AI and Google Visibility Prompt

The prompt

1. Copy the prompt below into a new chat.
2. Replace every part in [square brackets] with your own details. Delete the service-area options that do not apply.
3. Make sure web search is on (see below), then send it.
4. Save the answer (copy it into a document, or use the assistant's share or export button) with today's date.

The prompt You are helping a business owner see how customers find businesses like theirs today. Use live web search for every step. Do not answer from memory. If you cannot search the web right now, reply only "I can't search the web right now" and stop. Business: [BUSINESS NAME] Website: [WEBSITE ADDRESS] What it sells: [MAIN SERVICES OR PRODUCTS, separated by commas] Where it sells: [CITY, STATE] Service area: [LOCAL: these nearby towns: TOWN, TOWN, TOWN] [REGIONAL: STATE OR METRO AREA] [NATIONAL: customers anywhere in the country] Competitors I already know (optional): [NAME, NAME] Step 1. The searches real customers use. List 20 searches someone would type into Google or ask an AI assistant when they need what this business sells. Mix these kinds: - ready to buy: "[service] near me", "[service] in [city]", "[service] [nearby town]" - comparing: "best [service] in [city]", "[business] reviews", "[business] vs [competitor]" - cost and questions: "how much does [service] cost in [state]", "do I need [service] if ..." - for a regional or national service area, searches without a city: "[service] for [type of customer]", "best [category] companies" Use the business's own wording from its website where it fits. Label each search with its intent (buying, comparing or learning) and its reach (local or national). Do not give search volumes; you cannot measure them. Step 2. Who shows up. Search the web for the 10 searches from Step 1 most likely to bring a paying customer. For each one, list the first businesses or websites that come up (up to 5, with links) and say whether [BUSINESS NAME] is: - named (listed or recommended by name), - cited only (its website is used as a source, but the business is not named), or - not mentioned. Step 3. Answer as you would answer a customer. Answer each question below as if a customer had asked you, using web search, and show your sources: a) "Who would you recommend for [MAIN SERVICE] in [CITY, STATE]?" (for a national service area: "Who are the best [CATEGORY] companies for [TYPE OF CUSTOMER]?") b) "Is [BUSINESS NAME] a good choice for [MAIN SERVICE]? What do customers say about them?" c) "What does [MAIN SERVICE] cost at [BUSINESS NAME], and how does that compare with others?" For each answer, say whether [BUSINESS NAME] was named, cited only or not mentioned, and who you recommended instead. Step 4. Where your answers came from. List every website you relied on in Steps 2 and 3 (directories, review sites, news, "best of" lists, competitors' own pages), how many times you used each one, and whether [BUSINESS NAME] has a listing or mention there. Check each one; write "not checked" if you could not. Step 5. A plain summary for the owner. - A table: search | intent | reach | [BUSINESS NAME] named, cited only or not mentioned | who showed up instead - The 5 searches where the business is missing but should appear, and the page, listing or profile change most likely to fix each one - Any facts about the business that sources got wrong or disagree on (name, address, phone, hours, services, prices, owner) - What you could not check Rules: report only what you found in this search session, with links. If two sources disagree, say so. Say today's date and, if you know it, the location the search ran from. Do not guess.

Where to paste it, and which settings to use

Checked October 28, 2026. These menus change every few months. If yours look different, pick the strongest model your plan offers, a middle or high thinking level, and make sure web search is on. Either way, the answer must show links; if it has none, the assistant did not search.

ChatGPT

• Open a new chat at chatgpt.com or in the ChatGPT app and paste the prompt.
• Model: choose GPT-6 if your plan shows it, then set Thinking to High. Medium is fine if you are in a hurry; Extra High is slower and rarely helps with this check. On a Free or Go account, turn on Think.
• Web search: ChatGPT searches on its own when a question needs it, and the prompt tells it to. If you see a Search option (a globe icon or an item in the + menu), turn it on.
• Expect two to five minutes.

Claude

• Open a new chat at claude.ai or in the Claude app and paste the prompt.
• Model: in the menu next to the send button, choose Opus 5.5 if your plan has it, otherwise Sonnet 5.5. Under Effort, choose High. Thinking stays on for these models.
• Web search: click + at the lower left of the message box and choose Web search; a checkmark shows it is on. In the newer Claude layout there is no switch and Claude searches when it helps. On Team and Enterprise plans an administrator has to allow web search first.
• Expect two to five minutes.

Gemini

• Open a new chat at gemini.google.com or in the Gemini app and paste the prompt.
• Model: choose Pro if your plan offers it, with the highest thinking level shown. Free accounts may only get a lighter model; it still works, with shorter answers. Deep Think is not needed for this check.
• Web search: Gemini uses Google Search on its own. If you see a Search Google option in the message box, leave it on.
• Expect one to three minutes.

Perplexity and Copilot

• Both search the web by default. In Perplexity, a Pro account can choose its strongest model; the default works too. In Copilot, use its deeper thinking option if it offers one.

Why these settings

The lowest settings tend to search less and return short lists, which hides who is really being recommended. The highest settings take much longer and rarely change the answer for this check. A middle or high setting is the right trade.

Step 2: after the answer comes back, paste this in the same chat

Paste this into the same chat, right after the assistant answers the first prompt (the visibility check), so it already has the searches, the competitors and the sources it found. It reads the business's own website, compares everything, and writes a change plan with copy-ready text.

The change plan prompt Now turn what you found into a change plan for this business. Use your answer above and live web search. Before recommending anything, read the business's own website: the home page, every service page, the about page, the contact page, and any town or location pages. If you cannot open the site, say so and stop. Rules for everything below: - Recommend only changes backed by something you found (a search result, a page, a listing), with the link. - Never invent facts, reviews, ratings, awards, prices, licenses, staff names or years in business. Where a fact is needed and you do not know it, write [CONFIRM: what the owner must check]. - No copy and paste town pages. A town page needs something real about that town: jobs done there, photos, reviews from customers there, travel time, local permits or landmarks. If the business has nothing real for a town yet, write "not yet" instead of a page. - Never suggest paying for reviews, offering rewards for reviews, filtering out unhappy customers, or posting reviews for the business. - Legal, medical, financial, privacy and accessibility rules are questions for the business's lawyer or compliance person, not instructions. - One set of facts: the business name, address, phone number and hours must read exactly the same everywhere. Part A. What the website says today. A short table: the services it names; the towns it names; every phone number on every page you read (flag any that differ); address; hours; whether each main service has its own page; whether each main town has its own page; whether it shows prices or price ranges; whether it shows reviews; whether each contact or quote form says where the information goes; who built or hosts the site, if the site says. Part B. The fixes, in this order. Skip any that do not apply and say why. 1. Facts that disagree. Each conflict between the website, the Google profile, the directories and what you found online: both versions, where each appears, and which one to keep [CONFIRM]. 2. Google Business Profile. The primary category that matches the main service, the services list, service areas, hours, and a copy-ready description (750 characters or fewer, no prices or links). Say whether recent reviews have owner replies. 3. Listings. Every site you relied on in the first answer where the business is missing or wrong: the exact listing to create or correct, most used first. 4. Pages. For each of the 5 missing searches from the first answer: the page to create or change, its address, a page title under 60 characters, an H1, a meta description under 155 characters, the 3 to 5 questions the page must answer, and the real details the owner has to supply [CONFIRM]. 5. Reviews. A short review request the owner can text and email to recent customers (no rewards, no conditions), plus two reply templates: one for a happy review and one for a complaint. 6. Structured data. One JSON-LD block for the business: the most specific LocalBusiness type, name, url, telephone, address, openingHoursSpecification, areaServed, and sameAs listing every profile you confirmed belongs to this business. No aggregateRating or review markup. Mark unknown values [CONFIRM]. 7. Answers for AI assistants. A short facts list (name, what it does, towns served, phone, address, hours, how to get a quote) that the website, the Google profile and an llms.txt file all repeat word for word, and an llms.txt outline: who the business is, its services with their page links, towns served, and how to contact it. 8. Forms. For each contact, quote or booking form: what it asks, whether the page says where the information goes, and whether the privacy notice names the outside services the page uses (booking, chat, analytics, ads). List these as questions for counsel. 9. Prices. If competitors you found publish starting prices or price ranges and this business does not, say which ones, and suggest a "starting at" line [CONFIRM]. Part C. A one-page plan. This week: facts, Google profile, the top 3 listings. Next 30 days: pages, reviews, structured data. Next 90 days: the remaining towns and listings, the facts list and llms.txt, then run the visibility check again. For each item: who usually does it (the owner, the web person, or either) and how to check it worked. Part D. Instructions for whoever edits the website. One numbered list of website changes, each with the page it goes on, the exact text or code to paste, and [CONFIRM] wherever the owner must supply a fact. If you can tell which builder the site uses (WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, Webflow, Duda, GoDaddy or another), say where in that builder each change is made. Do not remove or rename existing pages; add redirects only if a page address changes.

How to use it

1. Run the first prompt (the visibility check) and let it finish.
2. In the same chat, paste this prompt and send it. Keep the same model and settings.
3. Read Part C first; it is the plan. Hand Part D to whoever edits your website, and fill in every [CONFIRM] before anything goes live.
4. Fix the facts and listings yourself first; they need no web work and change AI answers fastest.
5. After the changes are live, scan the site with the jwatte.com Mega Analyzer to check them, then run the first prompt again in four weeks and compare.