+/mo, Otterly $29-489/mo, PACO $149 one-time. What you get at each price point and the ROI math.
GEO · AI Search
Side-by-side comparison. Different data sources, different results, different user behavior. Why businesses need both and how to show up on each.
GEO · Tutorial
Step-by-step tutorial. What queries to type, how to interpret the results, what "mentioned" vs "recommended" means, and what to do next.
GEO · Technical
The llms.txt standard explained. How to create one, what to include, and an honest assessment of whether AI platforms actually read it yet.
GEO · Case Study
Illustrative case study. Score went from 0/F to 7/B in 6 weeks. Foursquare claim, GBP optimization, Schema markup, 15 new reviews. The full timeline.
GEO · Dental
Patients are asking AI to find dentists. Reviews, Foursquare dental categories, and GBP optimization determine which practices get recommended. Here's the playbook.
GEO · Restaurants
Restaurants are the #1 local business query on AI. Menu data, Foursquare categories, photos, and review keywords determine who gets recommended.
GEO · Legal
Legal queries are the highest-value local searches on AI. Personal injury, family law, estate planning. How law firms get recommended by ChatGPT and Gemini.
GEO · Home Services
Roofing, painting, landscaping, cleaning. Homeowners ask AI for contractor recommendations. Emergency vs planned queries, trust signals, and the Nextdoor advantage.
GEO · Beauty & Wellness
Instagram as an AI signal, booking platform visibility, beauty-specific review keywords. Why photos matter more for salons than any other vertical.
GEO · Research
500+ queries across 4 AI models. Foursquare data, Bing search, review sentiment, directory presence. The 3-platform framework for AI visibility.
GEO · Home Services
Homeowners are asking ChatGPT to find plumbers and HVAC techs. Most trades businesses are invisible to AI. The queries, the platforms, and the $5K-15K jobs at stake.
GEO · Bing Places
ChatGPT searches Bing. Bing Places feeds Bing results. 88% of businesses have not claimed their listing. The blue ocean of AI visibility.
GEO · Google Business Profile
Gemini reads your GBP directly. The Ask Maps feature uses it to recommend businesses. Reviews are the #1 signal. Here's how to make your GBP AI-ready.
GEO · Foursquare
70% of ChatGPT's local business data comes from Foursquare. Most business owners have never claimed their listing. Here's why it matters and how to fix it.
GEO · AI Visibility
Your AI visibility score determines whether ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Gemini recommend your business. Most local businesses score zero. Here's how it works.
GEO · Checklist
The actionable checklist for AI visibility. 15 specific things you can do to make ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini recommend your business.
GEO · Strategy
AI search grew 527% in 2025. Google still processes 85x more searches. Local businesses need to show up in both, and the strategies are different.
GEO · Tools
Honest comparison of PACO GEO vs Otterly.ai vs Merchynt vs Profound. Features, pricing, and which tool fits which business.
GEO · AI Search
527% growth in AI search traffic in 2025. Most local businesses don't show up when customers ask ChatGPT or Perplexity. Here's why and how GEO fixes it.
GEO · Strategy
SEO optimizes for Google's algorithm. GEO optimizes for AI citation. They share a foundation but diverge on structured data, entity clarity, and FAQ content.
GEO · ChatGPT
ChatGPT recommends businesses based on structured data, directory authority, and FAQ content - not website design. Here's the exact playbook.
GEO · Tools
Most business owners have no idea whether AI recommends them. Here's a 5-minute audit - what to ask each AI model, and what the answers mean.
GEO · Indexing
AI models cite pages Google has indexed. Most local business pages wait months to get indexed. Here's how GSC fixes that - and what GEO automates for you.