Crawl and index foundation
Robots directives, sitemap coverage, canonical URLs, titles, descriptions, headings, internal links, mobile behavior, and important text availability
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Local search and AI-search readiness
Help customers find and choose your business
FinTec reviews the technical search foundation and the business facts behind it, then turns the gaps into a practical implementation path with evidence for every score.
No ranking guarantees · No invented review data · No special AI markup claims · Visible content remains authoritative
What the videos get right
Complete business knowledge matters
Real customer questions, useful pricing context, clear services, service areas, proof, and working actions make a business easier for customers and search systems to understand.
The important correction is that Google does not require a special AI database, file, or schema. The database supports governance and reuse; crawlable pages, accurate visible content, current Business Profile data, and standard SEO foundations still determine eligibility.
Assessment framework
Every grade connects to visible evidence
The review separates confirmed facts, failed checks, deferred checks, and human judgment. A missing signal is not automatically treated as a failure when the source cannot be verified.
Business identity
Business name, contact information, categories, service areas, Business Profile details, and consistency across the pages customers and search systems can verify
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Service and location coverage
Distinct service pages, useful local context, pricing drivers, processes, policies, and safeguards against thin city-swap or doorway pages
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Proof and authority
Reviews, owner responses, recent photos, credentials, case studies, local references, and claims supported by visible evidence
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Structured meaning
Organization and service markup, consistent entity identifiers, breadcrumbs, visible FAQs, and structured data that matches the page
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Action and measurement
Calls, forms, booking paths, conversion tracking, Search Console coverage, and an evidence log for future search and AI-citation reviews
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Governed knowledge layer
One reviewed source of truth
Public claims receive a canonical page, source, review state, and review date. Raw customer questions remain private until personal information is removed and publication is approved.
Business name, contact methods, services, markets, price drivers, and canonical URLs
Real questions with source type, redaction status, reviewed answer, and publication decision
Credentials, project evidence, review sources, processes, limitations, and update ownership
Query, market, model, mention, citation, date, and evidence for directional share-of-voice tracking
Pricing context
Clear starting points and scope drivers
Publishing a useful range or the factors that move cost helps customers compare options without pretending every business has the same needs.
A focused starter site at FinTec's standard published price. Multilingual content, custom intake, structured data, integrations, and advanced functionality are scoped separately.
Page count, current data quality, number of services and markets, Business Profile condition, content gaps, and integration requirements determine the scope.
Direct answers
What search and AI readiness actually requires
These answers follow current Google Search guidance and distinguish durable practices from predictions about future agent platforms.
Does a website need special AI schema to appear in Google AI features
No. Google says the same SEO fundamentals apply to AI Overviews and AI Mode. The page must be indexable, useful, and eligible to appear with a snippet. Structured data should describe visible content accurately rather than introduce claims that users cannot see.
Is llms.txt required
No. It can be an optional navigation summary for some tools, but Google says no AI text file is required for AI Overviews or AI Mode. The canonical website, internal links, sitemap, and Search Console remain the primary foundation.
What belongs in a business knowledge layer
Reviewed business identity, services, service areas, price ranges or price drivers, policies, processes, credentials, customer questions, answers, proof, contact methods, and the canonical page for each public claim. Private call data should be redacted and approved before publication.
How is this different from a standard SEO review
The technical foundation is still SEO. The additional work is content governance: making business facts complete, sourced, consistent, reviewable, and easy to reuse across the website, Business Profile, reports, and future agent integrations.
Can FinTec guarantee rankings or AI citations
No. Search systems control crawling, indexing, rankings, citations, and recommendations. FinTec can improve eligibility, evidence quality, consistency, page experience, and the ability to measure what happens after release.
Primary references: Google guidance for AI features and websites, Organization structured data, and Google local ranking guidance
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Send the website, Business Profile, services, and markets you want reviewed. FinTec will separate confirmed issues from recommendations and show what each grade is based on.