AI SEO services for ecommerce: rank on Google and become the answer AI search pulls from
Buyers now search in two places: Google's results and the AI answers that sit on top of them or replace them. Our AI SEO service builds the pages, structure and signals that rank your store on Google and make it the source Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity pull from. Start with your free AI Visibility Score, then let a New York team fix what it finds.
What AI SEO is, in one paragraph
AI SEO is search engine optimization done for the way people search now. It covers the classic work that earns Google rankings (technical SEO, product and collection pages, content, internal links and authority) and shapes it so AI search engines can read, trust and quote your pages. Google says the best practices for SEO remain relevant for AI features such as AI Overviews and AI Mode, with no special optimizations required. So we do not sell tricks. We get the fundamentals right on every page that matters, then add the extras other AI assistants use, such as clear crawler access and an llms.txt file.
What we do
The SEO work Google rewards, shaped so AI search engines can use it too.
- Technical SEO: crawling, indexing, site speed, canonical tags, redirects, XML sitemaps and robots.txt, including access for search crawlers such as Googlebot and OAI-SearchBot
- Product and collection page SEO: titles, descriptions, headings and copy built around the searches buyers actually make, plus faceted navigation that does not waste crawl budget
- Schema markup: Product, Offer, Organization, BreadcrumbList, Article and FAQ structured data that matches what is visible on the page
- Content and topical authority: buying guides, comparisons and answers that cover your category in depth and link to the products they recommend
- Entity and brand signals: one consistent set of facts about who you are, what you sell and where you are, across your site, About page, author pages and profiles
- AI-ready FAQ answers: short, direct answers to real buyer questions, written so a search snippet or an AI answer can quote them cleanly
- llms.txt: a plain text map of your most useful pages for AI assistants and agents that read it
- Internal linking: a clear path from guides to collections to products, so authority flows to the pages that sell
Who it is for
Stores that want organic traffic they own, from Google and from AI answers.
- Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce and custom stores with a catalog of products or collections worth ranking
- Brands that get little organic traffic today and pay for most of their sales through ads
- Stores that rank on Google but do not show up when buyers ask AI assistants for a recommendation
- Teams that publish content but do not see it move rankings or sales, and want a plan tied to products
AI SEO and AEO: how they fit
Both services aim at the same buyer, from two sides. AI SEO (this page) is the build: the site, the pages, the schema and the content that rank on Google and that AI search engines read. AI search optimization (AEO) is the visibility layer on top: testing the questions buyers ask in each AI engine, tracking citations and share of voice against competitors, and winning mentions on the sites AI already cites. Most stores need both, and we run them as one plan.
From score to rankings and answers
A clear process, real people on your account, and reporting you can actually read.
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Free AI Visibility Score
Enter your store URL and your report lands in your inbox within 30 minutes. See how our AI audit works and a sample report.
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SEO and AI audit, then a plan
We review crawling, indexing, schema, page content and internal links, check which searches and AI answers your competitors win, and turn the gaps into a prioritized fix list.
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Build, publish, track
We fix the technical issues, rewrite and build the pages that matter, and report rankings, organic traffic and AI answer visibility every month.
Built on official guidance, not guesswork
Every part of this service follows what the search engines and AI companies publish themselves. Read it at the source.
Google: AI features and your website
SEO best practices apply to AI Overviews and AI Mode, with no extra requirements or special AI files needed.
Read the sourceGoogle: SEO best practices for ecommerce
How Google wants product, category and listing pages structured, linked and marked up.
Read the sourceGoogle: how structured data works
Why schema markup helps Google understand what a page is about.
Read the sourceGoogle: link best practices
Crawlable links and descriptive anchor text, the basis of good internal linking.
Read the sourceOpenAI: overview of its crawlers
OAI-SearchBot is the crawler behind ChatGPT search results, separate from GPTBot.
Read the sourcellmstxt.org: the llms.txt proposal
The proposed standard for a plain text guide that helps AI assistants and agents use a site.
Read the sourceWhat is AI SEO?
AI SEO is search engine optimization for the AI era: the work that ranks your store on Google and makes your pages the ones Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity can read, trust and quote. It covers technical SEO, product and collection pages, schema, content, internal links and brand signals.
How is AI SEO different from your AEO service?
AI SEO builds and fixes the site itself so it ranks and can be quoted. Our AEO (AI search optimization) service measures and grows your visibility inside AI answers: it tests buyer questions in each AI engine, tracks citations against competitors and works on off-site mentions. Most stores need both, and we run them together.
Do I need special optimization to show up in Google AI Overviews?
No. Google says the best practices for SEO remain relevant for AI features such as AI Overviews and AI Mode, and that there are no additional requirements or special optimizations needed to appear in them. Strong SEO fundamentals are the way in, which is what this service delivers.
Does llms.txt help my Google rankings?
No, and we will not claim it does. Google says you do not need AI text files to appear in its AI features. llms.txt is a proposed standard that some AI assistants and agents read to find a site's most useful pages. It takes little time to add, so we include it as an extra for those tools, not as a ranking factor.
Is FAQ schema still worth adding?
For clarity, yes; for rich results, rarely. Since August 2023 Google shows FAQ rich results only for well known, authoritative government and health websites. We still mark up FAQs that are visible on the page, because structured data helps search engines understand the content, but we do not promise a rich result from it.
Can you guarantee a #1 ranking or an AI recommendation?
No. Google itself warns that if an SEO guarantees first place in search results, you should find someone else, and AI engines choose sources with their own systems. What we can do is fix every reason a search engine has to skip your pages and show you the data each month.
How long does AI SEO take to work?
Technical fixes and schema go live in the first weeks. Rankings and AI visibility then build as search engines recrawl and re-evaluate your pages, which usually takes a few months. We report what changed every month rather than promise a date.
How much does the AI SEO service cost?
It depends on the size of your catalog and how much your team can do in house. Book a free strategy call or request the free audit and we will send a scope and a price in plain numbers. Engagements are month to month after a 3 month ramp up.
Related services
AI search optimization (AEO)
Get your brand cited in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, with monthly citation tracking.
See the serviceFree AI Visibility Score
Enter your store URL and get a report on how ready it is for AI search, in your inbox within 30 minutes.
Check my scoreHow our AI audit works
What we check, how the score is built and what you get back.
See how it worksFind out what holds your store back on Google and in AI answers
Tell us your website and what to review. A real person checks it and sends you specific fixes you can apply right away.
- Technical SEO: crawling, indexing, speed and sitemaps
- Product and collection pages, schema and internal links
- Whether AI search engines can read and quote your pages
Ready to rank and be the answer?
Get your free AI Visibility Score, or book a free strategy call and we will show you where your store stands on Google and in AI search today.
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