The FoundLocal guides

Learn how local businesses get found in search and AI answers

Practical guides on GEO, AEO, and local SEO for home service companies. No fluff and no fake numbers, just the work that earns the mention.

GEO

How to Track Your AI Mentions: A Simple Monthly System

A practical monthly protocol for tracking whether the major AI assistants name your business, using a fixed question set and a simple scorecard.

By Rette V. · July 1, 2026 · 4 min read
Strategy

A Seasonal Content Calendar for Home Service Businesses

How to build a 12-month content calendar around the seasonality of home service demand, so every guide publishes before its search wave.

By Jacob C. · June 29, 2026 · 4 min read
AEO

FAQ Pages That Feed AI Answers: An AEO Writing Guide

How to choose, write, and mark up FAQ content so search engines and AI assistants can quote your answers, updated for the 2026 rules.

By Xavier P. · June 28, 2026 · 4 min read
Strategy

7 Website Mistakes That Cost Home Service Companies Local Jobs

The seven most common home service website mistakes that quietly lose calls, rankings, and AI mentions, with the fix for each one.

By Mike Q. · June 26, 2026 · 4 min read
GEO

How Google AI Overviews Change Local Search for Home Services

What AI Overviews are, what they change for local home service searches, and the practical moves that earn a citation in them.

By Rette V. · June 25, 2026 · 4 min read
Local SEO

Service Area Pages That Rank Without Feeling Like Spam

How home service businesses build city and service area pages that earn rankings and AI mentions instead of tripping spam filters.

By Nestor L. · June 23, 2026 · 4 min read
Local SEO

How to Get More Google Reviews Without Breaking the Rules

A policy-safe system for earning steady Google reviews, responding well, and turning reputation into visibility.

By Jacob C. · June 22, 2026 · 4 min read
Local SEO

Local Citations and NAP Consistency: The Boring Work That Wins

What local citations are, why NAP consistency matters more in the AI era, and a simple process for auditing and fixing your listings.

By Nadine P. · June 20, 2026 · 4 min read
GEO

The AI Visibility Checklist: 12 Signals That Get You Named by AI

Twelve concrete signals that make AI assistants far more likely to name your local business, organized as a checklist you can actually run.

By Mike Q. · June 18, 2026 · 4 min read
Technical SEO

Schema Markup for Local Businesses: A Plain English Guide

What schema markup is, why it matters for local visibility and AI answers, and a copy-ready LocalBusiness JSON-LD example for service companies.

By Xavier P. · June 17, 2026 · 5 min read
Local SEO

Google Business Profile Optimization for Home Service Pros

A practical Google Business Profile guide for HVAC, plumbing, and other home service companies that live on local calls.

By Nestor L. · June 15, 2026 · 4 min read
Strategy

SEO vs AEO vs GEO: Which One Does Your Local Business Need?

SEO ranks you, AEO makes you the answer, and GEO gets you named by AI. Here is what each one means and how a local business should combine them.

By Nadine P. · June 13, 2026 · 4 min read
GEO

How to Get Your Business Recommended by ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI

A step-by-step playbook for home service businesses that want AI assistants to name them when local customers ask who to call.

By Jacob C. · June 12, 2026 · 5 min read
GEO

What Is GEO? Generative Engine Optimization in Plain English

GEO means getting your business named when AI assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI answer a question. Here is how it works for local businesses.

By Rette V. · June 10, 2026 · 5 min read

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