About Elmo
Helping small businesses get found in AI search
More people now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google's AI Overviews who to call — a dentist, a plumber, an accountant — instead of scrolling a page of links. Elmo shows a business whether those systems can read its website, what they actually answer, and what to change.
Why we built it
Good SEO is still the foundation: Google says its AI features use the same systems as search. But some small-business sites quietly block the crawlers AI search depends on, hide their basic facts behind JavaScript, or aren't listed where AI answers look. Those are fixable, if you know about them.
Agencies can check this by hand, but most local businesses don't have an SEO team. Elmo does the checking for $20 a month and tells you, in order, what to fix.
What we believe
- Clarity over complexity
- Most fixes are simple: let search and AI crawlers in, say plainly what you do and where, and be listed where your customers look.
- Evidence, not guesswork
- We only score what search engines and AI providers document, or what we can measure on your site. Every fix says why it matters and links to its source.
- Written for owners, not SEO teams
- Reports explain each issue in plain language with step-by-step fixes, and copy-paste code where code is needed.
How an audit works
- 1
We crawl your website
Up to 20 pages, plus requests as Googlebot, Bingbot, OAI-SearchBot and PerplexityBot to see whether each can get in.
- 2
We check what affects whether you get found
Indexing and crawler access, your key facts, local listings, real AI search answers and site speed. The methodology page lists every check and how the score is weighted.
- 3
You get a fix-first list
Ordered by expected impact relative to effort, usually within about 3 minutes. You can ask Elmo questions about any finding.
- Read the methodology or open a sample report.
See how AI search sees you
7-day free trial · cancel anytime · results in ~3 minutes
Questions? Email support@elmoseo.com.