Case study / AI visibility

How mccaigs built its own AI Visibility system

How mccaigs built its own AI Visibility system using Answer Engine Optimisation pages, llms.txt, public assistant knowledge, schema, sitemap coverage, and deterministic assistant answers.

Plain-English strategy

Want your business recommended by ChatGPT, Google AI, and Gemini?

mccaigs treated its own website as a practical AI Visibility project: clarify the entity, explain the services, publish AI-readable knowledge, connect related pages, and keep the deterministic assistant aligned with approved public facts.

The aim was not to guarantee inclusion in ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI, or Google AI Overviews. The aim was to make mccaigs easier for visitors, crawlers, and answer engines to understand, cite, and verify.

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Built a connected AEO page set covering Answer Engine Optimisation, AI Search Optimisation, AI Visibility, ChatGPT SEO, Google AI Overviews readiness, llms.txt, and AI-ready websites.

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Published llms.txt, llms-full.txt, assistant-knowledge.json, and assistant-knowledge.md as safe public knowledge sources.

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Updated sitemap, robots, schema, internal links, footer discovery, and assistant answers so public signals agree.

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Kept the assistant deterministic by using approved static knowledge rather than runtime AI calls.

Case study signals

A practical system of public, crawlable signals.

Public AEO routes

12 connected pages

AI-readable files

llms.txt, llms-full.txt, JSON, Markdown

Assistant model

Static approved knowledge

Promise boundary

No ranking or inclusion guarantees

Service packages

Practical AEO work without promising impossible outcomes.

These packages prepare, optimise, and improve the source material that answer engines may use. They do not guarantee rankings, recommendations, or inclusion in Google AI Overviews.

from GBP 299

AEO Audit

AI visibility check

Technical SEO review

Structured data review

Entity signals review

llms.txt review

Recommendations report

from GBP 799

AEO Implementation

llms.txt and llms-full.txt

Metadata improvements

Schema improvements

FAQ structure

Internal linking

AI-readable service copy

Sitemap and crawl checks

from GBP 99/month

AI Visibility Management

Monthly AI visibility testing

ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI prompt checks

Content recommendations

Schema and content updates

Visibility report

AI Visibility Report

Measure the signals before changing the strategy.

A useful AI visibility report turns uncertainty into a visible checklist. It shows where the business is clear, where answer engines may struggle, and what should be improved next.

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Overall AI Readiness Score

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Entity clarity

03

Structured data coverage

04

FAQ coverage

05

AI crawlability

06

llms.txt present

07

ChatGPT visibility

08

Gemini visibility

09

Google AI visibility

010

Recommended next actions

Core routes

Follow the complete AEO and AI visibility path.

AEO FAQ

Useful answers before the first conversation.

What did mccaigs build for its own AI visibility?

mccaigs built a static AI visibility system: AEO service pages, AI-readable knowledge files, structured metadata, sitemap and robots coverage, internal links, and deterministic assistant answers from approved knowledge.

Does this guarantee mccaigs will appear in AI answers?

No. It prepares and improves the public signals that answer engines may use, but no one can guarantee inclusion, citations, rankings, or recommendations in ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI, or Google AI Overviews.

Can the same approach work for another business?

Yes, if the business has useful public facts to organise. The details change by sector, location, services, proof points, and buyer questions, but the principle is the same: reduce ambiguity and make the business easier to understand.

Can AEO guarantee inclusion in AI answers?

No. No studio can guarantee that ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, or another answer engine will cite a business. The practical aim is to improve the quality, clarity, structure, and crawlability of the signals those systems may use.

How is Answer Engine Optimisation different from SEO?

Traditional SEO helps people find a website in search results. Answer Engine Optimisation helps AI systems understand what the business does, who it serves, why it is credible, and when it may be a relevant recommendation.

Does mccaigs use runtime AI calls for AEO pages?

No. These pages and the supporting site signals are static and deterministic. mccaigs only adds live AI behaviour where it is useful, controlled, and appropriate to the project.

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