Is Your Site Readable by AI? | FuseHub
A note on how search is changing

People stopped scrolling.
Now they just ask.

ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI Overviews are answering questions directly, without a click. What decides whether your business gets mentioned isn't your homepage copy. It's a layer of code most sites don't have.

What a person sees
Böehm Construction
777 Poplar St Unit E, Nanaimo, BC
Serving Nanaimo, Parksville & Qualicum Beach
★★★★★  4.8 · 33 Google reviews
Mon–Fri · 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
What an AI reads
{
  "@type": "GeneralContractor",
  "name": "Böehm Construction",
  "address": "777 Poplar St Unit E, Nanaimo, BC",
  "areaServed": ["Nanaimo", "Parksville", "Qualicum Beach"],
  "aggregateRating": {
    "ratingValue": "4.8",
    "reviewCount": "33"
  },
  "openingHoursSpecification": {
    "dayOfWeek": ["Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri"],
    "opens": "08:00",
    "closes": "16:30"
  }
}
Hover either side. This is the code an AI actually reads to recommend a business.
Sourced from Böehm Construction's public Google Business listing.

Here is an example of how Böehm Construction shows up in ChatGPT*

[ Screenshot of the ChatGPT conversation goes here ]

*Results may vary by location and by what an AI tool already knows about the area.

SEO got you found. This gets you cited.

Answer engines don't crawl your site the way Google's search index does. They look for structured, machine readable facts they can quote with confidence. Without that layer, an AI has no reliable way to describe your business, so it usually just leaves you out.

Search: 10 blue links
Answer engines: 1 direct answer
Your site: cited or skipped

We inject the data layer AI is actually looking for.

Squarespace doesn't generate this on its own. We build and install it directly into your site: invisible to visitors, load bearing for anything reading your site by machine.

openingHoursSpecification

Hours, per day

So "is it open right now" gets answered correctly, including irregular days off.

aggregateRating / review

Reviews and star ratings

Testimonials structured so they can surface as ratings in search and get cited as social proof by AI tools.

award

Awards and recognition

Who gave it, and when, so it reads as a verifiable credential rather than a claim.

areaServed

Multiple locations or service areas

Each city, address, or region listed on its own, so a business serving several areas can be found from any of them.

FAQPage

Common questions

Written as direct question and answer pairs, the exact shape an answer engine is built to lift and quote.

"When we ask new clients how they found us, we hear more and more: 'we asked ChatGPT.' That's new. FuseHub made sure our site explains who we are in a way AI tools can actually understand and recommend. It's invisible to visitors, but it's clearly working, and crucial for our business."
Böehm Construction
Jeff Böehm
Owner, Böehm Construction

A one-time build, not a subscription you have to think about.

Every quote is scoped to your site. Rough starting points below.

Initial setup
$250 – $500

Core business schema plus reviews, hours, and FAQs for a single-location site.

Per additional location
$75 – $150

Its own address, phone, and hours, listed so it can be found on its own.

Per additional page
$25 – $50

Blog posts, service pages, or anything else worth making machine readable.

Find out what's missing from your site.

A quick look tells us whether your site is currently readable by AI tools, and what a setup would involve.

Email roland@fusehub.ca
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