Find Out If ChatGPT Is
Recommending Your Business
Most local contractors have zero AI citation rate — and don't know it. Before investing in GEO, get your baseline. We measure exactly where you stand in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
Strategy call is free · No obligation · Contractor-specific methodology
You Can't Optimize What You Haven't Measured
Most GEO agencies start with tactics — schema markup, directory listings, content — without measuring your starting point. That means you have no way to know if the work is producing results, no baseline to justify continued investment, and no competitive context.
A GEO audit gives you the number first. Your citation rate across the AI platforms your potential customers actually use. Your competitive position in your local market. Your specific gap profile — which of the seven citation signals are suppressing your AI visibility.
What is my contractor business's current AI citation rate?
Which AI platforms am I appearing in — and which am I invisible to?
Are my local competitors already ahead of me in AI citations?
What specifically is suppressing my citation rate?
What is the fastest path to improving my citation rate?
The GEO audit answers all five questions before any work begins.
The CitationIQ™ Audit Deliverables
Citation Rate Baseline
Your citation rate across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews — tested across 20+ query variations using our CitationIQ™ methodology. Know your number before you invest in fixing it.
Entity Normalization Assessment
Audit of how your business entity appears across major directories, review platforms, and citation sources — identifying name variants, address discrepancies, and trade description gaps that suppress citations.
Competitive Benchmark
Your citation rate compared against 2–3 direct local competitors in your trade. Know if you're ahead, behind, or in a market where no one has built AI citation dominance yet.
GEO Strategy Brief
A prioritized action plan identifying your highest-impact GEO fixes, in the order that will produce the fastest citation rate improvement based on your specific gap profile.
From Strategy Call to Audit Delivery
Book a Free Strategy Call
15-minute call to confirm your trade, market, and top competitors. We define the query cluster we'll test against.
CitationIQ™ Testing
We run 20–50 query variations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Multiple sessions per query for statistical reliability.
Entity & Competitive Analysis
Entity normalization review across your citation sources. Competitive citation rate benchmarking against your local market.
Audit Delivery + Strategy Brief
Full audit delivered within 5–7 business days. Includes your citation rate numbers, gap analysis, and prioritized GEO action plan.
Built Exclusively for Local Service Contractors
The CitationIQ™ audit methodology was developed specifically for contractor businesses — using query clusters, competitor benchmarks, and entity signals that reflect how AI systems actually process local contractor recommendation queries.
The CitationIQ™ Methodology
Our measurement approach was developed by Kristina Shrider based on her independent research in AI visibility optimization. It uses multi-sample query testing and Reciprocal Rank Fusion analysis to produce a statistically reliable citation rate — not a single-session spot check.
About the researcher →Common Questions
What is a GEO audit for contractors?
A GEO audit measures your contractor business's citation rate across AI platforms — how often ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews recommend you when relevant queries are asked. It includes entity assessment, competitive benchmarking, and a prioritized strategy brief.
How is citation rate measured?
We use our CitationIQ™ methodology — 20–50 query variations across 3 AI platforms, multiple sessions per query. Single spot checks are statistically unreliable; this methodology gives you a defensible baseline number.
What does the audit cost?
The initial strategy call is free. Full audit pricing is discussed on the strategy call based on your trade and market competitiveness. Most audits are delivered as part of an ongoing GEO engagement.
How long until I see my results?
Audit delivery is 5–7 business days from the strategy call. If you proceed with a GEO engagement, most clients see initial citation rate movement within 60–90 days of completing entity normalization and schema work.
Know Your Citation Rate Before Your Competitor Does
Book a free 15-minute strategy call. We'll confirm your trade and market, define the query cluster we'll test, and scope the full CitationIQ™ audit.