SEO and AI questions, answered in plain English.
The questions local business owners ask us most, from what SEO is to how ChatGPT decides which plumber to recommend. Each answer starts with the short version, then shows you how it works.
SEO Basics
Plain-English answers to how search engines work and what SEO actually involves.
Getting Found on Google
How to get your website seen, crawled and indexed by Google.
Rankings and Results
How rankings work, how to check them and how long improvement takes.
Local SEO and Google Business Profile
Everything about Google Maps, your Business Profile, citations and reviews.
- What Is Local SEO?
- What Is a Google Business Profile?
- How to Create a Google Business Profile
- How to Optimize Your Google Business Profile
- How to Rank Higher on Google Maps
- Google Business Profile Suspended: Why It Happens and How to Fix It
- Local Citations: What They Are and Which Ones Matter
- How to Get More Google Reviews
- How to Respond to Negative Reviews
- What Are Google Local Services Ads?
Working With an SEO Company
What SEO companies do, and how to judge their audits and reports.
AI Search (GEO and AEO)
How ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews choose which businesses to mention.
AI Automation
What AI automation, agents, chatbots and virtual receptionists are, in plain terms.
Find out where your leads are slipping away.
We check three things and send you a recorded walkthrough within 2 business days. No call needed to get it.
- Visibility: where you rank on Google Maps across your area, and whether ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews mention you
- Response: we call and text your business after hours and record what happens
- Reputation: your reviews, rating and review speed against your top 3 local competitors