SEO services for local businesses, for Google and AI search.
Example: the same shop on a street, found in three places. On Google, the red pin lands on it and its card opens: Your business, five stars, open now. On the map, its place card with directions. And an AI assistant names it in its answer.
ExampleYour businessOpen nowCallDirections
ExampleYour businessOpen nowDirections
ExampleOne option in your area is Your business.From: its website, its Google profile, its reviews
house cleaning near me
cleaning service open now
Who’s a reliable house cleaner near me?
Google
The map
AI assistants
We work on your website and your Google Business Profile so people find you in Google’s results, on the map and in the answers ChatGPT and Gemini give. It takes months. Every month you see what we did.
Pick your kind of business. This is how it could look on each floor.
Your kind of business
Floor 1 · Google’s results
The normal results, below the ads
Example
house cleaning near mekitchen remodeling near meauto insurance agency near mesoft play rental near mevideo production for restaurants near memobile dog grooming near mebalayage near mebreakfast near meyour service near me
SponsoredAds go here. That is another service.
Another business
Your businessyourbusiness.com
The title. The blue line. It is the first thing Google and a person read, so it says what you do and where.House Cleaning in Your City | Your businessKitchen Remodeling in Your City | Your businessAuto and Home Insurance in Your City | Your businessSoft Play Rentals for Birthday Parties | Your businessVideo and Social Media for Local Brands | Your businessMobile Dog Grooming in Your City | Your businessBalayage and Hair Color in Your City | Your businessBreakfast and Coffee in Your City | Your businessYour Service in Your City | Your business
The description. The two lines under the title. We write them so the person knows why to pick you before clicking.Weekly, biweekly and move-out cleaning. Insured team. Ask for a free estimate online.Kitchens, bathrooms and additions. Licensed and insured. See finished projects and ask for an estimate.Quotes from several carriers, in English and Spanish. Call or ask for a quote online.Soft play sets delivered and set up for your party. Check open dates and book online.Video, photos and social content for local brands. See recent work and book a call.We come to your door. Baths, haircuts and nails. See the areas we cover and book online.Color, cuts and treatments. See real work from our stylists and book your appointment.Open every day from 7 AM. See the menu, the prices and the hours.What you do, where you do it and how to reach you, in the words your customers type.
Another businessOther results. Other businesses are working on this too. That is why places move, and why nobody can guarantee one.
These are the results nobody pays for. Google picks them by reading every page it knows and choosing the ones that answer the search best. Paying Google does not move you up here.
What counts here
A page for each service you offer
Your service and your city in the title
A page that opens fast on a phone
What we doWe write or rework a page for each service and each area you cover, in the words your customers type.
Floor 2 · The map
Google Business Profile optimization: the map and its three listings
CleaningConstruction and remodelingInsurance agenciesSoftplay and kids’ entertainmentMarketing agenciesMobile groomingLuxury beauty salonsRestaurants and cafésOther local businesses
Example
cleaning service open nowremodeling contractor near meinsurance agency open nowkids party rentals near memarketing agency near memobile groomer near mehair salon open nowbreakfast open nowyour service open now
Another business
Your businessExample reviewsReviews. From real customers only. We never buy or write reviews.Category. It tells Google what kind of business you are. The wrong one hides you from the searches that matter.House cleaning serviceRemodelerInsurance agencyParty equipment rentalMarketing agencyMobile pet groomerHair salonBreakfast restaurantYour categoryHours. Google shows “Open now” in many searches. A profile with old hours loses those.Open nowyour cityCallDirections
Another business
When someone searches for a service near them, Google shows a map with three businesses before almost anything else. What appears there comes from your Google Business ProfileYour business’s free listing on Google: name, hours, phone, photos and reviews. It is what shows on the map., not from your website.
What counts here
The right category and every service listed
Hours that are up to date
Recent reviews, and your replies to them
How close you are to the person searching
What we doWe complete your profile, keep it current every month and help you ask real customers for reviews. Distance we cannot change, and we tell you so.
Floor 3 · AI assistants
AI SEO: when someone asks ChatGPT or Gemini
CleaningConstruction and remodelingInsurance agenciesSoftplay and kids’ entertainmentMarketing agenciesMobile groomingLuxury beauty salonsRestaurants and cafésOther local businesses
Example
The question. People write to an assistant the way they talk. Your pages need to answer whole questions, not only match two words.Who’s a reliable house cleaner near me that brings their own supplies?Which contractor near me does kitchen remodels and shows photos of finished work?Is there an insurance agency near me that speaks Spanish and quotes auto and home together?Where can I rent a soft play set for a toddler’s birthday next month?Which local agency makes short videos for restaurants?Is there a mobile groomer near me that takes large dogs?Which salon near me is good at balayage on dark hair?Where can I get breakfast near me before 8, with good coffee?Who does this near me and picks up the phone?
One option in your area is Your business.Its website says the team brings its own supplies, and recent reviews mention showing up on time.It lists kitchen remodels as a service and has a page of finished projects with photos. Reviews mention clear estimates.Its website says it quotes auto and home together and serves customers in Spanish.It rents soft play sets for toddler parties, delivers and sets them up, and lets you check dates online.Its website shows video work for restaurants and explains what each package includes.Its website says it grooms large breeds and lists the neighborhoods it covers.Its gallery shows balayage on dark hair, and reviews mention the color work.It opens at 7 AM, has its menu online, and reviews mention the coffee.Its website explains the service, lists its area and hours, and has recent reviews.
Where it got it. Assistants build an answer from your website, your Google profile, reviews and other sites that mention you.Fromits websiteits Google profileits reviews
Assistants change their answers from one day to the next. This is an example, not a result.
More people now ask an assistant a whole question instead of typing two words. The assistant reads what the internet says about you and answers with a few names. You cannot pay to be in that answer.
You may hear this called AEOAnswer engine optimization: writing your pages so a search engine or an assistant can lift a direct answer from them. or GEOGenerative engine optimization: the work that helps AI assistants like ChatGPT and Gemini mention your business when someone asks for a recommendation..
What counts here
Pages that answer real questions in plain sentences
The same name, address and phone everywhere you are listed
Reviews that say what you are good at
What we doWe write answers to the questions your customers ask, label your pages so an assistant doesn’t have to guess, and we tell you what the assistants answer when people ask for what you do.
Examples of how it could look. Nobody can promise you a place in any of the three, and we don’t.
We don’t promise first place on Google. Nobody honest can, because Google decides the order and changes it whenever it wants. What we promise is the work, and you see it every month.
Your pagesYour Google profileYour reviewsYour report
No guaranteed places
Not first, not top three. If someone guarantees one, ask them how.
No secret method
We explain everything we do in plain words. If you don’t understand a line of the report, we got it wrong.
No purchased reviews or links
They work for a while and then Google penalizes them. We don’t use them.
How long does SEO take?
Move the slider. This is what we do and what you can expect to see at each stage.
Your business
Month 1
We review and put things in order
What we do
We go through your website, your Google profile and what people search for in your area. We fix what stops Google from reading your pages.
What you may see
A list of what we found and the plan for the next months. The phone will most likely sound the same as before.
Months 2 and 3
We write and publish
What we do
A page for each service and area, a complete Google profile, labels on your pages so Google and the assistants don’t have to guess, and a simple way to ask customers for reviews.
What you may see
Your pages start to appear in more searches, usually still far down the page.
Months 4 to 6
The first signs
What we do
We look at which searches are bringing people, improve the pages that are close to the top, and keep adding content and local mentions.
What you may see
This is when the change usually starts to show: more visits and calls from Google and from the map. How much depends on your city and your competitors.
Months 7 to 12
Hold it and grow
What we do
New pages for what people keep asking, more reviews, more sites that mention you. We tell you what ChatGPT and Gemini answer when people ask for what you do.
What you may see
Places go up and down, because other businesses are working too. The work is what keeps you from sliding back.
SEO usually takes months. This is the usual pace, not a promise. A new website or a crowded city takes longer.
Monthly SEO report
If you paid for SEO before and never knew what was done, this is the part to look at. Every month you get one page like this.
Google Business ProfileUpdated hours, services and photos, and posted an update.The map
ContentWrote or improved content for your website, for a service or an area, using what people search for.Google’s results
Labels for Google and AIThe technical name is structured data. It is a note inside your page, invisible to visitors, that tells Google and AI assistants exactly what your business is, where it is and when it is open.Marked up your pages with your services, area, hours and phone.AI assistants
Links and mentionsListed your business with the same name, address and phone on local directories and sites.The map
ReviewsSent you a short way to ask recent customers for a review, and drafted replies to the new ones.The map
Technical checkSpeed, phone layout and errors that keep Google from reading a page.Google’s results
AI answersAsked ChatGPT and Gemini the questions your customers ask and wrote down who they named.AI assistants
What moved
Times you appeared in searches
Visits to your website from Google
Calls from your Google profile
Example. Your own numbers go here.
What comes next
A page for the second area you cover.
Reply to this month’s reviews.
Google’s results
The map
AI assistants
SEO vs Google Ads
Both put you in front of someone who is searching. They work differently and they are not rivals.
This is Google AdsOn top, with the “Sponsored” label. You pay for every click.
house cleaning near me
SponsoredYour business
SponsoredAnother business
MapYour business
ResultsYour business
Another business
AI answer
This is SEOEverything below: the map, the results and the AI answer. It is earned with work; clicks cost nothing.
Google Ads and SEO compared
Google Ads
SEO
Where you appear
Google AdsAt the top, marked “Sponsored”
SEOIn the normal results, on the map and in AI answers
When it starts
Google AdsThe day Google approves your ads
SEOIt takes months
What you pay
Google AdsEvery click, paid to Google, plus $300 a month to manage it
SEO$300 a month for the work. Clicks cost nothing
If you stop paying
Google AdsThe ads turn off that same day
SEOWhat you earned stays for a while, then slips if nobody looks after it
It suits you if
Google AdsYou need calls this month
SEOYou want to depend less on paying for every click
Many businesses run ads while their SEO matures, and lower the ad budget later.
Maria Eugenia D.Eugenia Hair Studio, Virginia Beach, VA
February 2025
We are super happy with the work he has done for us at Eugenia Hair Studio… Thank you Alexis, what you did for my business I will always appreciate it.
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Endrina A.Softplay Kingdom, Orlando, FL
February 2025
He did my incredible website and great price. He likes to ask you every details in how would you like your page to be. I recommended 100%
Not a single trick or trendy font. It is a disciplined blend of clarity, performance, trust and intent, because visitors decide whether to stay in seconds.
Lower-cost clicks come from a more relevant account, not from slashing bids.
SEO FAQ
If yours is not here, ask it on the call.
How much does SEO cost?
SEO with Zeruz costs $300 a month. That covers the work on your website, your Google Business Profile and your presence in AI assistants, plus a monthly report. Nothing is paid to Google, and this service has no free month.
How long does SEO take?
SEO takes months. In the first month we review and fix; the change usually starts to show some months later, and how soon depends on your city and your competitors.
Can you guarantee first place on Google?
No, and nobody honest can. Google decides the order of its results and changes it often. What we guarantee is the work, and a report every month that shows what we did and what moved.
Is SEO still worth it now that people ask AI?
Yes. AI assistants build their answers from the same things Google reads: your website, your Google profile, your reviews and the sites that mention you. Work done well for Google also helps ChatGPT and Gemini understand your business, and we do both in the same service.
What is generative engine optimization?
Generative engine optimization, or GEO, is the work that helps AI assistants like ChatGPT and Gemini mention your business when someone asks them for a recommendation. In practice it means clear pages that answer real questions, consistent details about your business across the internet and real reviews.
What is answer engine optimization?
Answer engine optimization, or AEO, is writing your pages so a search engine or an assistant can lift a direct answer from them. A page that answers “how much does it cost?” or “do you come to my area?” in its first sentence is easier to quote than one that buries the answer.
Is local SEO free?
Partly. A Google Business Profile is free to create, and showing up on the map or in the normal results costs nothing per click. What costs is the work: keeping the profile current, writing the pages, getting listed on local sites and answering reviews. You can do it yourself if you have the time, or pay us to do it.
Do I need a website for SEO?
Yes, for most of it. Your Google Business Profile can appear on the map without one, but the normal results and the AI assistants need pages to read. If you don’t have a website, we build it as a separate plan, or you can pay monthly with Zeruz Club.
Talk to an SEO consultant
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