Get recommended by ChatGPT and Google AI when local customers ask who to hire.
Your customers are starting to ask an assistant instead of scrolling a search page. Most local businesses are invisible there. I fix that.
More people every month open ChatGPT, Google AI, Gemini, or Perplexity and ask a full question in plain words, like who is the best HVAC company near me or which Norfolk detailer is worth the money. The tool gives one or two names and they call whoever it says. If your business is not in that answer, you never get the chance to earn the job. My job is to make sure the name it gives is yours, and that the details it repeats about you are right.
How do I get my business recommended by AI tools like ChatGPT?
Make your business easy for AI tools to identify, quote, and trust. That means clear structured data about what you do and where, content written as direct answers in plain language, a complete Google Business Profile with real reviews, and citations on the sources these tools actually pull from. Ravana builds all of it into one plan and tracks whether the tools start naming you.
What is AI search optimization?
AI search optimization is the work of getting your business named when someone asks ChatGPT, Google AI, Gemini, or Perplexity who to hire for a job. These tools do not hand back ten blue links. They give one or two recommendations. AI search optimization makes sure your business is the one they name, and that the details they repeat about you are right.
Do customers really find businesses through ChatGPT?
Yes, and more of them every month. People used to type a search into Google and scroll. Now many of them ask an assistant a full question in plain words, like who is the best HVAC company near me, and call whoever it names. If your business is not in that answer, you never get the chance to earn the job. Most local businesses are invisible there today.
What does it cost?
It is built into my SEO plans, which start at $750 a month, month to month, with no contract. If you are not ready for an ongoing plan, I also run it as a standalone audit and fix project: I find where the AI tools miss you or get your details wrong, fix it, and hand you the report. A free audit shows where you stand first.
How Ravana gets your business into AI answers
This is not guesswork. I published original research on how AI search picks the businesses it recommends, built on real client data, including one client that now ranks Position 1 on more than 30 ChatGPT prompts in their specialty. I also built Raptor, an open source audit tool that reads your site the way these engines do. You can read the full field report on generative engine optimization.
Entity and schema work
I make your business something AI tools can identify and trust: one consistent name, service, and location everywhere they look, plus structured data that spells out exactly what you do and where you do it. If a tool cannot tell who you are, it will not recommend you.
Answer shaped content
AI tools quote content that reads like a straight answer. I write and reshape your key pages into clear questions and answers, in plain first person language, with the specific detail these tools pull from. That way your business is what gets quoted, not a directory that lists you three names down.
Citation building
AI tools trust businesses that show up in the places they already read: a complete Google Business Profile, real reviews, and the industry directories these tools actually cite. I build those signals on the sources that move AI answers for your trade, not a generic list of links that no engine reads.
Measured with real prompt tracking
I track the actual questions your customers would ask, run them across the major AI tools, and record whether your business gets named, how often, and what the tools say about you. You get a plain report on that visibility every month, not a screenshot of one lucky answer.
The same work that ranks businesses is what feeds AI answers
Clean structure, clear answers, and real authority are what earn both a Google ranking and an AI recommendation. Here is what that has looked like for Hampton Roads clients.
W.M. Stone, Norfolk logistics
organic ranking keywords since launch
qualified inbound leads in 12 months
search impressions
Built from nothing into a site that both Google and the AI tools can read, describe, and point buyers toward.
Blackbird Detailing, Virginia Beach
in organic ranking keywords across Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, and Norfolk
An auto detailing business now showing up across three Hampton Roads markets, with content written the way both search engines and AI tools reward.
Is AI search optimization the right fit for you?
I would rather turn down work than sell you something you do not need yet. Here is who this is built for, and who it is not.
Who this is for
Who this is not for
- Businesses chasing a one time trick or a guaranteed placement, since AI visibility compounds over weeks
- National brands that need a large agency with a full account team
- Owners who want to block AI crawlers and stay out of these tools entirely
- Anyone expecting AI search to replace a solid website and Google presence instead of building on them
Frequently asked questions
Is AI search optimization the same as SEO?
They overlap heavily. Traditional SEO gets you ranking on Google. AI search optimization makes sure ChatGPT, Google AI, Gemini, and Perplexity name your business, and describe it correctly, when a customer asks them who to hire. I treat these as one discipline with a wider surface, which is why AI search is built into every SEO plan rather than sold as a separate product.
How do you prove AI search work is actually working?
I track the real questions your customers would ask, run them across the major AI tools, and record whether your business gets named, how often, and what the tools say about you. You get a plain monthly report on that visibility. If it is not moving, I tell you, the same way I do with regular SEO. No screenshot of one lucky answer passed off as proof.
How long until AI tools start recommending my business?
Faster than traditional Google, in my experience. New and reshaped content tends to show up in AI answers within 2 to 4 weeks, and your overall share of those answers usually shifts meaningfully over 30 to 90 days. Bigger competitive gains take longer. I set expectations honestly and show you the trend every month so you can watch it happen.
Do I need a new website before this can work?
Not always. If your current site is reasonably modern and clearly written, I can reshape what you have so AI tools can read and quote it. If it is slow, thin, or built on an old platform, a rebuild may be the better path. The free audit tells us which one, before you spend anything.
Can I get this as a one time project instead of a monthly plan?
Yes. AI search is built into my SEO plans from $750 a month, but I also run it as a standalone audit and fix project. I find every place the AI tools miss you or get your details wrong, fix it, and hand you the report and the improved pages. Many owners start there, then move to a plan once they see the results.
Find out what ChatGPT and Google AI say about your business
Get a free audit. I will show you whether the AI tools name you when Hampton Roads customers ask who to hire, where they get your details wrong, and what it would take to become the answer they give. Whatever you do, from home services to a professional practice, the goal is the same: be the business the tool recommends.