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.
Measure. Improve. Get Recommended.
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 73% 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
Question-based headings, direct answers, FAQ content, lists, and tables that AI tools can lift as quotes.
Entity Clarity
Business name, identity, and sameAs signals that help AI understand exactly who you are.
Local Authority
City, service-area, phone, and local-schema signals for "near me" and map-pack recommendations.
Structured Data
Business, Service, FAQ, Article, and Breadcrumb schema that speaks to machines in their own language.
Trust & Citation
Testimonials, credentials, case studies, author signals, and guarantees that make you worth citing.
Technical Accessibility
Retrievable pages, canonical tags, viewport, titles, descriptions, and clean heading structure.
Topical Authority
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.
73%
of Google page-one brands get zero mentions in AI answers.
18%
of all Google searches now show an AI Overview.
900%
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™ measures the signals that make AI tools, Google, and the map pack recommend you by name — answer readiness, entity clarity, local authority, structured data, trust, topical authority, technical SEO, and local/GEO signals — against a unified rubric built for the search era we are actually in.
How long does a scan take?
A Quick scan (5 pages) finishes in about 30–60 seconds — you get your Search Authority score, letter grade, and a preview of your top fixes instantly. To download the full report with all findings and your 30-day action plan, enter your contact info on the report page. A Deep scan (up to 20 pages) is not automated — you submit a contact request, our team reaches out personally, and we deliver the full report on a review call.
Is the audit really free?
Yes. You get your overall Search Authority score, letter grade, category breakdown, top findings, and a preview of recommendations at no cost. Unlocking the full findings, 30-day action plan, and AI-generated fix drafts requires entering your contact details so our team can follow up.
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.
Find out if search is recommending you — or your competitor.
Free, fast, and no strings attached. Your 100-point Search Authority score is one click away.
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