How to Choose an AI SEO Agency
The category is barely two years old, so nobody has a track record worth the name. Here is what to ask instead, and the answers that should worry you.
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Plainspoken notes on building websites that bring in work and get found by people and AI: on copy, conversion, GEO/SEO, and performance.
The category is barely two years old, so nobody has a track record worth the name. Here is what to ask instead, and the answers that should worry you.
Neither is automatically better. The honest trade-offs, and the questions that tell you which one your business needs.
Sometimes the design is the problem. Sometimes it is the foundations. How to tell which one you are paying for.
From a few hundred pounds to £20,000 plus. What the ranges actually buy, and how to decide what your business needs.
You searched "web designer near me". It's a fair instinct. But a website is built and delivered online, so it's worth asking what "near" is actually meant to get you.
Your site can rank perfectly well and still never get mentioned by an AI. It's usually not a new trick you're missing. It was built for a different reader.
You cannot register, list, or rank your business in ChatGPT. There is no form. Here is what actually gets you recommended when a customer asks.
You built the site, you search your own business, and it isn't there. Here's how to find out why, the dull blockers to rule out first, and the one that matters most.
Ask an AI for a good business in your area and it answers, often with a name. Here is how it learns who you are, and how to make sure it gets you right.
Is GEO replacing SEO, and where do AEO and LLM SEO fit in? A plain answer, and why the work that makes you findable is mostly the same.
A note on a new partnership, and why being found by AI now matters as much as being found by Google.
If your site gets traffic but the enquiries don’t follow, the problem usually isn’t traffic. It’s what the page says.
If people land and leave fast, especially on phones, the first thing to check is how long your site takes to load.