Who Can I Hire to Get My Business Recommended by AI?
If you want to hire someone to get your business recommended by AI, the service usually goes by one of a few names, AI visibility, AEO (answer engine optimization), or GEO (generative engine optimization). The label matters less than what they actually do. A real provider does three things: measures where you show up across every major AI engine (not just Google), fixes the underlying signals (Google Business Profile, reviews, citations, buyer-language pages), and shows you proof with a before and after and a monthly report. Here's how to tell a real one from an old SEO package with 'AI' stapled on.
Watch the walkthrough, or read it below. Same answer either way.
Why this is confusing right now
This is a new field, so a lot of providers are taking an old SEO package, adding the word AI to it, and charging more. Some are the real thing. Some aren't. You need to know what separates them.
What a real provider actually does
One, they measure where you show up across every major AI engine, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, and Google's AI all answer differently, and a real audit checks all of them. Two, they fix the signals that decide those answers: your Google Business Profile, reviews, the directories and citations that mention you, and pages written in the words your buyers use. Three, they show you proof, a before and after and a monthly report, so you can see the needle move instead of taking their word for it.
What to walk away from
Anyone whose big idea is just adding an llms.txt file. Anyone who only checks Google and calls it AI visibility. Anyone who can't run your business through a live audit and show you the result. And anyone promising overnight rankings, the signals that move AI answers take weeks to build.
One test before you hire anyone
Ask them to run your business, live, through the AI engines and show you where you show up today. If they can't or won't, that tells you what you need to know.
Start with a free look
This is exactly what AutoJate does, we run the audit across every major AI engine, fix the find/trust/match signals underneath it, and track it monthly. We ran it on our own business first, so we can show you the whole climb. Before you hire anyone, see where you stand.
Run the free check→Straight answers
- What is AI visibility, AEO, or GEO?
- They're names for getting your business named inside AI answers when buyers ask for a provider. The signals overlap with SEO but aren't the same.
- How do I vet a provider fast?
- Ask them to run your business live through the AI engines and show you where you show up today. If they can't or won't, keep looking.
- Does an llms.txt file get me recommended?
- No. It doesn't move AI recommendations. Real signals do: findability, reviews and citations, and buyer-language pages.