AI Search Optimization

Answer Engine Optimization Service for Contractors

Be the business AI recommends.

Done-for-you AEO for HVAC, roofing, and home services contractors. We get your business cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude when customers ask "best [your service] near me" — so you win the AI search shift before competitors realize it's happening.

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AI

"best HVAC company in Dallas"

Real customer query — tested across 10 cities

Live
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ChatGPT recommends

  1. 1.Hunter Heat & Air
  2. 2.Berkeys Plumbing & HVAC
  3. 3.Strittmatter Plan-It Plumbing

3 organic citations

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Google shows

  1. Ad One Hour Heating & Air ↘ Missing on AI
  2. AdARS / Rescue Rooter
  3. AdBerkeys Plumbing & HVAC

10 ads + map pack

47%

of homeowners now start here

Different rankings. Different winners.

Outcomes

Win the AI search shift before competitors do

Get cited by AI

Be the answer when customers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude.

First-mover advantage

Capture AI-search traffic in your city before competitors realize the shift.

AI-optimized content

Long-form structure LLMs actually consume — H1s, FAQs, comparison tables.

Citations across the web

Reddit threads, comparison articles, and listicles — the source documents AI pulls from.

How AEO Works

From invisible to cited in 90 days

We audit, optimize, and track. You answer the new business calls.

Audit

We test your AI visibility across 8 LLMs

We test your business across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Meta AI, Bing Copilot, Grok, and Mistral — against 50+ category queries in your service area. You'll see exactly where you appear and where competitors win.

AEO Audit Report · Sample

"best HVAC near me" Cited · ChatGPT, Perplexity
"emergency AC repair Dallas" Partial · Perplexity only
"furnace tune-up cost" Missing · All LLMs
"new HVAC system installation" Missing · All LLMs

12 of 50 queries cite you. Plenty of room.

Optimize

We build citation surfaces and rewrite your content for AI

We seed your business across the source documents AI pulls from — Reddit threads, comparison articles, niche listicles, and Quora answers. Then we restructure your H1s, FAQs, and comparison tables so LLMs can quote them verbatim.

Citation Build · Active

REDDIT r/Dallas · "best HVAC companies?" thread ✓ Posted
LISTICLE Top 10 HVAC contractors in Plano 2026 ✓ Live
COMPARE vs. competitor article on industry blog · Drafting
SCHEMA FAQ schema rewrite on /services/ pages ✓ Deployed
Track

Monthly AEO scoreboard, no surprises

Each month we re-run your AEO audit. You'll see which queries cite you, which competitors are gaining ground, and what we're shipping next to close gaps.

Monthly Scoreboard · April 2026

31

Queries citing you

▲ +19 vs Mar

8

LLMs covered

62%

Citation rate

▲ +38pt

This Month's Wins

+ "best emergency HVAC Plano" — ChatGPT

+ "AC tune-up cost Dallas" — Perplexity

+ "furnace replacement near me" — Claude

10-City Study

We tested 10 cities. The pattern is clear.

Most contractors winning Google have no idea they're invisible on ChatGPT. We mapped the gap.

Chart showing only 48% overlap between Google's top-ranked HVAC and roofing companies and ChatGPT's recommendations across 10 US cities

48%

of Google's top-ranked HVAC and roofing companies appeared in ChatGPT's recommendations. Less than half.

110yr

generational businesses (Baker Roofing, A.B. May, One Hour Heating) are completely invisible to AI.

7/10

cities where the #1 sponsored Google advertiser was completely missing from ChatGPT.

ChatGPT pulls from comparison articles, Reddit threads, and listicles — not Google ad spend or review counts.

Find out if AI recommends YOUR business

Free 10-LLM AEO audit · No credit card · 24-hour turnaround

Pairs With

AEO drives the traffic. The rest of Ignitvio converts it.

Getting cited is half the battle. When customers click through, you need to answer the call, qualify the lead, and book the job — in seconds, not hours.

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Find out which AI search queries you should be winning.

Free AEO audit. We'll show you exactly where you appear, where competitors win, and what to fix in 90 days.

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