Does a Small Business Still Need a Website When People Ask AI?

Short answer: more than ever

When someone asks an AI assistant for "a good therapist near me" or "a plumber who does weekends", it answers from what it can read about local businesses - and your own website is the clearest thing about you it can read.

What do AI answers read?

Mostly the same things search engines do: your site's pages, your Google Business Profile, directory listings and reviews. A site that says plainly what you do, where, for whom and at what price gives it something to quote.

How do you make your site easy for AI to recommend?

• Say what you do and where in your home page's first lines.
• Give each service a page of its own, in the words customers use.
• Answer the questions people ask on a Questions page - those answers get quoted.
• Keep your name, address and phone the same everywhere they appear.

Can you check whether AI recommends you?

Yes. Our free AI check asks an AI what your customers would ask, and emails you who it named - and what would help it find you.

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