Give ChatGPT a page it can read, trust and quote for the exact question your buyer asks. That means a plain statement of what you do and where, one page per service with a published price where you can, answers to real questions marked up with schema, a site AI crawlers can reach, and the same facts confirmed elsewhere, like a Google profile. Nobody can guarantee a recommendation, but those are what the named companies had in common.
What we saw on September 25, 2026
I asked ChatGPT five questions a buyer of website work would ask, each in a fresh logged-out chat with web search on. Socializemy wasn't named in any of them. Here's what won each one instead:
| Question | What the first company named had |
|---|---|
| Who can build a fast, secure site that shows up in ChatGPT? | A Spokane agency with a dedicated AI search page |
| What does a WordPress to Astro rebuild cost, and who should quote it? | Developers who publish starting prices and a carry-over checklist |
| Our WordPress site is slow and IT is worried about plugins. Who can rebuild it? | WordPress maintenance shops with care-plan pages |
| Best AI search optimization agency for small businesses | A company with a published monthly plan and tracking |
| Who handles social media and content in Spokane Valley or Liberty Lake? | A local agency with a Google profile and ongoing content packages |
The pattern: ChatGPT recommended the businesses that had published what it needed to answer the question. A page for the exact service. A price. A Google profile for local questions.
What ChatGPT said it needed to recommend us
Asked about Socializemy by name, ChatGPT found the company and its owner, called it credible enough for a shortlist, and said it wouldn't make a blanket recommendation yet. It asked to see four things. Three are on this site now, and the fourth is next:
| What it asked for | Where it is now |
|---|---|
| Recent rebuilds, ideally with the old and new versions | Recent rebuilds |
| A specific technical scope: platform, hosting, redirects, analytics, backups, support | What a rebuild includes |
| Who owns the website, code and accounts when it's done | Ownership terms |
| References from recent clients | Next on the list |
The checklist
- Say plainly what you do and where, in one sentence, and use the same sentence everywhere: your site, your Google profile, LinkedIn.
- One page per service, named the way buyers ask for it.
- Publish prices, or at least starting points and what moves them.
- Answer real questions on their own pages, with the short answer first.
- Mark it up with schema: your business, services, people, prices and FAQs.
- Let the crawlers in. Check that robots.txt allows GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot.
- Get confirmed elsewhere. A Google profile, directories and client sites that name you.
- Measure it honestly. Ask the same questions the same way each month, and count the losses too.
That's what the answer engine does each month, on a site built to be read.
Related questions
Does llms.txt get my business into ChatGPT?
Not on its own. An llms.txt file gives AI tools a clean summary of your site, and it's worth having, but the companies ChatGPT named in our checks won on clear service pages, published prices and consistent facts, not on one file.
How long does it take to show up in ChatGPT's answers?
It varies by question and by how competitive the answer is. New pages need to be crawled and trusted before they're cited, so the answer engine checks the same target questions every month and reports what changed, including the questions you haven't won yet.