AEO for local professional services: get customer referrals from AI

Your customers now ask AI and Google for recommendations, and only a few businesses get named. Javvo optimizes your online presence so you get on that shortlist.

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Case study

A local podiatry practice gets patient referrals from AI

At CarePlus Foot & Ankle in Bellevue, WA, new patients write "ChatGPT" and "Google" on their intake forms when asked how they found the practice. In our July 2026 scan, CarePlus was the most-recommended podiatry practice in its market on ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity, and holds a top position on Google AI Overviews.

That visibility was built, not luck. Javvo rebuilt their site, optimized their content, and made their listings accurate and consistent everywhere AI looks. We manage their reviews, and we monitor their AI visibility to keep them ahead.

Your customers now ask AI for recommendations

39% of consumers, and 54% of Gen Z, already use AI to discover products and services (Salesforce, 2025). When asked for a recommendation, AI engines only list three to five names. Even on Google, an AI answer now sits above the traditional results. Not doing AEO risks being invisible to new customers.

SEO is still important but no longer enough

The SEO work you've done still counts. What's changed is that Google now shows an AI answer and the map above the traditional links, so ranking well no longer means being found: 60% of Google searches end without a single click on a website, and among searches that show an AI Overview, it's 83% (Bain, 2025). Many vendors now sell "AEO" as an add-on to their existing SEO services. We start from the other end: we measure how AI actually answers your customers' questions, find out why you're named or skipped, and fix that, with SEO woven through the work rather than sold beside it.

We build and protect your reputation

AI engines now read your reviews, your ratings, and what people say about you publicly, and compress all of it into a sentence or two that they repeat to your customers. We help shape that narrative. We help you grow fresh reviews on the platforms AI reads, respond professionally to the ones that hurt, and track how AI describes you by name. When something inaccurate or damaging starts to spread, we address it before it reaches AI.

We manage your online presence so you can focus on your customers

  • Track your AI visibility. We measure how AI recommends you against your competitors, and re-measure regularly so you see what's moving.
  • Manage your Google Business Profile & Maps. We keep it complete, accurate, and active, because it feeds both the map and the AI answers.
  • Keep your listings consistent. We align your facts across the professional directories AI reads in your field, so AI trusts the data about your business.
  • Grow and protect your reviews. We help you generate fresh customer reviews on the platforms AI reads, and respond to the ones that hurt.
  • Build websites AI can read. We build your site with clean structure and complete schema that are easy for AI to read.
  • Write the content AI quotes. We write AI-optimized service pages, FAQs, and the content AI engines pull from.

And everything we manage is yours: your site, your content, your data, your profiles. No proprietary platform, no lock-in, ever.

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Frequently asked questions about AEO for local businesses

Do you replace my SEO agency or work with them?
Either. Some clients bring us in alongside an existing SEO vendor, and we coordinate the work. Others have us handle both, since the same improvements feed search rankings and AI answers. We'll tell you honestly if the split is creating problems.
How is this different from an SEO firm that says it does AEO?
Ask any vendor one question: can they show you how AI answers your customers' questions today, and how that changed after their work? We measure AI answers directly, on the live engines, against your competitors, and work backward from what we find. If a vendor can't show you that measurement, they're optimizing for Google and hoping it carries over.
Do you handle my Google Business Profile?
Yes, fully: categories, services, photos, posts, Q&A, and the accuracy of every fact on it. It's one of the most-read sources for both the map and AI answers about local businesses.
How do reviews affect what AI says about me?
AI engines summarize your reviews across platforms and fold them into how they describe you. Strong recent reviews on the platforms AI reads improve both whether you're recommended and how you're described. A few harsh outliers can color the summary, which is why professional responses and steady review growth matter.
What happens if we part ways?
Everything keeps working. Your site, content, profiles, and data are yours from day one, and there's nothing to migrate off. We put it in writing.