Craft side
Search & Answer Visibility
Found on Google and in AI answers, by the people looking for what you do.
Search & Answer Visibility at TechSum is for businesses that want more customers to find them, on Google and in the answers AI assistants give. We fix the technical basics, write content around the questions people really ask, and measure what changes.
- Craft side
- 7 kinds of work
- 4 ways to work
Who it is for
Is this you?
People search for exactly what you offer, and find your competitors instead
The monthly SEO report is all green ticks, and the phone still does not ring
Buyers ask ChatGPT for recommendations in your field, and you are not named
A new website is coming, and you cannot afford to lose the rankings you have
What we do
Seven ways we make it happen
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Technical SEO audits
Know exactly what is holding you back. A review of how search engines find, read and rank your site, with a ranked list of fixes.
Read more On-page and content SEO
Pages that match what people search for. Titles, headings and content written around real questions.
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Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO)
Your page given as the answer. Content shaped so AI assistants and Google's answer boxes quote you.
Read more Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO)
Your brand named as a source. Making your business easy for AI tools to find, understand and cite. Covered together with AEO.
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Local SEO and Google Business Profile
Found by customers nearby. Showing up in map results and local searches, with listings that are accurate everywhere.
Read more Schema and structured data
Search engines that understand every page. Hidden labels in your code that say exactly what each page is about.
Content strategy and editorial calendars
Every article pulling its weight. A plan for what to publish and when, so each piece helps the others get found.
What you get
What you get, whatever the size
- A documented brief
- A technical plan, screen layouts and a scope you can hold us to
- A working demo at every sprint
- Every source file, login and a recorded walkthrough
- A portal where every request and approval is on record
The Path
How we run it
- Starts day one
Listen
A documented brief
- Before any build
Shape
A technical plan, screen layouts and a scope you can hold us to
- Built in sprints you can see
Build
A working demo at every sprint
- When you are ready
Launch
Every source file, login and a recorded walkthrough
- Ongoing
Evolve
A portal where every request and approval is on record
Evolve leads back to Listen, so the work keeps improving for as long as you want it to.
Stack
Tools we use for search work
Google Analytics
Next.js
WordPress
Shopify
Cloudflare
- Google Search Console
- Crawlers such as Screaming Frog
- Schema.org structured data
- Schema.org JSON-LD
- Robots and sitemap configuration
- llms.txt
- Google Business Profile
- Schema.org LocalBusiness markup
Insights
Questions we have answered
Search & Answer Visibility
What a technical SEO audit checks, in plain English
A site can look fine to you and still be hard for Google to reach or read. What a technical SEO audit checks, and what a useful report should hand you at the end.
30 October 2026 7 min readSearch & Answer Visibility
Schema markup that actually helps a service business
Most schema types promise rich results a service business will never get. The few that do real work, a JSON-LD example, and the mistakes that waste the effort.
30 October 2026 7 min readSearch & Answer Visibility
Local SEO for a Pune business
When someone nearby searches for what you do, a few businesses show up on the map. How a Pune business gets into that list, from Google Business Profile to honest reviews.
30 October 2026 7 min read
Ways to work
Ways to work on this
Fixed-Scope Project
One agreed outcome at one fixed price, delivered through The Path.
Best for Businesses that want to know the cost before anything starts.
Fixed price, half in advance and half at launch.
Care Retainer
Ongoing care, updates and improvements once you are live.
Best for Anything live that your business depends on.
Monthly, in three levels: The Keeper, The Partner and The Confidant.
Managed Services
We run your hosting and servers, security or compliance for you, month after month.
Best for Businesses that want it handled, not hired.
Monthly.
White-Label Partnership
TechSum delivers under your agency's brand.
Best for Agencies that need a delivery team they can rely on.
Per project or monthly.
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In detail
Search & Answer Visibility at TechSum is for businesses that want more customers to find them on Google and in AI assistants. We fix the technical basics, write content around the questions people really ask, and measure what changes.
What is Search & Answer Visibility?
Making your business easy to find when someone searches, or asks an AI tool a question. For years that meant ranking on Google. Now people also ask assistants such as ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, and read AI summaries at the top of search results.
Three terms matter here. SEO is search engine optimisation: ranking in search results. AEO, answer engine optimisation, is being the answer these tools give. GEO, generative engine optimisation, is making your brand easy for AI systems to understand and name as a source. The groundwork is the same: clear pages, honest facts, good structure and mentions from trusted websites.
Who is it for?
Businesses whose website brings few enquiries from search. Local businesses that depend on Google Maps. Brands that want to be named when buyers ask an assistant for options. And teams moving to a new website who need to keep the rankings they have.
A fast way to check the basics is the free health check, which looks at your search basics and how ready your site is for AI assistants. The Digital Health Check goes deeper and ends with a written report you keep.
What does TechSum do in search?
- Technical SEO audits. See technical SEO audit.
- On-page and content SEO.
- AEO and GEO. See AEO and GEO.
- Local SEO and Google Business Profile. See local SEO.
- Schema and structured data: labels in your page code that tell search engines what each page is about.
- Content strategy and editorial calendars.
Search depends on everything around it. A slow site will not rank, so this work pairs with Web Design & Development, especially Core Web Vitals work. A ranking nobody measures proves nothing, so the reporting sits with Data & Analytics. One team handles all three, so every fix lands where it counts.
How does a search project run?
We follow The Path. Listen covers your market, your customers' questions and where you stand today. Shape produces a priority list: what to fix, what to write, and in which order. Build is the doing, in short sprints, with changes going live steadily. Launch confirms the fixes are live and search tools can read them. Evolve is a monthly review: what rose, what fell and what to do next.
The TechSum Standard applies throughout:
- Secure by default: no bought links, no tricks that risk a penalty, and site changes made without opening new security gaps.
- Built to scale: page structure, labels and content plans built so every new page adds to what already ranks.
- Tested before it ships: fixes checked on the live site. Search tools can read the pages, labels match the content, and nothing broke on the way.
- Looked after after launch: a regular review of what changed and why, with every change logged.
- Small changes handled, not invoiced: a listing that needs a new phone number or a page title that needs a tweak gets done. It does not become a quote.
- Honest advice, even when it means less work for us: we never guarantee rankings, and if your site needs content before technical work, we say so.
How do you know search is working?
Search engines can find and understand every important page. Each page answers a clear question in its first lines. The page labels match what is on the page. Your business details are the same across every listing. You can see which searches bring visits and enquiries, and the reports tell you the truth when something is not working.
When are we not the right team?
If you want guaranteed rankings by a date, we are not the team. If your site is new and has little to say yet, content and trust come before technical work, and we will tell you. And if a competitor is far ahead, we will be frank about what catching up would take.
To talk about being found, tell us what you need.
FAQ
Questions we get asked
What is the difference between SEO, AEO and GEO?
SEO is making your pages rank in search results. AEO, answer engine optimisation, is shaping content so assistants and answer boxes give your page as the answer. GEO, generative engine optimisation, is making your brand easy for AI tools to find and cite. The groundwork overlaps, so we handle them together.
Can you promise a first-page ranking?
No, and be careful of anyone who does. Nobody controls Google. We fix what stops you ranking, build content that deserves to rank and report progress honestly, including when something is not working.
How long does SEO take to work?
Technical fixes can show results early. Content and trust from other websites build more slowly, and we will be honest about that from the start. We agree with you what to measure and how often to review it.
Do you write content for us?
We can plan and write it, or guide your team to do it. Either way, a person on our team checks every article before it is published.
Will AI assistants definitely name my business?
There is no guarantee. What we can do is make your site clear, well organised and factual, and get it mentioned by trusted outside sources. Those things raise the chance of being named.
Or start smaller
Digital Health Check
Find out where your website really stands. Speed, security, search and AI answers, email setup and data protection basics, reviewed by a person and explained in one written report.
- Speed and Core Web Vitals findings for your key pages
- A review of your security headers (settings that tell browsers how to treat your site) and basic protection
- SEO basics: titles, descriptions, indexing, sitemap and structured data
- AEO basics, which means whether AI assistants can find and quote you
- Ends in a short written report you keep
Let's Talk
Tell us what should change.
- A reply from a person on the team
- Or book a short call
- We say so if another team suits you better
Write to us in plain words
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Pick a time that suits you. You will speak with the people who would do the work.