AI search

AI search optimisation: get found when people ask AI.

More people now ask ChatGPT, Google's AI Overviews, Gemini or Perplexity who to call. Those tools recommend businesses they can find, read and trust. Every Zenlio Local site is built for that from day one.

The short version: every Zenlio Local website is built so AI tools can read it, from £1,250 plus £79 a month. Professional and Growth add the ongoing content and listings that give those tools more to go on. It isn't sold on its own. Not sure where you stand? The free AI Visibility Test takes ten minutes.

What it actually involves

AI tools recommend businesses they can find, read and trust. There's no form to fill in and no secret trick. It's mostly the same things that make a good local website, done carefully.

Pages that answer questions plainly

What you do, where, roughly what it costs and how it works, written in plain sentences an AI tool can lift straight into an answer.

Schema markup

Structured labels for your services, areas, reviews and opening hours, so machines don't have to guess.

Letting AI tools in

Some site builders and security plugins quietly block AI crawlers. We check yours doesn't, and we add an llms.txt file too, though that's a newer idea not every tool reads yet.

The same details everywhere

Your name, address, number and services matching across your site, your Google profile and the directories. Mixed signals make a business look less certain.

Reviews and mentions

AI tools lean on what other people say about you. Reviews, directory listings and local mentions all count.

Fresh, useful content

Answers to the questions your customers actually ask. On Professional and Growth, we write them for you every month.

What's included in each plan

StarterProfessionalGrowth
Price£1,250 + £79/month£2,500 + £129/month£3,950 + £199/month
Built for AI tools to readYesYesYes
AI search optimisationBasicsFullFull
New posts answering customer questionsNo2 a month4 a month
Google profile and 10+ listings£250 add-on£250 add-onIncluded

No VAT on top. Every price is on the pricing page.

What nobody can promise

Nobody can guarantee what an AI tool says about you. Answers change from one day to the next and from one person to the next, and the companies behind them change how they work all the time. Anyone selling guaranteed ChatGPT placement is guessing.

What we can do is make sure that when these tools look, they find a clear, consistent, credible picture of your business. That's what we build, and it's the same work that wins you customers from Google.

Worth reading first

Common questions

Is AI search replacing Google?

Not for local businesses, not yet. Most people still search on Google, and Google's own AI Overviews sit on top of its normal results. The good news is that the work overlaps: a site that's clear and well built for local search is most of the way there for AI search too.

What do GEO and AEO mean?

Generative engine optimisation and answer engine optimisation. They're two names for the same idea: making your business easy for AI tools to find, understand and recommend. Our website glossary explains the rest of the jargon.

Do you sell AI search optimisation on its own?

No. It's built into Zenlio Local websites, because most of it happens on the site. If you're keeping your current site, the £395 audit checks what the main AI tools say about you and what to fix.

Can I check where I stand myself?

Yes. Our free AI Visibility Test walks you through asking ChatGPT, Google's AI Overviews, Perplexity and Google Maps about your business, step by step. It takes about ten minutes.

What about marketing teams?

Zenlio Studio builds landing pages and sites that are SEO and AI-search ready from day one, for in-house teams. See Zenlio Studio.

Want to know what AI tools say about you?

Run the free AI Visibility Test, book a free call, or get it all checked and written up in a £395 audit.

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