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    AI Search Optimization

    for local service businesses in Vancouver WA and Portland OR

    Work aimed squarely at the six assistants: repair the public record they read, then check every month whether they name you and get you right.

    From $497

    How do I get named when somebody asks ChatGPT for a plumber near them?

    Assistants build an answer from public business data. They read your Google Business Profile, your website, and your directory records, then name businesses whose details agree across all three. Contradictions make you a risky answer to give. Make the record agree with itself and you become the easy name to hand over.

    What this actually includes

    AI search optimization repairs the public record that ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Grok, and Perplexity read, matching your name, address, phone, and service list everywhere so the six assistants can confidently name your business.

    The first job is a read of what the machines can see. Categories, service list, hours, service area, description, photos, and the public questions on your profile, checked against your website and your largest directory records. Every disagreement goes on a list.

    Then repair. Name, address, and phone written one way everywhere. Service names matched to the words buyers actually use. Categories set to the jobs you sell now. Structured data added to your site so a machine does not have to guess what a page is about.

    We also write answer content: short, direct paragraphs under real questions, in your own words, published on your own pages. That is the material an assistant can lift cleanly.

    Every 30 days we run a presence check across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Grok, and Perplexity. For each one we record whether it names your business, and whether the phone, hours, and services it repeats are correct. Wrong details get traced back to the record they came from and fixed there. We monitor AI presence and accuracy — we don't claim algorithm access, and we do not tune the assistants themselves.

    Who this is for

    An owner whose customer mentioned asking an assistant and hearing a competitor's name instead needs this most, particularly roofing and med spa businesses whose buyers research heavily before ever dialing a phone number.

    This is for the owner who has heard from two customers that they asked an assistant and got somebody else's name. It stings more than a lost ad click, because there was no auction. The machine just picked.

    Roofing and med spa owners feel it early. Their buyers research heavily before calling anyone, and a short spoken list of three names decides who gets the call.

    This is not a rankings service. If you want map coverage tracked block by block, that is Hyperlocal SEO. This one is judged on whether the six assistants name you and whether what they say about you is true.

    How it works

    The record gets repaired first — name, category, service list, hours — so ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Grok, and Perplexity read the same facts. New answer content publishes each month and the six-assistant check reruns, flat $497.

    The free audit is where you find out where you stand. No card, no contract, delivered within 24 hours, and it reports on each of the six.

    Setup is the repair pass: profile, site, directories, structured data, and the first round of answer content.

    Then it repeats monthly. New answer content publishes, the record gets re-checked for drift, and the presence check runs again so you can compare. You see the same six columns every month. Flat rate, no contract, no setup fee.

    What we will not do is promise a seat in any answer. The assistants change how they pick without telling anyone. What is inside our control is the accuracy and depth of the record they read, and how quickly a wrong detail gets traced and corrected. That is what the monthly report is scored on.

    Serving Vancouver, Portland, and the Pacific Northwest

    Assistants attach a specific town to every business name they speak aloud, so CitedLocal keeps the towns on your record limited to Vancouver WA, Portland OR, Camas, Washougal, Orchards, Hazel Dell, Minnehaha, and Cascade Park.

    We work with owners in Vancouver WA and Portland OR, plus Camas, Washougal, Orchards, Hazel Dell, Minnehaha, Cascade Park, Ogden, Forest Ridge, Meadow Homes, Vancouver Heights, Evergreen Highlands, and Ellsworth Springs. Assistants answer with a town attached, so the towns on your record need to be the towns you truly serve. Operating since 2012 from Vancouver, WA 98664. Parent category: Internet Marketing Service.

    Want the wider picture first? Start with the Internet Marketing Service. You can also see the full picture from our marketing agency in Vancouver WA overview.

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    See where you stand

    The free audit checks whether ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Grok, and Perplexity name your business, and where your listing data disagrees with itself. No card, no contract, and you keep the findings either way.

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    Full-depth scan · Delivered within 24 hours

    • A block-by-block map of where you rank in your service area — your choice of radius
    • Whether six AI assistants — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Grok, and Perplexity — name you for the searches your customers use
    • A pass/fail scorecard on the profile signals that decide both
    • The three fixes worth doing first
    • Delivered within 24 hours — no card, no sales call
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    CitedLocal Visibility

    $497/month

    Flat rate · No contract · No setup fee

    • Everything in the free audit
    • Your Website Build, included — homepage and core pages live in month 1, service and location pages in months 2–3, built to match your Google Business Profile. No setup fee
    • Your profile managed daily — description, services, attributes and social links, plus posts, offers, images and videos published automatically
    • Website schema synced to your Google Business Profile — LocalBusiness, Service and FAQ markup matched to your listing, plus geotagged images, so your site and your profile describe one business
    • Automated review replies, review requests by SMS, email or WhatsApp, a QR code for in-person asks, bad reviews flagged instantly, and a full review backup
    • Monthly geo-grid heatmap with before-and-after comparison — refreshed every 30 days
    • Up to 10 keywords tracked, with a complete log of every action taken
    • AI visibility checked across six assistants — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Grok, and Perplexity
    • 40+ directories built in your name, with data aggregator distribution and duplicate protection — yours to keep
    • Automated account manager: automated progress updates, GBP change alerts, review and image reminders, monthly reports

    Scope: profile, website, listings, and tracking. Link building is not included — that's Dominance.

    Cancel anytime — month to month

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    Visibility gets one business found. Dominance covers a metro.

    Today you pay $2,500 — your onboarding and baseline setup, one per location. One-time, non-refundable.

    Your first month of management is included

    On day 31, the $1,497/month begins — cancel any time

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    We do all the work — you answer the phones.

    • Everything in Visibility, plus:
    • Monthly listings check — we review your 40+ directory listings each month and submit corrections where your data has drifted
    • TrustLinks added monthly — new local and social directory listings placed in your name, never bought
    • Full-service managed execution (we handle everything)
    • Automated agent suite — profile posts and rank tracking, running daily without you
    • Priority support (24-hour response)
    • Up to 5 service areas per location
    • Multi-location — $1,497/month per location. Own several? We'll build you a package.

    Cancel anytime — month to month

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