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Any agency can show you a case study. This one starts at zero. On October 10, 2026, the day askaims.com went live, we asked Google's Gemini and Claude the questions a business owner asks when they want more customers from AI. Below is what they said, every change we make from here, and a fresh re-check of the same questions every week.

Day 0 · Oct 10, 2026

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answers to “who can help?” named AIMS (0%)

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same questions, word for word, every Sunday

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Day 0 · Oct 10, 2026 · Gemini + Google Search

“AIMS at askaims.com refers to the Automated Import Messaging System. Launched in 2014, AIMS was developed by a team of IT developers, engineers, licensed US Customs Brokers, and express facility owner-operators.”

Cited: aimsams.com, g2.com, capterra.com

Day 0 · Oct 10, 2026 · Claude + web search

“I couldn't find anything about askaims.com. I ran three searches, including an exact-match search for the domain, and none returned a page, review, or description of it. So I can't tell you what the site does, and I can't say whether it's legit.”

Cited: gridinsoft.com, ie.trustpilot.com, au.trustpilot.com

Asked “What is AIMS at askaims.com, and is it legit?” 5 times on day 0. Answers that cited askaims.com itself: 0.

Question by question day 0

QuestionEngineDay 0Named instead
“How can I get my business recommended by ChatGPT and other AI assistants?”Gemini + Google Search0/3Birdeye, Yext, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
“How can I get my business recommended by ChatGPT and other AI assistants?”Claude + web search0/3Goodie AI, AIclicks, iPullRank
“What are the best AI search optimization (GEO) agencies for local businesses in Boston?”Gemini + Google Search0/3Brick Marketing, Ormi Media, Indexly
“What are the best AI search optimization (GEO) agencies for local businesses in Boston?”Claude + web search0/3IRPR, Nuoptima, Fuel Online
“Who can check whether AI assistants like ChatGPT and Gemini recommend my local business?”Gemini + Google Search0/3Brandi AI, Rankscale.ai, Similarweb AI Search Intelligence
“Who can check whether AI assistants like ChatGPT and Gemini recommend my local business?”Claude + web search0/3BrightLocal, Local Falcon, Semrush
“What are the best generative engine optimization services for small local businesses?”Gemini + Google Search0/3Third Marble Marketing, Localo, Merchynt
“What are the best generative engine optimization services for small local businesses?”Claude + web search0/3DoLocal, Intero Digital, BrightLocal
“My customers ask AI who is best in town instead of Googling. Who can help my small business show up in those answers?”Gemini + Google Search0/2Birdeye, WebFX, Visibility AI
“My customers ask AI who is best in town instead of Googling. Who can help my small business show up in those answers?”Claude + web search0/3Peec AI, BrightLocal, Otterly AI

Updated Oct 10, 2026. 6 questions, asked 3 times each on each engine at every check. An answer counts only if it actually names askaims.com. A question the engine refused to answer (a rate limit) is left out, not counted as a miss.

LogWhat we've changed

Every change, dated.

The same fixes we make for clients, applied to ourselves. If the numbers don't move, this page will say so.

  1. Baseline. Asked 6 questions, 3 times each, on Gemini and Claude. No answer to a “who can help?” question named AIMS, and neither engine could say what askaims.com is.
  2. Machine-readable identity. Structured data on the homepage saying who AIMS is, where, what it offers and at what price, so an engine doesn't have to guess (or confuse us with another “AIMS”).
  3. Answers to the actual questions. An FAQ, also published as structured data, that answers the questions above directly, plus a plain-text summary for AI crawlers (llms.txt).
  4. Open to crawlers. A sitemap and robots rules that explicitly welcome the AI search crawlers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, Google), and the site submitted to Bing and other engines through IndexNow.
  5. A guide worth citing. Published How to get your local business recommended by AI, built from what the answers in our own tests actually cited.
  6. Next
    Off-site sources. A Google Business Profile, a LinkedIn page, and listings on the directories the answers to our questions cited (Clutch, DesignRush, Built In Boston). That's where most of the movement usually comes from.

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