Your website was built for Google. It needs to be ready for ChatGPT.
BeaconBird grades your site's technical AI-readiness — and fixes what's missing — so the next time someone asks an AI for a recommendation, your business is the one it spots.
Run my free audit →When your website was built, the goal was simple: rank in Google. That world is going away. More and more people skip Google entirely — they ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Perplexity, "Who's the best [thing] near me?" AI lands on two or three names. Those become the recommendation. If your site doesn't speak AI's language, you're invisible.
That's where BeaconBird comes in. We take a bird's-eye view of your site, find the gaps AI can't see past, and rebuild the technical foundation so your business shows up in the answer.
The numbers behind the shift
"Assume there's no search. Plan your business as if search is zero."— Roger Lynch, CEO of Condé Nast (Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Wired)
If the CEO of the largest media company in the world is telling his teams to plan as if Google sends them zero traffic, it's worth asking what that means for the rest of us.
Start with a free audit.
Drop in your URL. BeaconBird scans your site from above — checking the same technical signals AI uses to understand and recommend businesses: schema markup, llms.txt, crawler access, structured page identity, clean architecture, and more. You'll get a BeaconBird score and a plain-English breakdown of what's chirping loud and clear — and what's flying under the radar.
Anyone can run it. On any site. It's free.
If your score is low, we'll fix it.
Most websites built before 2024 are missing the foundation AI systems need to recommend them. BeaconBird rebuilds that nest — schema markup, llms.txt, meta tags, alt text, heading structure, crawler access, the works. One time, flat fee, no subscription.
- A before score — where your site is perched today.
- The full technical fix, done by us.
- An after score — designed to land in the 90s.
- A detailed PDF showing exactly what we changed and why.
Ready to take flight?
Common questions
How long does the process take?
Audits come back within one business day. The full technical fix usually takes 5–7 business days from when you sign off and give us access. Smaller sites can move faster.
What does your team need from us to do the work?
Admin access to your website (WordPress login or hosting credentials), plus answers to a short intake form covering business basics — hours, service area, founding year, key people. We need those to build your schema markup correctly.
We don't need any copywriting or new content from your team. That's the whole point.
Do you guarantee we'll be recommended by ChatGPT or other AIs?
No, and we won't pretend otherwise.
We guarantee the technical fix — your site will be properly AI-readable and structured for recommendation. Whether an AI actually recommends you also depends on factors outside the technical foundation: content quality, your reputation across the web, and the specific question being asked.
Anyone who promises guaranteed AI recommendations is selling you something. We fix the part we can fix, honestly.
Is this just SEO with a new name?
No. SEO optimizes for Google rankings. BeaconBird optimizes for whether AI systems can read and confidently recommend your site.
There's overlap — both benefit from clean structure — but the goals are different.
Will this affect our Google rankings?
Positively, in most cases. The technical work we do — schema markup, clean meta tags, proper headings, structured data — is the same foundation Google has been rewarding for years. Several of our clients see SEO bumps as a side effect.
How much does the fix cost?
It depends on the size and shape of your site — number of pages, complexity of the business, what's already in place. Your audit report includes a custom fix quote.
Every fix is a flat fee. No hourly billing. No surprises.
Do you offer ongoing service or maintenance?
No. BeaconBird is intentionally one-time. We do the technical fix, hand you the PDF showing what we changed and why, and you're done.
If AI standards shift meaningfully down the road, you can re-engage with another audit. We don't think recurring fits this work.