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Getting found on ChatGPT and Google, for contractors.
Plain-English guides for contractors of every trade on how homeowners now find a company to call, what ChatGPT and Google read on your website, and how to be the name they say.
Where ChatGPT Gets Its Answers
ChatGPT doesn't make up who to recommend. It reads: your website, directories, reviews and listings. Here's what it reads about a contractor, and how to check.
Read the post →Not Just Roofers: ChatGPT Is Naming Somebody in Your Trade
Plumbers, HVAC, electricians, builders: ChatGPT is naming somebody in your trade. Here's what homeowners ask in each trade, and how to be readable.
Read the post →When ChatGPT Sends Someone Your Way, Who Answers?
Say ChatGPT sends a homeowner to your website at nine at night. Who answers? Here's what happens to after-hours leads, and how contractors catch them.
Read the post →ChatGPT or Google: Do You Need Both?
Is Google dead? No. But ChatGPT looks at your business differently. Here's where the two differ, where they overlap, and how a contractor shows up in both.
Read the post →Answer the Question They Type Into ChatGPT
Every question a homeowner asks you on the phone, they can ask ChatGPT too. Here's how to answer them on your website in plain words ChatGPT can use.
Read the post →Why ChatGPT Can't Read Your Website
Your website can look great and ChatGPT still can't tell what you do or where you work. Here are the usual reasons, a ten-minute check, and the fixes.
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The free audit: 5 checks that tell you if AI can find you
The free audit gives you a score out of 100 and five plain checks that show whether ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI can read your contracting site. No email, no card.
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What an AI search actually reads on your website (and what it can't)
Your homepage looks great to a homeowner. An AI crawler reads it differently. Here is what it can read, what it can't, and a ten-minute way to check.
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Google still works. Here's what ChatGPT sees instead.
Google still sends customers to contractors. But ChatGPT reads your website differently and names only a few companies. Here is what each rewards, and how to get both.
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The 98.8% problem: why almost every local business is invisible to AI search
Nearly every local business is left out of ChatGPT's answers (SOCi, 2026). Here are the five usual reasons a contractor's site reads blank, and how to check yours.
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Your next customer is asking an AI who to call, and it isn't naming you
A homeowner with a leaking ceiling now asks ChatGPT who to call, not Google. Here is what that costs a contractor who isn't named, and a ten-minute check.
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Why ChatGPT Doesn't Recommend Your Contracting Business (And How to Fix It)
Most trade businesses are invisible to ChatGPT. Here is how it decides which contractors to recommend, and the steps to become one of the names it says.
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What Actually Makes a Contractor Website Generate Leads in 2026
An honest, specific answer for trade business owners: what separates a contractor website that generates leads from one that just sits there looking nice.
Read the post →How AI Search Is Changing the Way Homeowners Find a Roofer
ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI answers are becoming a first stop for homeowners looking for a roofer. Here is what that means and what it takes to show up.
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Beat the Labor Shortage: How Intelligent Systems Help Small Roofing Crews Compete
Construction needs about 349,000 more workers in 2026, ABC estimates. Here is how automated systems let a small roofing crew do more without adding headcount.
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About this blog
What does this blog cover?
How a contractor of any trade gets found, trusted and booked: websites that ChatGPT and Google can read, answering homeowner questions, reviews, service-area pages, and the Personal Assistant that answers when you are on a job.
How often do you publish?
A new post most days. Each one is a practical walkthrough you can act on the same day, with its sources linked.
Who writes it?
Jimmy Davidson, who owns Peak Growth Partner and also runs a roofing company, so the examples come from work he has done on his own sites and for clients.
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