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The shift

Your customers ask ChatGPT before they ask Google.

61% research with AI first. If the answer engines can’t see you, those leads never reach you.

The stakes

The AI is already naming your competitor.

AI-cited businesses win 10x the clicks. Right now that lead is going to whoever the AI names instead.

What we do

We make AI answer engines see you.

A 100-point audit of the six signals ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI use to decide who to send customers to.

The signals

Schema, authority, and answers AI can lift.

Crawlable structure, question-shaped content, and verifiable claims. So when someone’s ready to buy, you’re the business it surfaces.

Get cited

Named across the places AI actually checks.

Google, Bing, Yelp, Reddit, directories, local press. The proof that turns an AI mention into a booked lead.

The result

From invisible to the business AI recommends.

When customers ask an AI who’s best, your name comes up, and the lead is yours.

Chart your course

Find out if AI engines know you exist.

Get your AI Visibility Score out of 100, free in 60 seconds. See exactly where your next leads are leaking.

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AI Visibility & AEO Audits for Local Businesses

LeadDock is an Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) agency in Sonoma County, California. We help local service businesses in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Sonoma, and Napa get named and cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews, so more qualified leads reach you. Our 100-point audit finds every gap and hands you the exact fixes.

What is AEO?

Answer Engine Optimization: getting cited inside the AI answer.

Traditional SEO asks whether Google ranks your page. AEO asks whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and Google AI Overviews actually name your business when a customer asks for a recommendation. It’s the new front door for local leads, and the highest-ROI place to be found. Our audit scores the six signals those engines use to decide who gets the lead.

How the audit works

Three steps to find out if AI recommends you.

  1. 1

    We scan your site and the AI engines

    We check your website and run your business through ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews to see who they name for searches in your area.

  2. 2

    We score you out of 100

    You get a clear AI Visibility Score across the six signals answer engines use, with every gap that is costing you leads named plainly.

  3. 3

    You get the exact fixes

    A written report with copy-paste fixes, a ranked priority plan, and a 30-day plan. Or the Implementation Sprint, where we do all of it for you.

Free Score

$0

A 60-second self-check. Your AI Visibility Score and the top three places you’re losing leads.

  • Instant score, auto-run
  • Top 3 findings
  • Email report
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Most popular

AEO Audit

$297 to $1,500

The full 100-point diagnostic. A written report that turns AI visibility into booked leads, plus a strategy call.

  • Full 6-section audit
  • 10-query citation test
  • Priority Action Plan
  • 30-day Measurement Plan
  • 30-minute strategy call
  • 7-day delivery
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Implementation Sprint

$1,500

4 monthly payments of $375, or pay once.

The whole package. In 30 days we fix every issue so AI starts sending you leads, then re-score you.

  • Schema implementation
  • Page rewrites (homepage + top 3)
  • 3 case studies built
  • GBP + Bing Places + 5 directories
  • Re-audit on Day 30
Talk about the sprint

Built by a modern web designer

And if your site itself is the problem, we rebuild it.

Half of AI visibility is a site the engines can actually read, and half of ROI is a site that turns visitors into leads. LeadDock designs and builds fast, modern, conversion-first websites: clean structure, real schema, and copy shaped for both people and answer engines. Live in as little as 7 days, and you own everything.

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Case study

Golden Grove Landscape · Sonoma, Napa & Marin

Website built and live in under 7 days. Now ranking locally for high-intent landscaping searches across three counties, so the calls come from customers already looking to hire.

  • <7 daysBuilt and live
  • 3Counties ranking
  • $500+Saved per missed call

Who builds your audit

David Arango, Founder

David founded LeadDock after years in new-media storytelling at the International Center of Photography and Bespoke Digital in New York. He builds done-for-you visibility systems so local owners can be excellent at their trade and still get found online.

Common questions

AEO Audit FAQ

What is an AEO audit?
A 100-point check of whether AI answer engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity can find, trust, and recommend your business.
How much does it cost?
There is a free AI Visibility Score, a full audit from $297, and a done-for-you Implementation Sprint at $1,500 (or four monthly payments of $375).
How long does the audit take?
Your full written audit is delivered within 7 days, plus a 30-minute strategy call.
What areas do you serve?
Sonoma County, California (Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Sonoma, and Napa), plus remote clients nationwide.
Is this the same as SEO?
No. SEO gets you ranked on Google. AEO gets your business named inside the AI's answer when a customer asks for a recommendation.
Do I own the work?
Yes. Everything we build is yours, with no lock-in contracts.
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