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Free
Check
- 15 questions
- 3 AIs
- 45 answers
We ask ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and Perplexity 15 questions your customers really ask, across your towns. You see who AI names and how often.
Austin · Lake Travis · anywhere local
Be the local business your customers' AI picks first.
Our free 45-point check shows how ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and Perplexity describe your business. Then we fix what's missing.
The shift
Customers stopped scrolling. They ask AI.
Customers used to search and scroll. Now they ask: "Best auto detailing near me?"
AI answers with two or three names. If you're not one of them, you never get the call.
What we found
Being known isn't the same as being recommended.
From our own tests. Businesses unnamed.
Austin remodeler
0 of 45
His customers rave about him, yet he wasn't named in a single AI answer.
Bee Cave AC company
5 of 15 vs 0 of 15
AI recommends it in Bee Cave, and never in nearby Lakeway or Austin.
Our own nonprofit
1 of 15
AI knew it by name every time, but recommended it in only 1 of 15 "recommend me" answers.
How it works
Check, fix, retest.
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One fixed price
Fix
We fix what AI reads: your website's descriptions and structured data, FAQs, Google Business Profile, directory listings, and the outside sites AI trusts.
03
A few weeks later
Retest
We ask the same questions again and show you the before and after.
What we fix
Everything AI reads about you.
On your website
- Website copy AI can quote
- Structured data that tells AI who you are and where you work
- FAQs that answer real customer questions
Around the web
- Google Business Profile tune-up
- Matching name, address and phone across directories
- Reviews and outside mentions AI trusts
Your time
The real cost isn't our fee. It's your time.
We've run businesses ourselves, so we know. We keep your part small, and we do the rest.
- Kickoff call
- 10 min
- Give us access A couple of taps
- Minutes
- Approve new page text A quick yes before anything goes live
- Minutes
- Total, over 30 days
- 20–30 min
Pricing
Start with a free check.
The check is free. If you want the fixes, we quote one fixed price after your check, with no contract.
AI answers vary day to day. We show what AI said; we don't promise what it will say.
Family-run
Every dollar of profit gives back.
100% of our profits go to Oceanbags Foundation, our family's nonprofit, started in Austin in 2023. It sends rugged backpacks made from ocean-bound plastic to kids in crisis around the world, and puts its Kids and Planet books in Title I classrooms. kidsandplanet.com
Who we are
Who you can call.
Zane Haas
After graduating from St. Edward's University here in Austin, I co-founded the nonprofit Oceanbags Foundation with my parents, and I run it day to day. When you work with 1stLocal, you also help Oceanbags support kids in crisis around the world. All profits go there. — Zane Haas
FAQ
Straight answers.
What's AI visibility?
How often AI assistants name your business when someone asks for a recommendation in your field and town.
Isn't this just SEO?
It overlaps, but AI answers lean on structured data, reviews, listings and outside sites differently than a Google results page. We test the AI answers directly.
What's in the free check?
15 customer-style questions asked of three AIs across your towns (45 answers), who AI names instead of you, and how many fixable gaps we found.
Do you guarantee I'll be named first?
No one honest can. We fix what AI reads and retest the same questions so you can see the change.
Do you only work in Austin?
We started here, but the work is done online, for local businesses anywhere.
Free, no obligation
Get your free AI check
See who AI names in your towns, and why.
Prefer to talk? Call or text Zane at (512) 516-7733 (text) · zane@firstlocal.io