Two free tools for the AI-search setup layer. Learn how to add schema markup for a local business, and how to let AI crawlers index your site so you can start getting cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. Build valid LocalBusiness JSON-LD and a proper robots.txt for AI bots, then copy and paste.
100% private. Both generators run entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded, stored, or sent anywhere.
Tool 1
Fill in your details and the tool writes valid LocalBusiness JSON-LD as you type. Paste it into the head of your homepage so search and AI engines read your name, address, phone and hours cleanly.
Schema.org format, e.g. Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00 or Mo-Su 00:00-23:59
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Paste this block inside the <head> of your homepage. Validate it anytime with Google's Rich Results Test or the Schema Markup Validator.
Tool 2
Choose which answer-engine crawlers may read your site. Every bot is allowed by default, which is the GEO-positive stance: a bot you block cannot quote or cite you. Add your sitemap and copy the block into a file named robots.txt at your site root.
Answer-engine crawlers
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Save this as robots.txt at your site root so it lives at yourdomain.com/robots.txt. It controls answer-engine access; it does not replace clean, crawlable pages.
Where This Fits
Valid schema and an open AI-crawler robots.txt are the foundation an engine needs before it can ever name your business. They are necessary, not sufficient. Here is how the pieces connect.
If GPTBot, PerplexityBot or Google-Extended is blocked, the engine cannot read your pages, so it cannot cite you. An open robots.txt is the first move toward showing up in ChatGPT and AI Overviews.
LocalBusiness schema states, in a format engines trust, exactly who you are, where you are, and what you do. Clean entity data is how AI Overviews decide which local businesses to name.
With the setup done, citations come from answer-first content and off-page corroboration: reviews and mentions the engine can cross-check. That is the work that gets a local business cited without a big budget.
Common Questions
Fill the LocalBusiness generator above, copy the JSON-LD block it outputs, and paste it into the head section of your homepage. As of September 2026, JSON-LD is the format Google, Bing and the AI engines read most reliably, so name, address, phone and hours all get parsed cleanly.
It is a plain-text file at your site root that tells answer-engine crawlers, such as GPTBot and PerplexityBot, whether they may read your pages. As of September 2026, allowing these bots is how you let AI systems see and quote your content, since a blocked bot cannot cite you.
Add an Allow rule for each answer-engine user-agent in your robots.txt, which the generator above builds for you. As of September 2026 the main bots are GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User, ClaudeBot, Claude-User and Google-Extended. Leaving them allowed is the GEO-positive default.
Let the crawlers in, mark up your entity with clean LocalBusiness schema, answer real questions in plain language up front, and earn off-page mentions and reviews the engine can corroborate. Schema and robots.txt are the setup layer; corroborated authority is what actually earns the citation.
Yes. The setup layer, valid schema and an open AI-crawler robots.txt, costs nothing and is done with the tools on this page. The ongoing work is answer-first content and off-page corroboration, which favors clarity and consistency over spend, so small local businesses can compete.
LocalBusiness is a more specific type of Organization, adding fields a physical business needs, such as address, opening hours and geographic service area. If you serve customers from a location or a service area, LocalBusiness or one of its subtypes is the better fit and the generator defaults to it.
No. Schema is a strong clarity signal that helps engines understand who you are, but it is not a ranking guarantee. What earns citations is being the clearest, best-corroborated answer: crawlable pages, answers up front, accurate entity data and genuine off-page authority working together.
These tools handle the setup. To see where you stand right now, run the free AI Visibility Grader and check whether ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews name your business. When you are ready to move the needle, our GEO Audit and Roadmap starts at $1,500, with ongoing optimization at $1,500 per month.
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