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What do AI SEO services include, and what do they cost?
AI SEO services improve your company's eligibility and chances of being quoted and recommended by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, on top of ranking in classic search. They suit any company: local, B2B or national. BaaDigi's AI SEO services start at $297 a month plus a $700 setup. Citation timing varies by site, and vendor studies of new pages are summarized below. Ryan Goering, in search marketing since 2008, runs every program.
$297/month to start + $700 setup, month to month
Last updated: · By Ryan Goering, CEO, BaaDigi, Huntington Beach, CA
What does an AI SEO service include?
An AI-readable site
Pages that load fast, render as plain HTML, and let the bots that feed AI answers in. We check robots.txt and your firewall for OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Claude-SearchBot and Googlebot.
Answer-first pages
Each key page opens with a self-contained answer a model can quote with no context, using the exact words your buyers type.
Published figures
Real prices, ranges and comparisons on the page, because answers are built from concrete numbers. We never invent a figure; if you have not given us one, we ask.
Comparison and "best" pages
Tables and decision guides for the questions that start a purchase, such as "X vs Y" and "best [service] for [buyer]".
Entity and trust signals
The same company name, location and services everywhere, an author with a real byline, visible update dates, and schema that matches the visible text.
Measurement
Citation tracking across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, plus Search Console, GA4 and the leads in your Predictable Work Dashboard.
How does AI SEO services work, step by step?
Baseline
We ask the three engines the questions your buyers ask and record who gets named. You see your starting position before we change anything.
Open the doors
We fix crawl access, speed and rendering so the search bots behind ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Google can read every page.
Rewrite for quoting
We restructure priority pages with an answer-first opening, question headings, named sources and published prices.
Build the pages that get cited
We add comparison pages, guides and service pages for the questions you are missing, each linked into the rest of the site.
Earn outside mentions
We build the third-party mentions and listings that engines use to confirm who you are.
Measure and adjust
Our tracker, Google Search Console and GA4 feed the dashboard monthly. We report citations, traffic and leads, and change the plan based on them.
BaaDigi framework
What is the Citation Climb, and where does your company stand on it?
The Citation Climb is BaaDigi's diagnostic framework. We use it to diagnose any company in five steps. Each step has a test you can run yourself, so you know which one to fix first.
| Step | How you know you are there | What we do |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Crawlable | AI search bots can fetch your pages. Nothing in robots.txt or your firewall blocks them. | Fix access and rendering. Cloudflare changed its default in July 2025 to block AI crawlers unless they pay, so we check this first. |
| 2. Quotable | A model can lift one passage from your page and it makes sense alone. | Answer-first openings, one answer per heading, published figures, named sources. |
| 3. Cited | Your page appears as a source link in an AI answer to a buyer question. | Build the missing pages, then track citations per engine. |
| 4. Recommended | Your company is named in the answer text, not only linked below it. | Entity consistency, reviews, listings and third-party mentions. |
| 5. Chosen | The buyer contacts you. A lead or call is logged with its source. | Tracked forms and calls, and follow-up in the dashboard. |
Does AI name your company today?
Run the free checker. It asks ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity the questions your buyers ask.
Who does AI recommend, and which sources does it cite?
More people ask ChatGPT and AI search “who's the best contractor near me?” every day. See if AI names you — or sends the job to someone else. No email to run it.
What does AI SEO services cost?
BaaDigi AI SEO is part of the Predictable Work Engine, so you pay one monthly fee for the level you need. Foundation at $297 a month makes the site AI-ready. Stability builds the pages that get cited. Here is how that compares with agencies that publish an AI SEO price.
| Provider | Published price | Term | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| BaaDigi Foundation Engine | $297/mo + $700 setup | Month to month | Your site rebuilt so AI crawlers can read and quote it, plus local SEO basics, Google Business Profile and CRM |
| BaaDigi Stability Engine | $497/mo + $995 setup | Month to month | Builds the pages and assets that get cited, with ongoing AI search optimization |
| BaaDigi Predictability Engine | $1,397/mo | Month to month | Adds Google Ads and lead nurture to fill the pipeline |
| BaaDigi Market Control Engine | $3,997/mo | Month to month | The top level, for companies that want to own their market |
| Hook Agency | $3,750/mo (Local SEO + AEO) | Retainer term not stated | Includes 25+ ChatGPT prompts tracked monthly |
| WebFX | From $3,000/mo (Bronze), up to $68,250/mo | 6-month commitment | Bronze: 50 prompts monitored, 3 assets a month |
| Digital Elevator | $1,000/mo AI Visibility add-on | 4-month minimum on the $1,500/mo local SEO plan | Add-on includes 2 brand mentions a month |
| First Page Sage | $6,000 to $12,000/mo | Month to month | Monthly deliverable credits |
| Omniscient Digital | From $120,000/yr | Contract term not verified | B2B software focus |
| Searchbloom | AI SEO price not published (SEO from $3,000/mo) | Not stated | GEO is not priced separately |
Agency figures come from each agency's own public page, checked October 27, 2026. We checked 18 agencies and 5 publish an AI SEO or GEO price; we did not verify a published AI-specific price for the remaining agencies. Prices change, so confirm on their site.
What results can you expect?
Here is how often BaaDigi's own site is cited when we ask the three major AI engines our tracked questions. This measures our own site, not a promise for yours.
| Engine | September 2026 | October 1 to 26, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 26.2% (817 of 3,119 runs) | 23.4% (762 of 3,252 runs) |
| Perplexity | 26.9% (840 of 3,119 runs) | 32.6% (1,061 of 3,255 runs) |
| Google AI Overviews | 7.5% (198 of 2,638 runs) | 6.3% (157 of 2,487 runs) |
Share of non-error, non-branded engine-runs in which baadigi.com appeared as a cited source. The prompts were written by BaaDigi to track BaaDigi, the set grew from 52 to 310 prompts between August and October, and each prompt is re-asked every run day, so this is not an industry benchmark and month-to-month changes partly reflect which prompts existed. Source: BaaDigi citation tracker, 13 run days in September and 11 in October.
Two honest limits. Google states there are no additional requirements to appear in AI Overviews or AI Mode, so AI SEO there is good SEO plus quotable pages. And OpenAI says placement in ChatGPT search is not guaranteed, even for sites that allow its bot.
+348%
Organic traffic
Newlin Painting, 6 months of our SEO system (Google Analytics, Sept 2025 to Mar 2026).
3x
Revenue
Stevens Homebuilding, with site rebuild, SEO and AI follow-up (BaaDigi client reporting, 2024 to 2025).
3 to 5
Leads per day
B&M Electrical, each lead visible in their dashboard.
These three are contractor results from our SEO program, not from this service alone.
Who is AI SEO services for?
Start now if
- You sell something people research before they buy, such as services, software or high-ticket products.
- Your competitors are named when you ask ChatGPT or Perplexity for recommendations and you are not.
- You have a working website, even an average one.
- You want one monthly price and no long contract.
Not yet if
- You have no website. Start with the Foundation Engine, which builds one.
- You need leads this week. Paid search or Local Services Ads are faster, and the Predictability Engine adds them.
- You want a guaranteed ranking or citation. No honest provider can promise one.
- Your buyers never research online first.
How is AI SEO services different from SEO and from the other AI search terms?
AI SEO is the umbrella. Generative engine optimization, LLM SEO and AI search optimization are narrower angles on it, and Ahrefs treats GEO, AEO and LLMO as three names for one idea. We keep separate pages because the work differs by target.
| Term | What it aims at | How you measure it |
|---|---|---|
| AI SEO (this page) | Being chosen by AI assistants and Google together | Citations, mentions and leads |
| Generative engine optimization | Being cited inside generated answers across every engine | Citation rate per engine |
| LLM SEO | Being retrievable and quotable by language models | Crawler access, entity clarity, quotes |
| AI search optimization | Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and Bing Copilot | Presence in AI Overviews and AI Mode |
| Classic SEO | Ranking in the ten blue links | Rankings, clicks, calls |
Related service pages: Generative engine optimization services · LLM SEO agency · AI search optimization services
Questions buyers ask about AI SEO services
- What are AI SEO services?
- AI SEO services are the ongoing work of making a company's pages crawlable, quotable and trustworthy enough that AI assistants cite and recommend it, alongside classic search rankings. That covers technical access for AI bots, answer-first content, published prices, comparison pages, entity signals and measurement of citations and leads.
- How much do AI SEO services cost?
- BaaDigi starts at $297 a month plus a $700 setup. Stability is $497 a month plus $995 setup, Predictability is $1397 a month, and Market Control is $3997 a month. Among 18 agencies we checked, 5 publish an AI SEO or GEO price, and the entry points run from $1,000 a month for an add-on to $3,750 or more for a retainer.
- Is AI SEO different from regular SEO?
- It builds on the same foundation: a crawlable site, useful content and authority. It adds structure a model can quote, access for AI search bots, and measurement of citations instead of only rankings. Ahrefs puts it as "GEO is SEO for AI search", and we agree the overlap is large.
- How long does AI SEO take to work?
- Timing varies by site, and we cannot forecast yours. Vendor maxaeo studied 740 new pages from February to May 2026 and found a median of 13 days to first citation and 41 days to a stable one, where stable means cited on five of seven days. A Profound post reported on LinkedIn found a median of about 7 days (6.81) for ChatGPT and Claude; we cite that secondary report and have not verified the original. Both are vendor-run and only count pages that eventually got cited.
- Do you guarantee we will be cited by ChatGPT?
- No. OpenAI says placement is not guaranteed, and engines change often. We guarantee the work: access, quotable pages, published figures and monthly measurement. You see your citation numbers in the dashboard, good or bad.
- Do I need schema markup for AI search?
- It helps machines read a page, but it is not a lever on its own. Google says no special schema is needed for AI Overviews. An Ahrefs study of 1,885 pages that added JSON-LD found no major citation uplift, though those pages were already heavily cited. We add schema that matches visible text and put the effort into the content.
- Do you only work with contractors?
- No. Home services is our deepest bench, but AI SEO works for any company that buyers research: B2B firms, software, restaurants, IT providers and national brands.
- What do I get that I cannot do myself?
- You can run every step yourself. Most owners lack the time to rewrite pages, build comparison content, check bot access and track three engines monthly. We do that work and show the results in one dashboard.
Sources
- Google: AI features and your website: no extra requirements for AI Overviews and AI Mode, and Googlebot is the crawl control.
- OpenAI: crawlers and bots: OAI-SearchBot controls ChatGPT search inclusion; GPTBot is separate.
- OpenAI: ChatGPT search help: placement is not guaranteed.
- Perplexity: bots guide: PerplexityBot indexes for search results.
- Ahrefs: SEO vs GEO: GEO defined as being mentioned, cited and accurately represented in AI answers.
- Ahrefs: schema and AI citations study: 1,885 pages that added JSON-LD, no major citation uplift.
Keep reading
- SEO services for any company
- The Four Stages of Predictable Growth
- Free AI search visibility checker
- AI visibility audit
- Generative engine optimization agencies, compared
- Best AI visibility tools, compared
- LLM SEO guide
- What is LLM SEO? (glossary)
- What is generative engine optimization? (glossary)
- What is answer engine optimization? (glossary)
- What is an AI Overview? (glossary)
- Generative engine optimization services
- LLM SEO agency
- AI search optimization services
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