We help Okanagan businesses get found on Google and cited by AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini. That means on-page SEO across your key pages, LocalBusiness and Organization schema markup, FAQ formatting built for direct answers, and long-form articles of 1,000-1,200 words posted straight to your site.
SEO
AEO
Kelowna
SEO and AEO, and why both now matter
Search engine optimisation gets you into Google results. Answer engine optimisation gets you quoted by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI summaries when someone asks a question rather than types a keyword. They overlap but they are not the same job. Ranking rewards authority and relevance; being cited rewards clear structure, direct answers and machine-readable facts about your business. We work on both, because a growing share of local searches now ends without anyone clicking a blue link.
What on-page work involves
We audit and rewrite the page titles and meta descriptions that decide whether anyone clicks, fix heading structure so each page has one clear subject, add LocalBusiness and Organization schema markup so search engines can confirm who and where you are, format your key questions for direct-answer extraction, tighten internal linking, and resolve the technical issues that quietly hold a site back. Then we track keyword positions and adjust.
Google Business Profile management
For local businesses this is often worth more than the website. We run one to two updates or posts a week, manage and respond to reviews, upload photos monthly, maintain the questions and answers section, and keep your name, address and phone number consistent everywhere they appear. That runs $250 to $450 per month, with a $350 to $500 setup where the profile needs building or reclaiming.
Content that earns the ranking
Thin pages do not rank and do not get cited. We write long-form articles of 1,000 to 1,200 words that answer the questions your customers actually search, formatted with direct-answer openings, proper subheadings and supporting graphics, then publish them to your site. Two articles a month runs $350 to $500; four articles runs $650 to $950. Everything is written for the reader first, because content written for crawlers now reads as spam to both.
What it costs
SEO and AEO essentials, covering on-page optimisation for up to five key pages, schema markup, entity formatting and keyword tracking, runs $600 to $1,000 per month. Blog bundles run $350 to $950 depending on volume. Google Business management runs $250 to $450. Most clients combine all three, and combining them in a retainer costs less than buying each separately.
How long does SEO take to work in Kelowna?
Google Business improvements and local map visibility often move within the first month. Organic rankings for competitive service terms typically take three to six months of consistent work before they translate into steady enquiries. Anyone promising first-page results in weeks is either targeting terms nobody searches or is about to do something that gets your site penalised.
What is AEO and does my business need it?
Answer engine optimisation is structuring your site so AI assistants can find, understand and quote it. If your customers are the kind of people who now ask ChatGPT for a recommendation instead of searching Google, then yes. In practice it means schema markup that states your services and service area as data, questions phrased the way people ask them, and clear factual answers, including prices, that an engine can safely repeat.
Do you guarantee first-page rankings?
No, and neither can anyone else honestly. What we do guarantee is the work: the technical fixes, the schema, the content and the reporting, all documented so you can see exactly what changed and what it moved. If a provider guarantees position one on a competitive term, ask what happens when they miss.