Done for you · fixed monthly fee · Canada

The AI Citation Program, explained end to end

This is the full detail behind our flagship service: what we run every month, what is included at each level of coverage, how it differs from a classic SEO retainer, and the evidence we use to prove your company is being named across 6 major AI engines.

What we run, month after month

01

Measure what AI says about you today

We build a 40–80 prompt set from your real buyer questions and pull answers from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and Perplexity. Every result is dated and logged, so day one has a number attached to it.

02

Fix the entity the engines read

One canonical entity page, Organization schema with sameAs to every claimed profile, consistent Canadian NAP facts, and llms.txt pointing crawlers at the pages worth quoting.

03

Publish the answers, done for you

We write and ship the pages that answer your buyers' questions in the first 60 words, with FAQPage and Service schema built to be quoted. You approve; we publish.

04

Build the third-party sources

AI engines cite the open web, not just your site. Directories, review platforms, comparison content, and community answers get built until your name shows up in the evidence trail.

05

Report the ROI, monthly

Citation rate per engine and per question, AI referral sessions from Search Console and GA4, and the leads that came from them. Fixed fee, so the ROI maths is simple.

Classic SEO services vs. this program

What you win
Classic SEO
A position in a list of blue links
DoodleWeb program
Your company named inside the generated answer
What you get
You get in front of buyers who never scroll to a link list
Where you show up
Classic SEO
Google results page
DoodleWeb program
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews
What you get
Six buying surfaces instead of one
How success is measured
Classic SEO
Keyword rank and impressions
DoodleWeb program
Brand-named citation rate per engine, per buyer question
What you get
A number tied to demand, not to a rank tracker
Who does the work
Classic SEO
Recommendations handed to your team
DoodleWeb program
We write, build, schema, and publish it for you
What you get
Nothing stalls waiting on your developer or marketer
Content
Classic SEO
Keyword-targeted blog posts
DoodleWeb program
Answer-shaped pages engines can quote verbatim
What you get
Pages built to be extracted, not just to rank
Off-site work
Classic SEO
Backlink outreach
DoodleWeb program
Directories, review platforms, comparison pages, community answers
What you get
The corroboration engines require before naming you
Technical layer
Classic SEO
Titles, speed, internal links
DoodleWeb program
Entity graph, Organization/FAQPage/Service schema, llms.txt
What you get
Machine-readable facts the engines trust
Reporting
Classic SEO
Traffic dashboard
DoodleWeb program
Dated answer logs plus Search Console and GA4 AI referrals
What you get
You can see the actual sentence that named you
Commercials
Classic SEO
Hourly retainer with a moving meter
DoodleWeb program
One fixed monthly fee, scoped to your business
What you get
Budget certainty and simple ROI maths

What you get out of it — and how we prove it

Named when buyers ask AI who to hire

Most AI assistants name two to five companies. Being one of them is the whole game.

How we prove it: Dated answer log per engine, per question

Demand you were invisible to

AI answers rarely pass a referrer, so this traffic never shows up in a rank report.

How we prove it: AI referral sessions in Search Console and GA4

Nothing left on your plate

We do the writing, schema, publishing, and source building — you approve.

How we prove it: Published URLs and change log every month

Budget certainty

One fixed monthly fee scoped to your business, agreed in writing before we start.

How we prove it: Written scope and fee, no hourly overruns

Results, not recommendations

We are not the agency that hands you a 60-page audit and walks away.

How we prove it: Citation rate movement month over month

Built for the Canadian market

Canadian entity signals, CAD fees, PIPEDA-aware handling, and bilingual prompts where needed.

How we prove it: City-level and French-language citation logs

Levels of coverage

Foundation

monthly · month 1 is measure + fix

We measure how often ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and Perplexity name you today, who they name instead, and exactly what has to change.

  • 40-prompt buyer question set built from your ICP and Search Console data
  • Baseline citation pull across all five engines, dated and screenshot-logged
  • Competitor citation set — who the engines name in your place, and why
  • Entity, schema, and llms.txt work shipped for you, not handed over as a to-do list
  • Two answer-shaped pages written and published every month
  • Monthly report: citation rate per engine, plus AI referral sessions

A real baseline, then measurable movement on your long-tail buyer questions.

Most chosen

Growth

monthly · most chosen

The full done-for-you program: entity graph, schema, answer pages, and the third-party sources the engines actually read.

  • Everything in Foundation, on a wider prompt set
  • Canonical entity page + Organization schema with sameAs across every profile
  • FAQPage, Service, and Article schema deployed across your commercial pages
  • Four answer-shaped pages or comparison pieces published every month
  • Directory and source coverage: Clutch, GoodFirms, The Manifest, DesignRush + vertical sources
  • Weekly citation pulls across all six engines with a delta report
  • Named senior Canadian lead, no junior swap

Named in AI answers on your priority questions, with the dated log to prove it.

Category Leader

monthly · multi-market & bilingual

Multi-city and bilingual coverage, higher content volume, and reporting your board can read.

  • Everything in Growth, across multiple cities, languages, or product lines
  • English and French prompt sets monitored side by side
  • Eight or more answer, comparison, and listicle pieces per month
  • Ongoing review-platform, Reddit, and community answer work
  • Quarterly competitive benchmark against your named competitor set
  • ROI report: citation rate by engine, AI referral sessions, pipeline attribution

You become the default name the engines read out in your category.

What is included in each monthly DoodleWeb Canada AI citation plan
What's includedFoundationCanadian companies that want the numbers before scaling up.Fixed monthly feeGrowthCompanies that already rank on Google but never get named by AI.Fixed monthly feeCategory LeaderBrands that want to own the category answer, in several markets.Fixed monthly fee
Buyer prompt set monitored40 prompts80 prompts150+ prompts
Engines monitoredAll 6All 6, weeklyAll 6, weekly per market
Citation reporting cadenceMonthlyWeekly + monthlyWeekly + monthly + quarterly benchmark
Answer pages written & published2 / month4 / month8+ / month
Entity page + Organization schema
FAQPage / Service / Article schemaKey pagesAll commercial pagesAll pages, all markets
llms.txt + llms-full.txt
Directory & review-platform workCore 4Core 4 + verticalFull programme + reviews
Reddit & community answers
Bilingual (EN + FR) coverageOptional
Multi-city coverage1 market2 marketsUnlimited markets
Search Console + GA4 AI referral reporting
Pipeline attribution reporting
Named senior Canadian leadSharedNamedNamed + strategist
Fee modelFixed monthlyFixed monthlyFixed monthly

Every engagement is a fixed monthly fee in CAD, scoped to your business — site size, page count, number of prompts, and how many markets or languages you need covered. We confirm the fee in writing before any work starts, and it does not change unless you approve a new scope. No hourly meter, no surprise invoices.

Every engagement is a fixed monthly fee in CAD, scoped to your business — site size, page count, number of prompts, and how many markets or languages you need covered. We confirm the fee in writing before any work starts, and it does not change unless you approve a new scope. No hourly meter, no surprise invoices.

Q&A

AI Citation Program — questions we get asked

How is the AI citation program priced?
As one fixed monthly fee in CAD, scoped to your business. The fee depends on your site size, page count, how many buyer prompts we monitor, and how many markets or languages you need covered. We put the scope and the fee in writing before any work starts, and it does not change unless you approve a new scope. There is no hourly meter. Book a 30-minute call and we quote your monthly fee after looking at your site and your baseline citation pull.
Which AI platforms do you get us cited on?
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Every engine is queried on the same prompt set so the report is comparable engine to engine.
How long until we show up in AI answers?
Long-tail commercial questions usually show first citations in 30–60 days after the entity and schema work ships. Broad category questions such as "best web design agency in Vancouver" take 90–180 days because the engines want consistent third-party reinforcement first.
Is this SEO with a new name?
No. Classic SEO optimises for a blue link position. This work optimises for being named inside a generated answer, which depends on your entity graph, machine-readable schema, answer formatting, and third-party sources. We report brand-named citation rate per engine, not keyword rank.
Do you only work with Canadian companies?
DoodleWeb Canada is based in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and the program is built for Canadian companies — Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, and everywhere between — including CAD pricing, PIPEDA-aware handling, and Canadian entity signals. We do serve cross-border brands where the Canadian market is the priority.
What makes the fee fixed?
Scope is written down before we start: prompt count, pages published, engines monitored, markets covered, and reporting cadence. If the scope changes you approve a new fixed monthly fee. There are no hourly overruns.
Do you just tell us what to do, or do you do it?
We do it. DoodleWeb Canada is a done-for-you team: we write and publish the answer pages, deploy the schema, build the entity graph and llms.txt, do the directory and community source work, and then show you the dated citation logs. You approve the work; you do not implement it.

Q&A

Frequently asked questions about DoodleWeb

What is DoodleWeb?
DoodleWeb is a Surrey, BC-headquartered digital agency (founded 2019) that designs, builds, and grows websites and digital platforms on Drupal, WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, BigCommerce, and React for higher education, government, aerospace, healthcare, nonprofit, and growing brands across Canada and the United States.
Where is DoodleWeb based?
DoodleWeb is headquartered at 13655 Fraser Highway, 11th Floor, Surrey, BC V3T 2V6, Canada. We serve clients across Canada and the United States.
What services does DoodleWeb offer?
Custom web design and development, CMS builds and migrations (Drupal, WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, BigCommerce), eCommerce, headless commerce, React/Next.js engineering, React Native mobile apps, rebranding, accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA, AODA, Section 508), Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), and SLA-backed managed hosting and maintenance.
How much does a DoodleWeb website cost?
Marketing sites start around CAD $16K, CMS rebuilds run CAD $34K–$108K, and enterprise Drupal, headless commerce, and government platforms start at CAD $108K and scale to $340K+. Every project quote is fixed-fee by milestone and returned within 48 hours of the discovery call, with no retainer hidden inside the project fee. Care plans and marketing retainers are separate, publicly priced monthly subscriptions. All figures are starting points, not flat rates — final pricing varies with site size, page count, content volume, integrations, custom functionality, and migration complexity.
How long does a website project take?
Marketing sites launch in 6–10 weeks, mid-market CMS platforms in 10–16 weeks, and enterprise Drupal, government, or commerce rebuilds in 4–6 months. Exact timeline, milestone dates, and acceptance criteria are written into the SOW before kickoff.
Can DoodleWeb get my brand cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude?
Yes. Our AEO/GEO program restructures content into Q&A patterns, ships FAQ / Organization / Article / BreadcrumbList JSON-LD schema, publishes /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt, and runs weekly citation tests across all four major answer engines so engines extract and cite your brand. Initial citations typically appear within 30–60 days.
How do I contact DoodleWeb?
Email info@doodleweb.ca or book a free 30-minute consultation at https://doodleweb.ca/book. You will speak directly with a senior strategist, not a sales rep.