Industry approach · Local services
Make sure AI assistants such as Doubao and DeepSeek can read your business and get it right when they answer: name, address, phone, opening hours, licenses and services written the same way on your website and every platform; then one clear page answering each of the few questions customers really ask. Businesses that already have a local reputation, in areas with few similar businesses, are the easiest place to start.
Which dental clinic in Nanshan District is reliable for implants? Is there a vet clinic nearby that is open late at night? How much per square meter does a partial-package home renovation usually cost? A driving school near the metro with weekend practice What is this clinic like? Is it reliable?
Many people now simply ask AI on their phones: which one nearby is good, roughly how much, is it reliable. The examples above are written from common phrasings; they are not measured search volumes. When we work for you, the questions come from what your front desk and customer service are asked every day.
| Question type | Example | What we do first |
|---|---|---|
| Finding one nearby | Which dental clinic in Nanshan District is reliable? | Name, address, opening hours and services written the same way on the website and every platform; one page for each service you actually offer |
| Asking about price | Roughly how much is a dental implant; partial-package renovation cost per square meter | State the price list or price range, and what is and is not included |
| Asking whether it is reliable | What is this place like? | Licenses, years in business, and the practicing credentials of doctors or tradespeople spelled out; reviews only from real customers |
| Explainers and concerns | Does wisdom tooth extraction hurt; should a vomiting dog go to the vet | Explainer pages only explain and do not promote your own services; this matters most for medical businesses |
| Comparing two | Which is better, A or B? | No comparisons with other businesses; state clearly which customers you suit |
Local customers ask Doubao most, but also DeepSeek, Yuanbao, ERNIE and Kimi. Chinese platforms fall into two groups: those open to outside AI crawlers, and those that only feed their own company’s model. Where your content sits decides which AI assistants can read it.
| Source | Can AI read it? | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Your website | Yes, provided crawlers are not blocked and the body text is right in the page | Include name, address, phone, opening hours, licenses, prices and FAQs; host in mainland China, with the ICP filing under your own business entity |
| Toutiao account, Douyin account | The API version of Doubao’s web search can be set to use Toutiao and Douyin as sources; whether the app uses the same setup, and how much weight they carry, we have not verified | Publish the same set of facts, without changing the numbers |
| WeChat official account | Closed to outside crawlers; only Yuanbao can use it, through Tencent’s own index | Publishing there helps only with Yuanbao |
| Xiaohongshu | Almost entirely closed to AI crawlers | Keep using it to win customers as before; do not count on it to get you into AI answers |
| Baijiahao | Open only to Baidu’s crawler | Feeds only ERNIE |
| Business pages on map and review platforms | We have not yet checked these platforms’ rules for AI crawlers | First make the information match your website exactly |
Many stores have only Meituan, Dianping, Douyin and a WeChat official account, with no website. There are few places AI can read directly, and we cannot use the AIV score for acceptance, so these businesses start with a simple website.
Each question is asked at least twice: how many businesses the answer names, whether you are among them, where you rank, and whether anything about you is wrong. If you have a website, we also score it once with the open-source rubric.
Name, address, phone, opening hours and licenses, all aligned across the website, maps, review platforms and your own accounts.
Start where the answers name few businesses and you are already strong: your best service, in the area where your store is.
Question, direct answer, prices, FAQs. If you have a few locations, write only those locations; no pages for districts where you have no store.
Your Toutiao and Douyin accounts publish the same set of facts; every month the 20 questions are asked by hand in one round and written into the monthly report, and the AIV score is re-tested monthly.
To find out how many customers come from AI, the cheapest way is for the front desk to ask, “How did you hear about us?” The customer answers first, then the front desk ticks a box; the options include “Doubao” and “Other AI”. Do not ask “Did you see us on Doubao?”, because that skews the answer. Look only at how the proportions change, and do not treat them as exact counts.
Content on your website and your own accounts that introduces your services is advertising, and China’s Advertising Law (2021 amendment) applies. We follow the points below for every page we write.
Dental, eye, aesthetic, cosmetic surgery and traditional Chinese medicine clinics: no assertions or guarantees about efficacy or safety, no cure or effectiveness rates, no comparisons with other medical institutions, no recommendations or endorsements from patients or spokespeople. So no before-and-after photos, and no “zero risk” or “no scarring”.
No disguised medical advertising in the form of health or wellness information. Explainer pages only explain: no promotion of your own services and no booking links inside them.
Wellness centers, therapy shops and other businesses that are not medical institutions may not claim to treat illness or use medical terms. Neither “relieves insomnia” nor “treats cervical spondylosis” can be written.
No terms such as “national-level”, “highest grade” or “best”. And no fake positive reviews, no invented customer stories, no posting while posing as a customer.
| Good fit | Not a fit |
|---|---|
| Already a known name locally: store count, review count or years in business among the top few in your county or district | Just opened, no reputation yet, hoping AI will make you famous overnight |
| County towns and prefecture-level cities, or areas of first-tier cities with few similar businesses | Wanting us to promise “number one” or “top three” |
| Services customers compare and hesitate over: dental, eye care and optometry, aesthetic medicine, vet clinics, home renovation, driving schools, wedding photography | Only wanting to buy article placements or fake reviews |
| A front desk willing to log where customers come from | Unable to show a business license or required permits |
Prices are public; the numbers on this page are the quote. For what each tier includes, see the product ladder for AEO for business.
Where you stand today on 20 questions across 5 AI assistants, whether your information matches across platforms, and which question to tackle first. The fee is credited toward the first quarter of a scenario pack.
Start with a free snapshotAnswer pages, information aligned across platforms, your own accounts kept in sync, and a monthly round of sampling on 5 AI assistants plus an AIV re-test, written into the monthly report.
See what is includedBusiness information, services and prices, address and opening hours, FAQs. Domain, hosting and ICP filing are registered under your own business entity, at your own cost; the first quarter counts from the day you sign.
Talk to us firstNot listed here? Ask us by email or on Telegram.
Yes, but first we build a simple website, for an extra US$1,190. The first quarter counts from the day you sign. ICP filing takes a few weeks, and during that time we run the diagnostic, align your information across platforms and write content for your own accounts, so the quarter is not spent waiting.
No. Nobody can. The ranking is up to the AI; ask the same question as a different person, or two days later, and the recommended businesses may differ. What we do is make sure AI can read you and get your details right, and acceptance is by AIV score; whether you are named and where you rank, we record and show you every month.
Front-desk source logging: when customers arrive or call, ask how they heard about you, with Doubao and other AI among the options. The numbers will have gaps and mistakes, so we look only at how the proportions change, alongside the monthly sampling results.
Yes. Content is written within the limits for medical advertising: no promised results or cure rates, no comparisons with other providers, no before-and-after photos or customer testimonials, and no selling on explainer pages.
Aligning information and fixing the website take a few days to a few weeks; new pages have to wait for AI to crawl them, and it takes a few weeks before you can tell whether they are cited. That is why we work by the quarter and show you the sampling results once a month.
Tell us your business name, your city and the one question you most want to come up in. We put it to several AI assistants and within 48 hours send you a free snapshot: what AI says about you now, what to change first, and whether it is worth doing. Check for free