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Get found by Google. Get named by AI.
We scan
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Perplexity
- Google AI Overviews
Guided checks all four each month. The free check uses Perplexity.
AI assistant
Who are the best plumbers in Cape Town?
Here are some well-regarded plumbers in Cape Town:
- 1Cape Coast Plumbing — fast callouts, strong reviews
- 2Table Bay Plumbers — 24/7 emergency work
- 3Southern Suburbs Plumbing Co. — geysers & leak detection
Your business — not mentioned.
SquidInk checks whether AI assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI) name your business when customers ask for a recommendation online. We then give you a monthly action plan to make sure you get named.
Start here
Find out what the AI assistants say about you.
SquidInk asks Perplexity 15 real buying questions for your category and city, then shows you who got named in each answer and what your result means.
how this works
Four moves, run every month until your name is the default answer.
- 01
We ask the AI assistants what your customers ask
SquidInk asks the real buying questions for your category and city and records who gets named. The free check uses Perplexity. Guided checks ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI every month.
- 02
We find why the model skipped you
Usually it is thin service pages, missing structured data, inconsistent listings, or no third-party mentions the model trusts.
- 03
Get your action plan
Your site, your schema, your directory data and the local publications AI leans on — corrected and kept current.
- 04
You watch your name appear
Monthly re-scans show exactly which questions you now win, which you share, and which still belong to a competitor.
PRICING
Start with the free check. Upgrade only if you don’t like what it says.
Free check
R0
one check
See whether an AI assistant names your business before you spend anything.
- 15 buyer questions asked in Perplexity
- See who gets named in each answer, and what your result means
Guided
Trial
monthly check
Free during the trial. Planned price after the trial: R299/month. You choose whether to continue before any payment begins. Cancel anytime.
A monthly check and a clear next step, every month.
- A monthly check: 15 buyer questions across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI
- Your dashboard and monthly report
- An action plan that shows your next step and why it matters
- Your business details ready to paste into directories
- Website code drafted from your business details, for you or your developer to check and add
- A developer brief you can copy or print
- See which competitors AI names in each answer
- An email when each report is ready
Guided starts from your free check result.
Questions
What people ask before they check.
Maybe not. When people ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity or Google's AI for "the best [your trade] in [your town]," the AI names a few businesses. If yours isn't one, you lose the customer and never see it happen. The free check shows you exactly where you stand.
SEO is about ranking in Google's blue links. AEO is about getting named inside the answer an AI gives. As more people ask AI instead of scrolling results, the answer is where the customers are.
Four: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI answers, every month on Guided. The free check asks Perplexity. Each one gets the real questions your customers ask, and SquidInk records whether it names you or a competitor.
SEO gets you found on Google. AEO gets you named by AI. We do both — the free check reads your site the way Google and an AI both do, and Guided watches your standing in AI answers and tells you what to fix.
The first check is free — no card, no contract. Guided: free during the trial. Planned price after the trial: R299/month. You choose whether to continue before any payment begins. Cancel anytime. Done-for-you work is quoted per job.
Usually because your website doesn't say clearly — in a way machines can read — who you are, what you do, and where you work. The check finds the gaps; the monthly plan closes them.
We're SquidInk, in Cape Town, working with local businesses across South Africa and Eswatini. If customers could find you through AI but aren't, it's for you.