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When a customer searches, they now see ads, an AI-written answer, and a short list of recommended businesses on one screen. We run your paid search and get you into that AI answer, with the founder doing the work.
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1,128
AI citations analyzed across 60 local markets, from 528 websites
Avante AI Visibility Index, July 2026, 120 live queries
Read the study475
sessions from ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and Perplexity in 127 days
SellerMockups, our own property, GA4 receipts published
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running paid search, Avante Interactive since 2012
JoLyn Laney, founder. Anthropic AI Fluency certified.
Meet the teamOne Search. Two Ways to Win It.
Someone types "best dentist near me." Google returns an AI-written answer that names a few practices, with paid results around it. Two different systems, two sets of rules. We work on both, and we will tell you honestly which one your money belongs in first.
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What ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI say when your customers ask, measured with repeated runs, then fixed at the sources those systems actually read.
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Original AI Visibility Research by Avante
We ran 120 live AI queries across 6 industries and 10 US metros and analyzed all 1,128 citations. About half pointed to business websites. The other half pointed to third-party sources, and the leading source was different in every industry. The prompts, the data, and the limitations are published.
View the AI Visibility IndexBuilt for businesses where one customer is worth real money.
Local and regional service businesses, owners who want the practitioner rather than an account manager, and anyone who wants to see the actual queries and evidence.
Proof, Not Promises
We ran the method on our own business first.
Most firms show anonymous testimonials. We published an entire engagement instead. SellerMockups.com is our own e-commerce property, which is exactly why every number can be shown: the before and after scores, the GA4 property ID, the AI citation results, and the screenshots behind each claim.
+1,500%
organic search sessions vs. the pre-audit window
475
sessions from AI platforms in 127 days
5 to 52
schema integrity score, out of 100
80%
branded AI citation rate after the work
How Engagements Work
Every engagement is scoped and quoted to your business. A flat fee for a defined scope, agreed before anything starts. No retainers on the audits, no contracts, and no number that moves later.
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AI Visibility Score
Free
One to two minutes, no call
Live queries against your business and a score you can act on or ignore.
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Quoted
A focused read
Where you appear, where competitors appear instead, and the signals holding you back.
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Flat fee, about 10 business days
Every buying question tested repeatedly across 5 engines, a 27-factor scorecard, execution-ready fix tickets, a walkthrough, and a 90-day re-measure.
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Questions People Ask Before Booking
Why can a business rank on Google but not appear in ChatGPT?
Ranking and recommendation are different selections. A results page lists many pages, while an AI answer names a short set of businesses drawn from many sources. In our own study on Perplexity, 12.0% of the businesses the AI listed in a market appeared in its first five recommendations.
See the findings in Avante's AI Visibility IndexWhat is the difference between an AI mention, citation, and recommendation?
A mention is any appearance of your business name in an AI answer. A recommendation is a mention where the AI offers you as an option to choose. A citation is a source the platform lists with its answer. You can be cited without being named, and named without being cited.
Read the full definitionsCan AI provide incorrect information about my business?
Yes. AI platforms can state a wrong address, outdated hours, or details that belong to a different business with a similar name. The errors usually trace back to conflicting or outdated information in the sources.
See AI visibility for local businessesHow do you measure AI visibility?
We ask AI platforms the questions your customers actually ask, record who is named and which sources are cited, and repeat the same questions over time. A score summarizes the result. It is not the result.
See how AI visibility is measuredCan a GEO agency guarantee ChatGPT recommendations?
No, and be skeptical of anyone who does. Nobody outside OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Perplexity controls what those systems say. What we guarantee is the measurement: a documented baseline, a prioritized plan, and a re-measure of your exact question panel at 90 days.
See what a GEO audit cannot guaranteeYou are a small team. What happens if someone is unavailable?
Avante is two senior people, JoLyn Laney and Camille Pento, and work is documented so it does not depend on one calendar. You own every account: your Google Ads account, your analytics, your website, your data. Standard response time is one business day.
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Get your free AI visibility score and find out which competitors are being recommended instead of you. One to two minutes, no card, no follow-up sequence.
Or email jolyn@avantevisibility.com.