ChatGPT serves 800+ million weekly users searching for products and services. If ChatGPT doesn't recommend your business when prospects ask, you're invisible to a massive and growing slice of buyers. We get you cited — with schema markup, llms.txt, structured content, and citation building tuned specifically to ChatGPT's ranking signals.
Generic 'AI SEO' agencies treat all AI search engines the same. They aren't. ChatGPT has unique citation patterns, retrieval signals, and ranking factors that demand specialized work.
ChatGPT Search uses Microsoft Bing for real-time retrieval. We configure your robots.txt for Bingbot, optimize for Bing's crawler patterns, and structure your content to surface in ChatGPT's web-augmented responses.
GPTBot is OpenAI's official crawler that scrapes the web for ChatGPT training data. We configure your llms.txt and robots.txt to ensure GPTBot can ingest your most important pages — and tells it which pages to prioritize.
ChatGPT's retrieval favors heavily structured content — FAQ schema, Service schema, LocalBusiness schema, HowTo schema. We implement and validate every relevant schema type for your business.
ChatGPT users phrase queries conversationally ('best HVAC company near me for emergency repair' vs 'HVAC repair Long Beach'). We rewrite your service pages and FAQ content to match natural language patterns.
ChatGPT's recommendations are heavily influenced by which sites it learned from during training. We build citations across the sites ChatGPT trusts most — industry directories, review platforms, news sources, and authority publications.
Every 30 days, we re-run 25+ buying-intent prompts in ChatGPT for your niche and report exactly when, how, and whether ChatGPT cited your business. Real measurement, not vanity metrics.
Built specifically for the way ChatGPT decides which businesses to recommend.
You sign up. We run 25+ ChatGPT prompts in your niche and city. You see exactly where you're cited, where competitors are cited instead, and what's broken on your end.
60-minute kickoff. We build your custom roadmap targeting ChatGPT specifically — GPTBot config, Bing optimization, schema priorities, content gaps. You approve before we ship anything.
Weeks 2–4: heavy execution. llms.txt deploys, schema markup ships, FAQ content publishes, GPTBot config goes live, Bing-specific optimization happens. You see weekly progress.
After day 30, monthly ChatGPT visibility audits, new content tuned to ChatGPT retrieval patterns, citation building targeting ChatGPT's training sources, and quarterly strategy resets as OpenAI updates the model.
ChatGPT is not just another search engine. It's the dominant AI assistant in the world, with over 800 million weekly active users in 2026. According to a 2025 study, more than 30% of US adults now use ChatGPT for at least some of their product and service research — and that number is climbing fast.
If you only optimize generically for "AI search" and assume the same tactics work across all platforms, you're leaving the biggest engine on the table. ChatGPT has distinct ranking signals that demand specialized optimization:
A real ChatGPT SEO agency optimizes for all five layers simultaneously. Most agencies optimize for one or two.
The core work breaks down into seven concrete deliverables. Every Discovery ADO client gets all seven.
We audit your robots.txt to confirm GPTBot is allowed (most sites accidentally block it), configure your llms.txt to guide GPTBot to your most important pages, and tune your meta robots tags to allow indexing. We also ensure Microsoft Bingbot can crawl your site (since ChatGPT Search uses Bing for real-time retrieval).
ChatGPT retrieval favors specific schema types: Organization, LocalBusiness, Service, FAQPage, Person, BreadcrumbList, Review, and AggregateRating. We implement every applicable schema type, validate it via Google Rich Results Test and Schema.org Validator, and monitor for changes that break it.
ChatGPT's response patterns mirror Q&A format. We add FAQ schema to every service page, location page, and key landing page on your site — answering the questions ChatGPT users actually ask. This is one of the highest-impact optimizations for ChatGPT citation.
ChatGPT users phrase queries conversationally. They don't type "HVAC Long Beach" — they ask "what's the best HVAC company in Long Beach for emergency repair?" We rewrite your service descriptions, FAQ blocks, and location pages to match these natural-language patterns. This dramatically improves your match rate against ChatGPT queries.
We audit your NAP (Name, Address, Phone) data across your website, Google Business Profile, Yelp, BBB, industry directories, and citation sites. Inconsistencies confuse ChatGPT and cause it to skip your business when "you" could mean "you or a similarly-named business in a different city." We fix every inconsistency.
We identify the high-authority sites that ChatGPT's training data heavily weights — industry-specific directories, review platforms, Wikipedia-adjacent sources, major review sites, and authoritative publications — and build citations placing your business in those exact sources.
Every 30 days, we re-run 25+ buying-intent prompts in ChatGPT for your niche, city, and target queries. You see exactly when ChatGPT cited your business, when it cited a competitor instead, and how your overall visibility has changed month-over-month.
Three years ago, ranking on page 1 of Google was the whole game. Today, the user often doesn't even see page 1 — they read ChatGPT's answer, get the recommendation, and book the business ChatGPT named.
Research from 2025 showed that users who get a confident ChatGPT recommendation are more than 5x as likely to follow it as users who get a list of Google blue links. The recommendation has trust built in. Once ChatGPT says "I recommend [Acme Plumbing] for emergency repairs in Long Beach," that customer doesn't shop around — they call Acme.
This dynamic is reshaping local search faster than most small business owners realize. The businesses that show up in ChatGPT recommendations are winning a disproportionate share of new leads. The businesses that don't are quietly losing ground every month.
Same three tiers as our broader AI SEO offering — Spark, Growth, Ultimate — but with extra focus on ChatGPT-specific optimization.
For owner-operated single-location businesses. Includes ChatGPT visibility audit, schema markup, llms.txt, GPTBot configuration, FAQ schema deployment, and monthly ChatGPT visibility tracking. Best for solo professionals and single-location service businesses under $500K annual revenue.
For multi-location and faster-growth businesses. Everything in Spark plus location-specific pages, citation building (50+ per month), monthly content production (4 articles), competitor monitoring, and bi-weekly strategy calls. Best for businesses doing $500K-$3M annually.
Full white-glove engagement. Everything in Growth plus dedicated content team, link building, PR placements, weekly strategy calls, custom reporting, and quarterly strategy resets. Best for businesses ready to fully dominate ChatGPT search in their market.
Honest timeline expectations. ChatGPT optimization compounds — early work seeds later results.
We started Discovery ADO as a general AI SEO agency. Within six months, we noticed that clients with strong ChatGPT visibility were converting at dramatically higher rates than clients with strong visibility in other AI platforms. ChatGPT's user base is bigger, its recommendations carry more trust, and its citation patterns are more stable.
So we doubled down on ChatGPT-specific optimization while continuing to cover Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity for every client. We don't think you should optimize for ChatGPT and ignore the others. We do think ChatGPT should be the priority.
If you only have budget for one AI search engine to dominate, make it ChatGPT. The leverage is unmatched.
Maybe, if you're technically inclined and have 10+ hours a week to dedicate to it. The work isn't secret — it's just specialized and time-consuming. Schema markup requires knowing JSON-LD syntax. llms.txt configuration requires understanding how AI crawlers work. Citation building requires relationship work with directory sites. Content rewrites require knowing how ChatGPT structures retrieval. Most owner-operators don't have the time or the inclination — which is why agencies exist.
Our recommendation: get the free AI Visibility Audit first. The audit will tell you exactly what's broken. Then decide whether you want to fix it yourself or hire us to do it.
Find out if ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity recommend your business.
Done-for-you optimization so AI assistants cite your business.
Full-service ranking in AI search engines + traditional Google.
1:1 expert strategy + hands-on optimization for your business.
Targeted ranking in ChatGPT — the largest AI search engine.
24/7 AI phone answering + Speed-to-Lead automation.
See exactly where you stand in ChatGPT — and your top 3 competitors. 48-hour turnaround. No credit card. This month only.
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