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AI search is changing how customers find local businesses, and most agencies haven't caught up. When someone asks ChatGPT "what's the best landscaper in Brattleboro?", Claude "who should I hire to build a custom website near Bellows Falls?", or Perplexity "are there any AI-friendly web designers in Wilmington?", the answer they get is not the same answer Google's blue-link results would give. AI engines pull from different signals: schema markup, structured FAQs, brand mentions across the web, entity-graph completeness, and the linked-data structures that LLMs ingest during training. The articles in this category cover what's actually working in 2026 for southern Vermont small businesses who want to stay visible as customers shift from Google search to AI-powered answers - and what most local agencies are still missing.
AI Search
Run this 10-minute audit to see if ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google's AI Overviews cite your business when people ask for recommendations. If they don't, here's exactly how to fix it.
AI Search
AI search engines extract facts. If your website is full of "empowering tomorrow's vision," AI has nothing to pull. The businesses winning in AI search write specific, extractable content. Here's why fluff is killing your visibility.
AI Search
ChatGPT, AI Overviews, and answer engines are rewriting local discovery. What AEO and GEO actually mean, how AI decides your business exists, and the practical checklist for southern Vermont.
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