AI visibility audit vs local SEO audit: what's the difference?
Short answer: they check different things. A local SEO audit looks at your rankings, your backlinks and your website's technical health. An AI visibility snapshot looks at something newer — whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews actually name your business out loud when someone nearby asks for a plumber, electrician or HVAC pro.
Side by side
| Option | What it checks | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional local SEO audit | Keyword rankings, backlinks, technical SEO (site speed, schema, crawl errors, on-page factors) | Typically weeks of work | No published universal price — varies by provider and scope, and we haven't verified any specific number worth repeating here |
| AI Visibility Snapshot (what we sell) | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews name your business for "near me" questions, across nine sessions | 48-hour PDF delivery | 49 EUR, one-off, intro price capped at 10 customers |
Why we don't call this a replacement
A local SEO audit and our snapshot measure different, mostly unrelated signals. Rankings in Google's search results, your site's technical health and your backlink profile are the traditional audit's territory, and a proper one usually takes a specialist weeks to do thoroughly. We don't do any of that, and we don't claim to.
What we check is narrower and newer: whether an AI assistant, when asked a plain "near me" question out loud, actually says your business's name. That's a different question from where you rank in a search results page — a business can rank well and still never get named by ChatGPT, or vice versa. Neither one makes the other unnecessary.
What our snapshot actually does
We run the same fixed set of "near me" prompts across ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, in at least three separate sessions at different times of day — nine checks in total — and log the exact date, time and wording of each result. The full method shows the prompts; the report structure shows what you receive: your mention rate, and three to five fixes ranked by effort.
FAQ
Is an AI visibility audit the same as a local SEO audit?
No. A local SEO audit checks keyword rankings, backlinks and technical SEO on your website, and typically takes weeks. An AI visibility snapshot checks a different, newer thing: whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews name your business when someone nearby asks for a plumber, electrician or HVAC pro, and it's delivered as a 49 EUR, one-off PDF within 48 hours.
Can I get both?
Yes. They test different signals — one looks at your rankings and site, the other looks at what AI assistants say about you out loud. Getting both gives you a fuller picture, and neither replaces the other.
Does the AI visibility snapshot replace a local SEO audit?
No, and we don't claim it does. It checks a narrower, newer question — AI name-checks, not search rankings — and we say so plainly.
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