Customers now ask ChatGPT and Google's AI who to hire. I set up your site so both can find it, trust it and recommend you.
On Google you compete for a place near the top of a list.
45% of consumers now use AI tools like ChatGPT to find a local business. If you are not in the answer, they never see you.
Up from 6% a year earlier. Source: BrightLocal Local Consumer Review Survey 2026, 1,002 US adults.
Search changed. Your site has to work for both.
For twenty years, getting found meant ranking high on Google. That still matters. But more people now skip the list and ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or the AI answer at the top of Google. You may hear this called AEO or GEO. The plain version is below.
Want the longer read? What AEO is and how SEO and AEO differ.
AI search does not replace SEO. It sits on top of it. The same clear, fast, trustworthy site that ranks on Google is what an AI reads when it decides who to recommend, so the work pays off in both places.
Six things decide whether you get found.
Each one rests on the one below it, so I start at the bottom. Your audit shows which of the six your site already has and which it is missing.
Google and AI tools have to reach and read your pages before anything else counts. I fix speed, blocked pages, dead ends and phone layout first.
It starts with an audit you keep.
Before I change anything, you get a written picture of where you stand and what is holding you back. The report is yours whether or not we work together after.
- How you look to GoogleSpeed, phone layout, blocked or broken pages, and where you stand in search today.
- How you look to AIWhat ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google’s AI say when someone asks for a business like yours, and whether you are in the answer.
- What to fix firstA prioritized list in plain English, ordered by what will make the most difference.
- 2 would not load
- 4 failed Google’s mobile speed test
- 9 had neither problem
My own check of Brisbane solar installer websites, October 2026.
What to expect, and when.
Visibility is not a switch. It builds. This is how the work usually runs, so you know what is happening at each stage and what you have in hand at the end of it.
Illustrative. Early signals in weeks, meaningful movement over 60 to 90 days.
- Week 1
Audit & Roadmap
A full read of your site and where you stand in search and AI answers today, delivered as a report you keep, with a prioritized fix list.
- Weeks 2 to 4
Foundation
The fixes everything else depends on come first: pages Google and AI can reach, clear labels behind the scenes, and your most important pages reworked to lead with the answer.
- Month 2
Content & Trust
Deeper content work, plus the reviews, credentials and mentions that make an AI comfortable recommending you.
- Month 3 and on
Momentum
I track where you show up, refresh what slips, and report in plain English on what moved and what comes next.
I do this work on my own site first.
I'm Nathan. I run the audit, make the fixes and write the reports myself, so the person you talk to is the person doing the work.
Google Lighthouse, desktop. Measured on liwan.fit, October 2026. These are technical scores, not rankings.
What I will not promise you.
This field is full of people selling guarantees they cannot keep. I would rather set the right expectation before you spend anything.
- No guaranteed rankings
- Nobody controls Google or ChatGPT. Anyone promising you a first-page spot or a place in AI answers is guessing. Be careful with them.
- What you get instead
- A documented audit, the fixes done properly, and honest reporting on what actually moved. Work you can see and check.
- No lock-in contracts
- The work is delivered stage by stage, and what I hand over at each one is yours to keep.
- Your site, or a new one
- If your current site is solid, I improve what you have. If it is dated, a rebuild is often the faster path. The audit tells us which, before you spend.
Get Found, answered.
The questions I hear most, in plain English. If yours is not here, ask in the form below.
A full read of where you stand today: whether Google and AI tools can reach your pages, how fast they load, how clearly they say what you do, and how AI tools currently describe (or miss) your business. You get a report you keep and a prioritized fix list, not just a score.
Find out where you actually stand.
You may be easier to find than you think, or missing from the answers that matter most. The audit tells you which, and what to do about it.
- Send the form.Tell me about your business, your website and the customers you want to reach.
- I reply within one business day.With a few questions, or a time for a short call.
- You get a fixed price in writing.Before any work starts. Then the audit, and a report you keep.