Frequently asked questions

GEO stands for generative engine optimization. It's the practice of making your website easy for AI tools like ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Claude and Perplexity to read, understand and trust, so they mention your business when people ask for recommendations.

SEO helps you rank in a list of links. GEO helps you get named inside an AI-written answer. They overlap (both need a fast, clear, well-structured site), but GEO puts extra weight on AI crawler access, content that's readable without JavaScript, structured data and direct answers to real customer questions.

Yes. ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews regularly answer questions like “who's the best plumber near me” by naming specific businesses. BrightLocal's 2026 survey found 45% of consumers used AI tools for local business recommendations, up from 6% a year earlier.

The most common reasons are: your robots.txt blocks AI crawlers, your content only appears after JavaScript runs (AI crawlers don't run JavaScript), or your business name, address and phone aren't clearly in the page code. The free scan checks all of these.

Eight things: AI crawler access, whether your page is readable without JavaScript, structured data, business identity (name, address, phone), title and meta description, headings and answerable content, llms.txt and sitemap, and technical basics like HTTPS and mobile tags.

We store your scan results and the contact details you give us so we can send your results and follow up about them. We never sell your data. We'll only call or text you if you tick the optional consent box, and you can reply STOP or email info@getsearchready.ai at any time.