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Episode 49

AI Is Reading Your Website — Are You In the Answer?

January 5, 2026
AISearchWebsite

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Search is changing shape. Instead of ten blue links, more people are getting one answer — from ChatGPT, from Google's AI overview, from Perplexity, from Siri. Your business is either inside that answer or it isn't.

How AI Decides Who to Name

These systems read plain, specific, structured information. They favor sites that clearly state what you do, where you do it, and what it costs or involves — and they cross-check that against your Google, Yelp and directory listings.

What to Put on Your Site

  • Your services written the way people ask about them
  • Every town you serve, named on the page
  • Real answers to real questions, in full sentences
  • Consistent name, address and phone everywhere online
  • Structured data so machines can parse the basics

Vague Copy Is Now Expensive

"Solutions tailored to your needs" tells an AI nothing. "Snow removal contracts for commercial lots in Lake County, Illinois" gets you named.

I'm Janet Galati with JG Marketing Solutions. Every Monday, real marketing knowledge you can use.

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