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60% of U.S. searches now show an AI answer first

Does ChatGPT recommend
your business?

We test all 5 major AIs — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google's AI — to see if they recommend businesses like yours. Type your name below. You'll know in 60 seconds.

Free 60 seconds No credit card Tests 5 AI platforms

Want the deep version? Buy the Diagnostic — $247 for the full 21-checkpoint audit + 30-min walkthrough with Ali.

What you'll see
Sample Vitals ReportApr 2026
Blake's HVAC, Austin TX
0
Vitals Score
+8 since last scan
AI Visibility
78
Readability
74
Conversion
31

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AI Searches Tested

0

Industries Studied

0

AI Platforms Checked

0%

Found on Only 1 Platform

The shift · 2025 → 2026

Eight months ago, AI cited 3 in 4 top-ranked sites. Now it's 1 in 3.

AI used to follow Google's lead. Now it picks its own sources. If you optimized for Google in 2024, you're losing visibility every week.

The good news: the new signals are measurable. The diagnostic tells you exactly which ones you're missing.

AI citation rate · top-10 ranked sites
Eight months. Half the visibility.
Aug 2025
0%
Apr 2026
0%
−38pts in 8 months
Local Vitals research · 1,200 follow-up queries2025–2026

Not ready for the full diagnostic? Start here.

Download our free guide: AI in 5 Minutes. The fast version of how AI decides which local businesses to recommend.

  • How Siri, ChatGPT, and Google's AI choose which businesses to name
  • 3 checks you can run on your business in the next 5 minutes
  • The single signal AI weighs most heavily in 2026 (and how to build it)

No spam. We send the guide and nothing else unless you ask.

How it works.

Step 01

Fill out the intake

90 seconds. Your business info, services, market, and goals. We ask the right questions so nothing gets missed.

Step 02

We run the diagnostic

Your visibility gets audited across 3 layers and 21 checkpoints — AI search presence, Google Business Profile, reviews, content, machine readability, and conversion paths. You get a single Vitals Score.

Step 03

You get the report

A prioritized action plan, ranked by impact. Not vague recommendations — specific fixes with exactly what to do, in what order, and why it matters.

Step 04

We execute (if you want)

Most businesses need someone to actually do the work. We offer a 90-day sprint that implements everything in the report and builds a content engine that compounds.

The 3-layer diagnostic.

We measure your visibility across 21 checkpoints in 3 layers. Each gets a score, a competitor comparison, and a plain-English explanation of what to fix. You get one overall Vitals Score so you know exactly where you stand.

Layer 110 checkpoints

AI Visibility & Search Presence

We ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google's AI to recommend a business like yours. Then we audit your Google Business Profile: categories, reviews, photos, posts, and the review gap between you and your top competitors.

AI search is now 56% of traditional search volume worldwide, growing 300% year-over-year in the U.S. 83% of that usage happens in mobile apps your analytics can’t track.

Source: SparkToro/Datos, Bain & Company (2025–2026)

Layer 27 checkpoints

Machine Readability

We check whether your website gives search engines and AI the structured data they need: schema markup, service definitions, NAP consistency, sitemap, site structure, and pricing accessibility.

Layer 34 checkpoints

Conversion Path

We test the path from finding you to contacting you: booking links, click-to-call, dead ends, and whether an AI assistant could actually reach you on a customer's behalf.

Here’s what you get

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Sample Vitals Score

Critical FindingLayer 1 · AI Visibility

You appear in 1 of 4 AI platforms. Your top competitor appears in 3.

ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google’s AI all recommend a competitor when someone asks “best [your service] near me.” Only Claude returned your business by name. Fix priority: claim your AI directory listings and rebuild Reddit and review signals.

60 seconds. No credit card. Upgrade to the full $247 diagnostic only if the scan shows you have a real visibility problem.

Real customers · 90-day Sprint

Real businesses.
Real lift.

Three contractors. Three Vitals Scores. Same playbook. Average lift: +35 points. Each got back the diagnostic, the action plan, and the execution. We re-ran the diagnostic at day 90 to verify.

Blake's HVAC
HVAC · Austin TX
Before
28
After (Day 90)
71
+43 pts
AI didn't know we existed. Now we're cited by 4 of 5 platforms when someone searches "HVAC near me." The schema fixes alone moved us 18 points in two weeks.
ChatGPTClaudeGeminiGoogle AIPerplexity
Read the full case study
Northwood Plumbing
Plumbing · Chicago IL
Before
41
After (Day 90)
79
+38 pts
We had Google reviews but AI was still pulling from a 2022 forum thread. Local Vitals found it on day 3. By day 30 we were the named recommendation in three Chicago neighborhoods we serve.
ChatGPTPerplexityGoogle AIClaudeGemini
Read the full case study
Ridge Family Dental
Dental · Denver CO
Before
35
After (Day 90)
68
+33 pts
The conversion-path audit alone caught a broken booking link that had been dead for 6 weeks. We were paying for ads that landed on a 404. That fix paid for the Sprint twice over.
ChatGPTGeminiGoogle AIClaudePerplexity
Read the full case study

Built on research, not guesswork.

Every recommendation we make comes from real testing. We’ve asked ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Google’s AI to recommend local businesses thousands of times across 8 industries. We know what makes AI pick one business over another because we’ve measured it.

We’re not a marketing agency. We do one thing: figure out whether customers can find your business, and show you exactly how to fix it if they can’t.

Read the full Florida studies by industry: dentists, plumbers, HVAC, roofers, eye doctors, electricians, landscapers, and pest control.

Simple pricing.

Start with the free scan. If it shows you have a real visibility problem and you want the deep audit plus a walkthrough call, the full diagnostic is $247. Most agencies charge $5,000+ for the same work.

AI tools recently cut the businesses they show by 20%. Every week you wait, the slots get tighter and the cost of being invisible goes up. Fix it now while the field is still open.

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The Diagnostic

$247one-time

The full audit and 30 minutes with Ali, the founder. The upgrade after your free scan if you want the deep version.

  • Everything in the free scan, plus:
  • 30-minute walkthrough call with Ali, the founder
  • Full 3-layer, 21-checkpoint audit (Google + AI visibility)
  • Vitals Score with sub-scores per layer
  • Competitive analysis (3-4 local competitors)
  • AI knowledge check: does AI know your business exists?
  • Directory audit: are you listed where AI actually looks?
  • Prioritized action plan ranked by impact
  • Delivered within 48 hours
  • 3-issue refund guarantee: if we don't surface 3+ issues you didn't already know about, full refund

90-Day Sprint

$997/mo for 3 months

We do the work. You get the results. We do all the work over 90 days.

  • Everything in The Diagnostic
  • Full GBP optimization (categories, attributes, services, description)
  • Review intelligence, response templates, and acquisition system
  • 2-3 GBP posts per week (16-24 total, we write them)
  • Photo strategy with smartphone-friendly shot list
  • Link building: 5-10 high-relevance backlinks
  • Evergreen authority content piece published for you
  • + 4 more deliverables

Questions.

Ali Valero

Why I built this.

I've spent 14 years helping local businesses show up on Google. Last year, I started testing what happens when people ask AI instead. The answer was bad: most businesses were completely invisible and had no idea.

So I built a diagnostic that checks both. Local Vitals is me, a laptop, and 5,000+ AI queries worth of research telling you exactly where you stand.

Ali Valero, Founder

hello@getlocalvitals.com

Don't guess.

Find out if AI still names you.

Try it: ask Siri or ChatGPT "who's the best [your service] near me." If your business doesn't come up but a competitor does, that's a customer you just lost — and you never knew they were looking.

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