SEO, Google Business Profile and AI search for plumbers

When homeowners ask AI for the best plumber nearby, be the one it names.

ChatGPT, Google's AI answers and Perplexity now name two or three plumbers and cite where they got them: Google reviews, Yelp, Angi, the BBB and plumbers' websites. CiteMyPlumbing finds out why the plumber down the road gets named and you don't, then fixes it.

AI answer3 sources

“Who's the best emergency plumber in Austin?”

Northline Plumbing is highly rated for same-day repairs, with over 900 five-star Google reviews[1]. Copperleaf Plumbing & Drain is often recommended for honest pricing[2], and Bluebonnet Rooter answers calls around the clock[3].

  1. [1] google.com/maps · Northline Plumbing
  2. [2] yelp.com/biz/copperleaf-plumbing-and-drain
  3. [3] localnews.com/best-plumbers-2026
  4. — yourplumbing.com · not named
Illustration with made-up businesses.
Measured across ChatGPTPerplexityGeminiClaude

Free AI readiness check

Can AI assistants read your business's website?

Enter your homepage. We check whether AI crawlers are allowed in, whether your services, address and phone number are readable, and whether your structured data tells AI you're a plumber and where you are.

About 10 seconds. We only read public pages and don't store your address.

How AI decides

Three things decide whether you get named.

AI assistants don't rank businesses the way Google Maps does. They read what they can reach, lean on sources they trust, and quote whoever answers the customer's question most directly.

Access

It can read you

AI crawlers need to be allowed in, and your services, hours, address and phone need to be on the page and in Plumber schema. Many crawlers don't run JavaScript.

Authority

Others vouch for you

Answers lean on Google reviews, Yelp, Angi, the BBB, Nextdoor and local press. Your business name, address and phone need to match everywhere, or AI can't tell it's you.

Answers

You answer the question

Pages that plainly answer “how much does a water heater replacement cost”, “do you charge for estimates” and “are you open on weekends” get quoted. Most plumbing sites only list services.

Services

Start free. Go deeper with the audit.

Every monthly plan covers local SEO, your Google Business Profile and AI search in one package. Fixed prices in US dollars. A customer who calls you again for years is often worth $1,000 or more. No contracts: cancel any month.

Free: run the AI readiness check above, or get a free mini-audit: 10 customer questions across the same four AI assistants, which businesses get named instead of you, and the questions you're losing.

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In-depth

AI Visibility Audit

$297one-time

The in-depth version of the free check: where your business stands in AI answers, and the ten fixes that matter most.

  • 25+ customer questions across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude, with your city written into every question
  • How often you're named against three nearby businesses
  • The review sites, directories and pages AI cites
  • Top 10 fixes ranked by impact, with a narrated video walkthrough
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Get Found

$497/ month

Local SEO, Google Business Profile and AI search, done for you and tracked.

  • Google Business Profile: full cleanup, then weekly posts
  • Local SEO: website and schema fixes, plus one service page a month
  • Name, address and phone matched across the main directories
  • Monthly AI visibility report
Get started

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Get Chosen

$997/ month

For competitive cities where other businesses own Google Maps and the AI answers.

  • Everything in Get Found
  • A review-request system for happy customers that follows Google's review policies: no incentives, and every customer is asked, not just the happy ones
  • Three service pages a month
  • Yelp, Angi, BBB and Nextdoor listings, plus outreach to local press and “best plumber” roundups
  • Monthly video update on what moved and what's next
Get started

Founding businesses: our first three businesses get half price on either monthly plan for their first three months. In return, once results show, we can publish your business name, your before and after numbers and a short quote you approve. No customer information is ever included.

Ask about it →

Start a monthly plan within 30 days of your audit and the $297 is credited to your first month. No calls needed: everything is done by email, with short narrated videos to walk you through it.

Process

From not mentioned to measured.

Every engagement follows the same four steps, so you always know what we're doing and what it changed.

  1. Ask

    We write the questions customers ask AI before they choose, such as “emergency plumber open now in Austin” and “best plumber for water heater replacement”.

  2. Measure

    We put your city in every question, ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude, and record which businesses are named and which sources are cited.

  3. Fix

    We fix your site and Google Business Profile, write the service pages AI quotes, and get you onto the review sites and directories it trusts.

  4. Track

    Every month we re-run the same questions, so you can see how often you're named.

Questions

Frequently asked.

What is AI search, and why does it matter for a plumbing company?

More homeowners now ask ChatGPT, Google's AI answers, Perplexity or Gemini things like "best plumber near me" or "who fixes slab leaks in Austin". The answer names two or three plumbers and cites where it got them: Google reviews, Yelp, Angi, local news and plumbers' websites. If your business isn't in those sources, it isn't in the answer.

How long until we show up in AI answers?

Fixes to your website and Google Business Profile can help within weeks. Reviews, listings and new service pages usually take 6 to 12 weeks to show up in answers. We re-run the same customer questions every month so you can see it move.

Can you guarantee ChatGPT will recommend us?

No. No one can guarantee what an AI assistant says. We measure how often you are named across a fixed set of customer questions every month, so you can see whether it is working.

Will you make promises to customers for us?

No. We don't promise prices, response times or guarantees on your behalf. Every page, listing and review request is approved by you before it goes live.

Do we need to get on calls?

No. Everything works by email. Audits and monthly updates come with a short AI-narrated video walking you through what we found and what to do next, so you can watch it between jobs. If you'd like a call, just ask.

What does the free checker look at?

It reads your homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and llms.txt. It checks whether AI crawlers are allowed in, whether your services, address and phone number are readable without JavaScript, and whether structured data tells AI you are a plumber and where you are. It doesn't ask AI assistants about you; the mini-audit does that.

Free mini-audit

See whether AI recommends your business.

Tell us your website and the business you lose customers to. Within two business days we email you a private link to your report: the 10 customer questions we asked four AI assistants, with your city in each one, which businesses get named, and the questions you're losing. No password, no sales call.

hello@citemyplumbing.com

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