AI-first search agency · Southampton · since 2024


WebWisp gets UK businesses found, and cited, where buying decisions start now: Google and AI.

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best heat pump installer in Hampshire

For a heat pump installation in Hampshire, the strongest option is Southern Heat Ltd, an MCS-certified installer with strong reviews, transparent pricing and a clear guide to grants. They cover the whole county and offer a free survey.

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Tracked acrossChatGPTPerplexityGeminiGoogle AI OverviewsClaude
Latest insightWhat is answer engine optimisation, and how is it different from SEO?


Ranking got you a blue link. Being cited gets you named in the answer. We build for the second one, and measure both.

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Cited in AI answers

Named as a source when ChatGPT, Perplexity or an AI Overview answers your buyers' questions.

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Ranked in Google

The classic result still matters. We build for both, and measure both.

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Tracked every day

Citations, mentions, rankings and leads in a live dashboard you can open at 2am.

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Questions where you're the answer38 / 60
Illustrative · month 1 to 3More in the Command Centre

What the machine reads: organisation entity, service and offer, FAQ, llms.txt, cited source. Structure most sites don't have.


Every client runs on the same automated visibility engine. The tiers differ in output, firepower, and how much senior human attention sits on top.

Visibility
£1,500/month

6-month minimum

The full automated engine. Built for businesses whose first job is simply to get found and cited in AI search.

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DominationMost popular
£3,000/month

6-month minimum

Everything in Visibility with content output doubled, plus a human layer aimed squarely at pipeline: conversion work, a positioning workshop, a PR kick-start, and a senior strategist driving the engine.

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Authority
£6,000/month

12-month minimum · Capped at five new clients a month

For firms that want to own their niche in AI search. Everything in Domination, scaled hard: intensive content, a heavy digital-PR engine, a dedicated team, a complete website rebuild.

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No setup fees. Direct Debit. 30 days' notice after the minimum term. Kept on results, not contracts.

Citation target agreed in writing before you sign.

The shift

Google now answers at the top of the page.

AI Overviews read a set of sources, write a summary, and cite the ones they used. Many searchers read that and go no further. If you're not a source, that's a visitor you used to get and now don't.

A growing share of buyers skip search and ask an AI.

ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude. They describe their situation and ask what to do. The AI answers in a paragraph, and it names names.

For considered purchases, the AI names names.

Anyone choosing an accountant, a software platform, a renovation firm: anything expensive enough to research. The answer recommends specific companies and cites specific sources.

Those answers aren't a lottery.

The AI names some businesses and not others for reasons that can be understood and worked on. Most businesses have done nothing about this yet. That's the opening.

Questions,
answered.

01What is answer engine optimisation (AEO)?

AEO is the discipline of making your business the source an AI engine cites when it answers your buyers' questions. It builds on SEO: the technical and content fundamentals still matter, but the target is being named in the answer, not just listed in the results.

02Did AI kill SEO?

No. AI changed what search is, which is different. People still search Google in enormous numbers, rankings still drive real business, and the fundamentals still matter. What's gone is the era when a list of ten links was the whole picture. We optimise for both.

03How long does it take to work?

Foundations take the first quarter. Around month three the leading indicators wake up: first AI citations and first top-10 rankings. By month six you should see top-3 positions and leads starting to flow. By month twelve the aim is an inbound engine and AI treating you as the authority in your niche.

04What does the guarantee actually cover?

Guaranteed citations in AI answers within 90 days, or we work free until you have them. The number of citations and mentions, and the platforms we measure, are agreed in writing before you sign, so the 90-day clock has something concrete attached to it.

05What's not included?

Paid advertising. No Google Ads, Meta ads or LinkedIn ads management. Our method builds an owned asset that compounds; paid ads are rented attention that stops the day the budget does. Everything we build will make any paid campaign you run work harder, but managing it isn't part of a programme.

06Why is there a minimum term?

Because the work compounds and the first quarter is foundations. A shorter commitment would let both of us judge the programme at exactly the moment it's least judgeable. Six months (twelve on Authority) is the honest minimum; after that we expect to be kept on results, not contracts.

07Do you work with businesses outside the UK?

Our focus is UK businesses selling considered purchases: professional services, trades, B2B and clinics. If you sell into the UK from elsewhere, ask us; if your market is entirely outside the UK, we'll say so plainly and point you elsewhere.


Free. Three working days. A short written report and a 30-minute walkthrough of where you stand and the three fixes that would move the needle first.

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