When someone asks AI
“who’s the best near me,”
does it say your name?
Your future customers have stopped scrolling Google and started asking ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity for a recommendation. Abode makes sure the answer is you — not the competitor down the street.
One business per market · No lock-in contracts · Built & run in Lafayette
We get you cited across ChatGPT · Google AI Overviews · Perplexity · Gemini · Copilot
Search stopped being a list of links. It became an answer.
of Google searches now end without a click — the answer is delivered on the page, often by AI.
Search Engine Land, 2026 zero-click study
AI referral traffic to businesses now comes from ChatGPT — with Perplexity and Gemini climbing fast.
Similarweb / Digiday, 2026
Google searches still send a click to a website. If AI doesn’t name you, you’re invisible at the moment of intent.
SparkToro, 2026
Most Louisiana businesses are invisible in AI answers — and don't know it.
When a potential client asks “who’s the best personal injury lawyer in Lafayette?” or “top physical therapist in Baton Rouge,” the AI names a handful of businesses and skips the rest. Being #1 on old-school Google isn’t enough anymore — the engines pull from schema, reviews, directories, and answer-shaped content that most local sites simply don’t have. If you’re not built to be quoted, you’re left out of the conversation entirely.
How we get you recommended by AI
Not a one-time trick — a system that makes the engines trust you, quote you, and keep quoting you.
1 · AI Visibility Audit
We run your business through ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Gemini and score exactly where you appear, where you don't, and which competitors and directories the AI names instead — real data about your business, not generic stats.
2 · Structured Data & Schema
We implement the schema markup (FAQ, LocalBusiness, Article, Service) that lets AI engines read, understand, and confidently quote your pages — the technical foundation almost no local site has done right.
3 · Answer-First Content
We rewrite and build your pages the way AI extracts answers: clear questions, direct answers up top, cited facts, and the exact phrasing customers ask. This is what earns the citation.
4 · Authority & Citations
We get you listed and consistent across the directories and sources AI trusts and pulls from, so every engine keeps seeing the same credible signals pointing back to you.
5 · Monthly AI Tracking
We re-run the full engine battery every month and report your share of voice versus competitors — because AI answers shift, and citations fade without fresh signals. You see movement, not guesswork.
6 · Google + AI, Together
We don't trade one for the other. The same work lifts your map-pack rank and your AI visibility, because the strongest AI citations come from pages that already rank. One system, two wins.
The businesses that show up in AI first will be hard to unseat.
AI engines build trust in the sources they already quote. The early, consistently-cited business becomes the default answer — and every month of citations makes that lead harder for a latecomer to close.
Few local competitors are optimized for AI. Getting cited now is cheaper, faster, and stickier — you set the baseline the engines learn from.
More businesses catch on. Entry is still possible, but you’re now working to displace whoever the AI already trusts — slower and more expensive.
The early movers are the established answer. Breaking in means out-publishing and out-earning trust against a compounding head start.
What makes us different from the "AI marketing" crowd
Real data, not borrowed stats
We show you a live audit of your actual AI visibility — your score, your competitors, your gaps. Most "AI" pitches recycle generic industry numbers. We bring yours.
We build sites that actually rank
AI cites pages that already perform. We're an SEO shop first — so your AI visibility rests on real rankings, reviews, and site health, not a pretty page no engine trusts.
One business per market
We take a single business in each market and niche. Your strategy stays yours — we will never turn around and hand it to your direct competitor.
Process & honesty, not fake guarantees
Nobody can promise "#1 forever" — Google and the AI engines guarantee nothing. We guarantee the work, the timeline, and transparent reporting on what's actually moving.
See exactly where the AI puts you today.
Tell us your business and market, and we’ll run you through the major AI engines and send back a plain-English report:
- Your AI visibility score across ChatGPT, Google AI, Perplexity & Gemini
- The competitors the AI is naming instead of you
- The top 3 fixes that would move you fastest
No pitch, no obligation — just a clear picture of where you stand. One report per market.
What business owners ask us
It’s the work of getting your business named and recommended when people ask AI tools — ChatGPT, Google’s AI Overviews, Perplexity, Gemini — for a recommendation. It combines schema/structured data, answer-shaped content, authority citations, and monthly tracking so the engines can confidently quote you. You may see it called AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) or GEO (Generative Engine Optimization); it’s the natural next layer on top of SEO.
Regular SEO gets you ranked on a page of links. AI optimization gets you quoted in the answer — often before any links appear. The two reinforce each other: the strongest AI citations come from pages that already rank well, which is why we do both together rather than as separate silos.
It varies by market and how much competition has already optimized. Schema and content fixes can register within weeks; building durable, repeated citations across engines is a few months of consistent work. We track it monthly and show you the movement — no vague promises, just the data.
No — and you should be cautious of anyone who does. Neither Google nor the AI engines guarantee placement to anyone, and their answers shift over time. What we guarantee is the work, a clear timeline, and honest monthly reporting on your visibility versus competitors.
No. We take one business per market and niche. When you work with Abode, your strategy is yours alone — we won’t take on a direct competitor in your area.
Louisiana law firms and high-trust local service businesses — where a single new client is worth a lot, and being the name AI recommends translates directly into real revenue.
Be the answer, before your competitor is.
We only take one business per market — and the AI-search lane is still open in most Louisiana niches. Let’s see where you stand.