AI search visibility

Being findable in Google no longer means being present in the answer.

AI assistants increasingly answer the question instead of listing the links. We test how they currently describe your organisation, which sources they rely on, and what it would take to be cited rather than omitted.

Working method

One good answer proves nothing. The same prompts, run again, do.

A closed loop of four stages: Baseline, Diagnose, Strengthen, Re-test. The final stage returns to the first, so the work is measured again on every pass. 01 02 03 04 and run it again Every pass uses the same prompts
  1. 01 Baseline Run the stored prompt set across the assistants your buyers actually use, and record every answer and citation.
  2. 02 Diagnose Separate a visibility problem from an accuracy problem. Being absent and being described wrongly need different work.
  3. 03 Strengthen Correct the third-party sources assistants lean on, and make your own pages easier to extract and quote.
  4. 04 Re-test Run the identical set again and compare. Movement across repeated runs is evidence; a single run is anecdote.
Assistant answers vary between runs, so a single screenshot is not evidence. The prompt set is stored and re-run, which is the only way to tell real movement from noise.
Engagement options

Start at the smallest level that can answer the decision

The scope is agreed around the problem and the evidence required. You do not need to commit to a larger engagement before a focused diagnostic has earned it.

Visibility baseline

Best for

Organisations that do not yet know how assistants describe them.

Typical output

Baseline results, citation map and an accuracy log.

Baseline plus plan

Best for

Teams ready to act on the gap once it is quantified.

Typical output

The above, plus a prioritised source-authority plan.

Implementation

Best for

Organisations that want the content and technical work carried out, not just specified.

Typical output

Implemented changes, with before and after evidence.

Ongoing monitoring

Best for

Categories where assistant answers are shifting month to month.

Typical output

Scheduled re-tests and a change log against the baseline.

Evidence standard: Assistant answers vary between runs, so a single screenshot proves very little. Every baseline is built from a stored prompt set run repeatedly, and every claim of improvement is evidenced by re-running that same set rather than by a one-off comparison.

Jon Goodey, founder of Indexify
Who does the work

Jon Goodey, founder of Indexify

Jon scopes the work and does it. His background spans software development, statistical analysis and marketing intelligence, so the person who finds the problem is also the person who can fix it.

There is no hand-off between sales, strategy and delivery. You deal with Jon from the first conversation to the final check.

Read Jon’s full profile
Scope

What the work covers

The scope follows your organisation and the problem you need to solve. These are the areas the work usually covers.

01

Assistant baseline testing

Structured, repeatable prompts across the assistants your buyers actually use.

  • Buyer-intent questions in your category
  • Comparison and alternative-to questions
  • Whether you are named, described correctly or omitted
02

Citation and source analysis

Which pages and third-party sources assistants rely on to answer.

  • Your own pages that are and are not being drawn on
  • Third-party sources carrying weight in your category
  • Where a competitor owns the cited source and you do not
03

Technical and structural foundations

Whether your site can be crawled, parsed and attributed correctly.

  • Crawl, indexation and rendering behaviour
  • Entity, schema and organisational markup
  • Content structure that supports direct extraction and quotation
04

Source-authority plan

A prioritised route to being cited rather than merely present.

  • Pages to create, strengthen or correct
  • Third-party sources worth earning a presence in
  • A re-test method so change can be evidenced over time

How the engagement works

  1. 1

    Define the questions that matter

    Agree the buyer-intent questions where being cited would have commercial consequence.

  2. 2

    Baseline and record

    Run those questions across the assistants, capture the answers and the cited sources, and store the results so they can be compared later.

  3. 3

    Diagnose the gap

    Separate problems of visibility, accuracy and attribution. Each has a different fix.

  4. 4

    Implement and re-test

    Make the content, technical and source changes, then re-run the same prompts to evidence movement.

What you take away

  • AI visibility baseline across the assistants your buyers use
  • Prompt set and results, stored so the test can be repeated consistently
  • Citation map showing which sources assistants draw on in your category
  • Accuracy log of anything assistants state about you that is wrong
  • Prioritised source-authority plan with named pages and third-party targets
  • Re-test schedule and the measures that would show genuine improvement

Read before you decide

GEO case study: our guides cited in AI Overviews

What Google’s AI Overviews cited, what we changed a week earlier and what the citations did for clicks.

Read the practical guide
Prices

What SEO and AI search costs

Published prices, so you know what you would pay before you get in touch. The fixes are done for you on the live site, not left in a report.

Growth Partner

£900 a month

plus VAT

  • One implementation sprint a month
  • An SEO, content and conversion roadmap
  • A clear monthly performance review
Start with Growth Partner
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SEO and AI search

£1,750 a month

plus VAT

  • Weekly fix sprints across technical SEO, AI search and conversion
  • Pages made easy for Google and AI answers to find, trust and quote
  • A live plan page showing every fix and what comes next
  • Three-month minimum
Start SEO and AI search

Larger sites

£2,500–£3,500 a month

plus VAT

  • Ecommerce sites, or several sites
  • Content or digital PR on top of the fixes
  • Scope and fee agreed in writing first
Scope a larger site

New retainers start with a £2,500 onboarding sprint that clears the backlog in the first month. We waive it if you commit to six months.

Want a one-off first? A standalone technical audit starts from £1,500 and ends with a prioritised fix list your developer can act on.

All prices exclude VAT. See every published price or see how SEO and AI search works.

Questions buyers ask

What is AI search visibility?

It is whether AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini can find your organisation, describe it accurately, and cite it when answering questions in your category. It overlaps with SEO but is not the same discipline: the unit of success is being cited in an answer rather than ranking in a list of links.

How is this different from technical SEO?

Technical SEO makes a site crawlable, fast and correctly structured, and that remains a prerequisite. AI search visibility asks a further question: given that assistants can reach your pages, do they actually draw on them when they answer, and do they describe you correctly when they do. A site can be technically excellent and still be absent from the answer.

Can you actually influence what an AI assistant says?

Not directly, and anyone promising to control an assistant’s output should be treated with suspicion. What can be influenced is the evidence available to it: whether your own pages answer the question clearly and can be extracted, whether the third-party sources it relies on describe you accurately, and whether your organisational entity is unambiguous. The honest framing is influence over the inputs, not control of the output.

How do you measure whether it worked?

By running the same prompt set before and after, storing both sets of results, and comparing whether you are named, how you are described and which sources are cited. Because assistant answers vary between runs, a single before and after comparison is not sufficient; the test needs repeating across runs to distinguish real movement from noise.

Does this matter if we already rank well in Google?

Increasingly, yes. Ranking well protects the click that starts in a search box. It does not protect the recommendation that happens inside an assistant, where a single answer may name two or three providers and omit everyone else. The organisations at most risk are those whose good rankings mask the fact that they are absent from the answer.

How much does AI search visibility work cost?

It is part of our SEO and AI search retainer at £1,750 a month plus VAT, with a three-month minimum, because being cited depends on the same technical, content and source work as ranking. Smaller sites can start with Growth Partner at £900 a month. Every price is on our pricing page.

What if an assistant says something inaccurate about us?

That is a finding worth acting on quickly, and it is more common than most organisations expect. The fix usually involves correcting or clarifying the underlying sources the assistant is drawing on, and making the accurate version easier to extract from your own pages. We log every inaccuracy found during the baseline.

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“Jon has provided excellent support for SEO strategy and implementation for Avicenna Pharmacies across England and Wales, driving impactful results for our brand awareness campaigns. Thanks to his expertise, we achieved top 5 rankings in a remarkably short time. Jon delivered a detailed, structured roadmap with clear tracking metrics, making progress transparent and actionable.”
Nida, Avicenna Pharmacies Review on Google, August 2025
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“Our website had been facing some serious technical issues on WordPress and a noticeable drop in SEO rankings, and Jon was incredibly helpful in diagnosing and resolving these problems. He didn’t just fix the immediate problems; he also offered valuable advice on optimizing our site for better search engine visibility in the future.”
Francesca Ranauro Review on Google, January 2025
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“Jon and the team were able to offer us clear, concise and accurate support and information during an integral business move when merging our company websites. The team are able to give strategic direction and reliable information at the drop of a hat! Incredibly responsive, could not recommend their services more.”
Emily Walker Review on Google, February 2024
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“Thanks to his expertise and unwavering dedication, we’ve catapulted to the first page of Google for our targeted keywords. What truly distinguishes Indexify is their exceptional customer service. Jon is incredibly responsive and attentive to our needs, ensuring that every question or concern is promptly addressed.”
Carl Pike Review on Google, September 2023

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