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July 20, 2026

What your Google Business Profile actually tells an AI about you

The one profile AI reads before it reads your site

July 17, 2026

Why every free GEO checker gives you a different number

A 92 and a 39 for the same business. Neither tool is broken.

July 15, 2026

What is a GEO score — and why should a business owner care?

The three things AI checks before it recommends you.

July 15, 2026

Why ChatGPT recommends your competitor instead of you

AI picks whoever left the clearest public record.

July 15, 2026

The 90-day visibility timeline: what actually happens

Month by month: what moves, what doesn't.

July 15, 2026

Does press coverage actually make AI recommend you?

AI names whoever left the strongest public record. Press is the strongest record there is.

July 15, 2026

We scored 499 Boise businesses for AI visibility. 71% were invisible.

Average score: 38 out of 100. The worst industries will surprise you.

July 15, 2026

SEO vs. GEO: what changes when the search box becomes a chat box

Ranking third on a results page still gets clicks. Being the fourth name in a three-name answer gets nothing.

July 15, 2026

Should you block AI crawlers from your website?

The assistant can't recommend what it isn't allowed to read.

July 15, 2026

The most common GEO mistake: your website never says where you are

No city on your homepage means you can never be the answer to a near-me question.

July 15, 2026

What AI reads about you besides your website

The engines cross-examine you. Here is the witness list.