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Local SEO·May 12, 2026·7 min

The Local Business Playbook for AI Search

When someone asks an AI assistant for 'the best dentist near me,' the model assembles an answer from structured data, reviews, and corroborated authority. Local businesses that engineer those signals win the recommendation.

Nail your entity and NAP

Consistent name, address, and phone across your site, Google Business Profile, and schema is the foundation. Inconsistency is the fastest way to be filtered out.

Structure for extraction

Service pages and location pages with clear, BLUF answers and FAQ schema give models clean, citable snippets tied to your city.

Earn corroboration

Reviews, citations, and consistent mentions across the web give the model confidence to name you. We build the loop that compounds this over time.

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