Why isn't my business showing up when people ask AI for a tradie recommendation?

It usually isn't a quality problem, it's a visibility problem. AI tools build their answers from a wider mix of sources than a traditional search results page: your reviews, how your business is described across different sites, and whether that description is current. If those sources are thin, inconsistent or old, the AI has nothing solid to recommend you on, even if you're the best tradie in the suburb.

The shift is moving fast. In the US, 45% of consumers used an AI tool to find a local business in the past year, up from 6% the year before. Australians are already heavy AI users, with 58% using AI tools in an average four weeks, so the same habit is arriving here. The tradies who show up in those answers get the first call.

The good news is this isn't something you need to learn or manage yourself on top of running jobs. Wombid checks where you stand in AI search, tells you plainly what's working and what isn't, and for paying customers keeps fixing it in the background. The free AI Visibility Audit is the fastest way to see where you sit right now.

This article started as a Wombid Weekly issue. The email archive is at wombid.com.au/weekly/issue-1.