AI search optimization

When people ask AI for the best, make it recommend you.

Buyers are shifting from searching to asking. When they ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google's AI for "the best business near me," we make sure AI knows you, trusts you, and names you — the new frontier of getting found, and almost no one else is doing it yet. Built alongside your SEO, for one flat monthly rate.

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ChatGPTWhere buyers now ask
SEO + AEOWin Google and AI
6 monthLead guarantee
Why AEO

Get recommended by the AI people now ask.

Search is changing. More customers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI Overviews to recommend a business instead of scrolling a page of blue links. AI search optimization makes sure those answers point to you.

Structured data AI can read

AI engines don't browse a page — they parse machine-readable signals. We mark up your services, location, hours and offerings with clean schema and an llms.txt, so the models understand exactly what you do and where.

Entity & citation trust

AI only recommends a business it's confident is real and consistent. We line up your name, address, and details everywhere they appear and strengthen the references the models lean on — so the AI is sure it's you, and sure you're legit.

Get cited inside the answer

The goal isn't a ranking — it's being the business the AI actually names. We shape clear, fact-rich, quotable pages the models can pull from, so when someone asks for a recommendation, your name is in the reply. See our full SEO & AEO process →

Monitored as the engines change

AI search shifts fast — new models, new answer formats, new rules. We watch what ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI say about you and keep tuning your signals every month, so you stay recommended instead of slipping out of the answer.

Why this is the moment

The next "page one" is the AI answer.

There used to be one race: rank on Google. Now there's a second one most local businesses haven't even noticed — being the name AI hands back when a customer asks it to recommend someone. We get you into that answer before your competitors realize it exists.

The shift
Ask AI
not just search
The prize
One answer
one business named
The edge
Early
few are doing it
Why it matters

When someone asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google's AI for "the best [your business] near me," it doesn't return ten links — it names a few businesses, or just one. Get named and you've effectively won the search before the customer ever scrolls. Most local businesses have done nothing to be that name, because they don't know the race started. We feed the engines the structured, trustworthy signals they need to confidently recommend you — and we get you there while it's still wide open.

Buyers shifting from searching to asking AI
The 6-Month Lead Guarantee

Don't hit your lead target? We refund three months and you walk.

SEO takes a few months to compound as Google indexes and ranks your new site. So we put it in writing: we agree on a realistic lead target up front, and if we haven't hit it within six months, we refund you three months, release you from the agreement, and take the site down — no hard feelings. We can promise that because we've done it before. Most agencies won't put their money where their mouth is. We will.

Realistic target agreed up front
Every lead tracked and reported
Refunded if we miss it
FAQ

AI search, answered

The questions business owners ask about showing up in ChatGPT and AI answers. If yours isn't here, just ask — we'll walk you through it.

Still unsure?

Book a free consultation and we'll show you what AI says about your business today — and what it could say — no pressure either way.

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What is AI search optimization (AEO)?

AI search optimization — also called AEO, answer engine optimization — is making your business show up and get recommended when people ask AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google's AI Overviews. Traditional SEO gets you onto a results page; AEO gets you named inside the answer the AI gives back. We optimize your site and your data so those engines understand who you are and confidently put you forward.

Why does this matter now — is AI search really a thing?

It's already happening. Hundreds of millions of people use ChatGPT, and Google now puts an AI answer above the normal results. More and more buyers ask AI "who's the best [your business] near me?" and act on the answer instead of clicking through ten links. Whoever the AI names wins the customer — and right now almost no local business is optimizing for it, so there's a real first-mover edge.

How do you actually get my business into ChatGPT or Google's AI answers?

AI engines don't "see" a website the way a person does — they read structured signals. We give them clean, machine-readable cues: schema markup that spells out your services and location, consistent entity data across the web so the AI is sure it's you, an llms.txt that tells AI crawlers exactly what you offer, and clear, fact-rich pages the models can quote. Then we monitor what AI says about you and keep tuning it as the engines change.

Does this replace regular SEO?

No — you want both, and they reinforce each other. The same strong, well-structured foundation that ranks you on Google is exactly what AI engines pull from when they build an answer. We do them together, so you show up on the classic results page and in the AI response sitting above it. You don't have to choose.

What does AI search optimization cost?

It's built into your plan, not a separate add-on. Morton Growth bundles your site build, hosting, traditional SEO, and AI-search optimization into one flat monthly rate — no hourly billing and nothing to manage yourself. As AI search grows, you're already covered. See current pricing →

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Ready to be the business AI recommends?

Tell us about your business and we'll set up a free consultation to map out how we'd get you found in AI search and on Google.

  • Free consultationA real conversation, not a sales pitch.
  • No obligationWalk away any time — no pressure.
  • A real build planWe'll map exactly what we'd build and why.

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