Introducing the Search Authority Audit™ — Expert-Grade Analysis
Will AI recommend your business when buyers ask who to hire?
The Search Authority Audit™ is a practitioner-grade analysis of how findable and recommendable your business is. See your 100-point Answer Engine Optimization score plus dedicated SEO Technical Health and GEO / Local Search sub-scores — the same expert breakdown our consultants run — across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude, plus Google Search and the local map pack, with the precise fixes that get you recommended.
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What is the Search Authority Audit?
The Search Authority Audit is a 100-point benchmark of how findable and recommendable your business is across AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity, plus Google Search and the local map pack. It scores seven AEO categories plus dedicated SEO Technical Health and GEO sub-scores, with a prioritized 30-day action plan.
Over 98% of brands that rank on Google’s first page get zero mentions in AI answers. The Search Authority Audit shows you exactly where you stand across all three search surfaces — AI, Google, and Maps — and what to fix first.
The Search Authority Rubric
Nine signals search uses to decide
Every audit scores your site across seven weighted AEO categories plus two dedicated 100-point sub-scores for SEO Technical Health and GEO / Local Search — the exact signals ChatGPT, Google AI, Perplexity, Google Search, and the map pack weigh when they choose who to recommend. One Search Authority score, three pillars covered.
Answer Readiness
We check for question-based headings, direct answers, FAQ content, lists, and tables that make your content easier for AI tools to extract and cite.
Entity Clarity
We check whether your business name, identity, and sameAs signals clearly communicate who you are to AI systems.
Local Authority
We check your city, service-area, phone, and local-schema signals for local and map-pack visibility.
Structured Data
We check for Business, Service, FAQ, Article, and Breadcrumb schema that helps machines understand your content.
Trust & Citation
We check for testimonials, credentials, case studies, author signals, and guarantees that build citation-worthy authority.
Technical Accessibility
We check whether your pages are retrievable, with canonical tags, viewport, titles, descriptions, and clean heading structure.
Topical Authority
We check your service depth, subtopic coverage, supporting pages, internal linking, and buyer-question content.
How It Works
From URL to action plan in three steps
Enter your URL
Type your website address, then pick a scan depth to analyze your site against the Search Authority rubric.
We crawl & score
Our engine retrieves your real pages and scores them against the Search Authority rubric — no mockups.
Get your report
See your Search Authority score, grade, every finding, and a prioritized 30-day action plan to get recommended.
The Shift
Buyers used to scroll ten blue links.
Now they ask one question and take one answer.
98%
of Google page-one brands get zero mentions in AI answers.
18%
of all Google searches now show an AI Overview.
500%+
growth in "near me" searches over two years.
If AI tools, Google, and the map pack do not understand and trust your business, they recommend someone else. The Search Authority Audit™ shows you exactly where you stand and what to fix — before your competitors figure it out.
FAQ
Questions, answered
What is the Search Authority Audit™?
It is LeadValets’ proprietary benchmark of how findable and recommendable your home-services business is across the three places buyers now look: AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude), classic Google Search, and the local map pack. One 100-point score plus two dedicated sub-scores — SEO Technical Health and GEO / Local Search — tell you exactly where you stand and what to fix.
How is this different from a regular SEO audit?
A traditional SEO audit measures rankings and backlinks. The Search Authority Audit™ is LeadValets’ diagnostic framework — our rubric for evaluating how findable and recommendable your business is across AI answer engines, Google Search, and the local map pack. We score seven categories we have identified as the most important drivers of visibility based on our experience with home services companies. It is a structured assessment of your website’s readiness, not a live test of what AI engines actually recommend you for today.
How long does a scan take?
A free scan covers up to 5 pages of your site and finishes in about 60 seconds — you get your Search Authority score, letter grade, category breakdown, and a prioritized 30-day action plan. A full deep audit (up to 500 pages) is available to admins — contact LeadValets and our team will run it and walk you through every finding on a review call.
Is the audit really free?
Yes. Your 5-page scan, 100-point Search Authority score, letter grade, category breakdown, top findings, and 30-day action plan are all free. We ask for your name, company, email, phone, and at least one competitor so we can follow up about your results — and so the comparative gap analysis is meaningful.
What happens to my information?
Your website URL is used only to run the audit. Your contact details are stored securely and used to follow up about your report. We never sell your data, and you can ask us to delete it at any time.
Can I get a deeper audit?
Yes. The free self-serve scan covers up to 5 pages. For a full deep audit — up to 500 pages with comprehensive AEO, SEO, and GEO analysis — contact LeadValets at jfloyd@leadvalets.com or 314-561-7101. Our team runs it manually and delivers the report on a review call.
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