Straight answers about SEO & AEO
Plain answers to what trade business owners ask before they hire anyone.
- What is AEO (answer engine optimization)?
AEO, answer engine optimization, is the work that makes your business easy for AI tools to understand, trust and recommend. When someone asks Google's AI Mode, ChatGPT or Copilot for a contractor, AEO is what gets your business named in the answer.
- How much does SEO cost for a contractor?
It depends on three things: whether you need a website first, how many services and areas you want to show up for, and how much competition you face. Ours is one price: SEO & AEO for $200 a month for 12 months, or $2,200 upfront, with a bilingual website and first-year hosting included. A $3,700 value.
- Do I need a website if I have a Google Business Profile?
A Google Business Profile can get you calls from Google Maps. A website gives Google and AI tools far more to read about your work, proves you're real, and is the one place online you fully control. For most trade businesses, the two work best together.
- Does my business need a website in Spanish?
If your customers speak Spanish, yes. Bilingual SEO means a real Spanish version of every page, at its own address, linked to the English one, so Google and AI tools can show each customer the right language. A translate button doesn't give Google a Spanish page to show.
- Do I need SEO if most of my work comes from referrals?
If referrals keep you booked with the jobs and prices you want, maybe not yet. But a referral only sends someone your name. Before they call, many look you up, and what they see decides whether they do. SEO & AEO make that check work for you, and reach customers no referral will.
- Who owns my website, domain and Google profile?
Your website is yours once it's paid for: upfront, or after all 12 monthly payments. Stop the monthly plan early and you can keep it for its price, $1,000. Your Google Business Profile is yours too, even if we set it up: you're the owner, and we're added as a manager. Buy your domain yourself, or we can get it for you.
- What do I get each month with SEO & AEO?
Every month you get SEO & AEO work on the priorities we agree with you: new or updated pages on your website, posts and photos on your Google Business Profile, and a monthly report. Your year also includes a bilingual website, Google Business Profile setup and first-year hosting. $200 a month for 12 months, or $2,200 upfront. A $3,700 value.
- Should I build my own website or hire someone?
If you're just starting and money is tight, build it yourself. Wix, Squarespace and similar builders are good tools. Hire someone when the site needs more time than you have: a real Spanish version, a page for every service and town, structured data, and keeping it all current.
- How do I know if a marketing agency is legit?
Ask every agency the same questions before you sign: what it costs and for how long, who owns your website and Google Business Profile, what happens if you stop, what work you can see, and how you'll measure results. A good agency answers each one plainly, in writing. We publish our answers, prices included.
- How do I get my business to show up in ChatGPT and Google AI?
Cover the basics AI tools read: a complete Google Business Profile with real reviews, the same business details everywhere, and a website that answers customers' questions, with a page per service and area and structured data. Then ask the AI tool yourself in a private, signed-out window, and write down the date: AI answers change from search to search.
- Who handles SEO for trade contractors in Riverside County?
Da'Nero Edge does. We are in Hemet, and we work with trade contractors in Riverside County and across the United States. The offer is one price: SEO & AEO for $200 a month for 12 months, or $2,200 upfront, with a bilingual website and first-year hosting included. A $3,700 value.