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Local Scout — AI Visibility for Local Business

When someone asks ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini for the best business in your city — can they even find you? Get an instant, free findability snapshot for your city and category. No signup to see your score.

VectraSEO Local Scout runs a free, deterministic check of how ready your site is to be recommended by AI assistants for local searches like "best roofers in Austin" — your findability score, whether you have LocalBusiness structured data, and the top fixes. The full fix list is unlocked with your email; the live ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini share-of-voice scan unlocks with a Local Scout trial. Built for local service businesses — roofers, dentists, HVAC, auto shops, restaurants.

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  • 01reads your site the way an AI assistant would — instantly, for free
  • 02scores how ready you are to be recommended for your city + category
  • 03names the top fixes; the email unlocks the full list
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Frequently asked questions

01Is the findability check really free?
Yes. The score, your structured-data status, and the top fixes are computed instantly from your page with no AI calls and no signup. Enter your email to unlock the full fix list, and start a Local Scout trial to run the live ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini scan.
02How is this different from the live scan?
This free check is deterministic — it reads your site and grades the signals AI assistants rely on. The live Local Scout scan actually asks ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini "best [category] in [city]?" and reports whether you're named and who beats you. The live scan unlocks with a Local Scout trial.
03What does the score mean?
Local findability (0–100) summarizes how well your site carries the signals AI assistants use to recommend a local business — readable content, structured data, crawlability, and more. Higher means easier to recommend; it is not a guarantee of ranking.
04Why do you ask for my email?
So we can send you the full fix list and how to climb. We don't share it, and the snapshot score is shown before you enter anything.
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