SEO and AI Search Optimization Agency in New Jersey and New York City
Technical and local SEO plus Answer Engine and Generative Engine Optimization, so your business ranks on Google and gets recommended by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Plans from $1,500 per month, or a one-time Visibility Setup from $2,000.
One-time setup from $2,000 ยท Plans from $1,500/mo
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AppDesign360 (Mango Consulting LLC) provides SEO and AI visibility services for businesses in New Jersey, New York City, and Connecticut: technical SEO, local SEO, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). Plans start at $1,500 per month with a 90-day initial term, a one-time Visibility Setup starts at $2,000, and every engagement begins with a written visibility audit.
Search changed. A customer in Paramus still types a query into Google, but a growing share ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google's AI Overview for a recommendation and act on the first answer. Ranking on page one is now the entry fee; being the business the answer engine names is the prize. We do both: the technical and local SEO that earns rankings, and the structured, answer-first content and entity signals that get you cited and recommended.
We run this playbook on our own site before we sell it. Every page you are reading carries Organization, Service, FAQ, and WebPage schema, the site publishes llms.txt files for AI assistants, and robots.txt explicitly admits GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google-Extended. Mango Consulting LLC is the legal entity behind AppDesign360, an SBA-certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business based in Teaneck, NJ with headquarters in Queens, NY. The work is done by our US-based team, not resold.
Why businesses in NJ and NYC hire us for search
Engineers, not just marketers. We fix Core Web Vitals, crawl paths, and schema in the code because we build websites for a living.
AI search from day one. Answer-first content, FAQ and entity schema, llms.txt, and crawler access are in every plan, not an upsell.
Written audit before any retainer. You see the gaps, the plan, and the expected timeline in writing before you commit.
Local-first for NJ and NYC. Google Business Profile, service-area pages, and citations for Bergen County, the five boroughs, and Fairfield County.
Reporting you can read. Rankings, AI citations, calls, and form fills in one monthly report, plus a quarterly review.
No lock-in. 90-day initial term, then month to month with 30 days notice.
Recent work
Milford India Spice
Restaurant ยท search visibility audit and fixes
A local restaurant whose site was invisible to answer engines: no structured data, slow pages, and no question-and-answer content.
Search Visibility Score moved from 62 (D) to 96 (A+) after schema, speed, and answer-first content fixes
Written visibility audit with an AI-citation baseline
Schema graph, llms.txt, and AI crawler access
Google Business Profile optimization
Fixes on your five highest-intent pages
Credited toward the first month if you continue on a plan
Local SEO + AEO
$1,500 / month
90-day initial term, then month to month
Technical audit and fixes: speed, indexing, schema graph
Google Business Profile optimization and review strategy
Two answer-first service or location pages per month
FAQ schema and llms.txt for AI assistants
Monthly report: rankings, AI citations, calls, forms
Growth SEO + GEO
$3,000 / month
90-day initial term, then month to month
Everything in Local SEO + AEO
Four researched articles or guides per month
Digital PR, citations, and entity building (directories, profiles, mentions)
AI visibility tracking across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews
Conversion tracking and landing page improvements
Full-service search + paid
$5,000 / month
90-day initial term, then month to month
Everything in Growth SEO + GEO
Google Ads and Meta campaign management (ad spend billed separately)
Dedicated landing pages and A/B tests
Quarterly strategy review with your leadership team
Priority engineering time for site changes
Not ready for a retainer? The one-time Visibility Setup gets the foundation done for a fixed price and is credited toward your first month if you continue. Every engagement starts with a written visibility audit that shows what is broken, what we will do, and when to expect results. Ad spend is never marked up. Traditional rankings take 3โ6 months; AI citations and local visibility usually move within 4โ8 weeks.
Industries we build for
Medical and dental practices
Procedure and insurance pages that answer patient questions directly, plus Google Business Profile work for 'near me' searches across Bergen County and Queens.
Law firms
Practice-area content structured so AI assistants can quote it, attorney entity profiles, and citations that build authority.
Home services and contractors
Service-area pages for every town you serve, review generation, and call tracking tied to each page.
Restaurants and retail
Menu and product schema, local listings, and answer-first pages for the questions people ask before they visit.
SaaS and B2B companies
Comparison and alternative pages, documentation that AI engines cite, and entity signals that get your product recommended.
Multi-location brands in NJ and NY
Location page architecture, consistent NAP data, and profile management for every office or store.
SEO vs. AEO vs. GEO: what each one does
SEO
AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)
GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)
What it targets
Google and Bing organic rankings
Featured snippets, People Also Ask, voice assistants
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews
Where you show up
Blue links and local pack
The answer box above the links
Inside the AI-written answer, as a citation or recommendation
We run all three together; the table shows where each one earns its keep.
Audit Report & Comparison
See how an optimized visibility audit looks. Below is a comparison showing the Search Visibility Score of a client before our optimizations and after our full-funnel SEO, AIO, AEO, GEO, and SXO implementation.
Understanding the Landscape (SEO, AIO, AEO, GEO, SXO)
Modern digital visibility is no longer just about Google keyword searches. It is a multi-dimensional challenge of satisfying traditional search engines, conversational answer systems, and generative AI engines. Here is what each acronym means and how we implement them:
SEO โ Search Engine Optimization
Optimizing web properties to rank at the top of organic results on search engines like Google and Bing. We optimize technical architecture, crawl paths, and schema markup to ensure humans finding your services find your site first.
AIO โ AI Engine Optimization
Ensuring that LLM models (GPT, Claude, Gemini) scrape, index, and cleanly synthesize your company's information in their offline training cycles. We design compliant semantic architectures so AI agents find and understand your core value.
AEO โ Answer Engine Optimization
Structuring your content as clear questions and answers to win voice searches, conversational prompts, and Google's featured snippets. We focus on providing precise answers to target high-intent questions.
GEO โ Generative Engine Optimization
Making sure you are dynamically cited and recommended in real-time generative search interfaces like Perplexity, ChatGPT Search, and Google's AI Overviews. We align content with sources that LLMs trust.
SXO โ Search Experience Optimization
Providing a fast, beautiful, and intuitive page experience once searchers land on your website. We tune Core Web Vitals, speed, and mobile responsiveness to guarantee that visits convert into pipeline.
What's Included
Technical SEO: Core Web Vitals, indexing, canonicals, internal linking, sitemaps
Local SEO: Google Business Profile, service-area pages, citations, reviews
SEO (Search Engine Optimization) earns rankings on Google and Bing. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) structures content to win featured snippets, People Also Ask, and voice answers. GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) gets your business cited and recommended inside AI answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. AIO (AI Optimization) makes your site's facts readable to the models themselves. SXO (Search Experience Optimization) makes sure the visit converts: speed, mobile UX, and clear next steps.
They retrieve pages that answer the question directly, come from an entity they can identify (consistent name, address, profiles, and schema), and are corroborated by other sources such as directories, reviews, and mentions. We work on all three: answer-first pages, entity clarity, and third-party corroboration.
Technical fixes and local visibility usually move within 4โ8 weeks. AI citations often follow in the same window because answer engines refresh their sources frequently. Competitive organic rankings take 3โ6 months. Your audit includes a timeline for your market.
Our plans are $1,500, $3,000, and $5,000 per month. Local SEO + AEO at $1,500 covers a single-location business. Growth at $3,000 adds content, digital PR, and AI visibility tracking. Full-service at $5,000 adds paid search and social management, with ad spend billed separately.
No. There is a 90-day initial term so the technical work has time to take effect, then it is month to month with 30 days notice.
Yes. The Visibility Setup is a fixed-price project at $2,000โ$3,000: the written audit, technical fixes, schema graph, llms.txt and crawler access, Google Business Profile optimization, and fixes on your five highest-intent pages, delivered in 2โ3 weeks. It gets the foundation right; ongoing rankings and AI citations still come from monthly content and citations, so the fee is credited toward your first month if you move to a plan.
A written report covering indexing and crawl issues, Core Web Vitals, schema and entity gaps, Google Business Profile status, current rankings, whether AI engines cite you today and who they cite instead, and a prioritized plan with a timeline. It is the first deliverable of every plan.
No, and no honest agency can, because Google and the AI engines control the results. We guarantee the work in your plan, report on it monthly, and let you leave with 30 days notice if it is not producing leads.
Not always. If your site is fast and you own it, we work with it. Slow WordPress themes and page builders often cannot pass Core Web Vitals or carry proper schema, and in those cases a rebuild on our web development plan is the cheaper route.
Yes. That is our home market. We manage Google Business Profiles, build service-area pages for the towns you serve, and clean up citations across directories. We are based in Teaneck, NJ and Queens, NY.
Our US-based team in New Jersey and New York. Nothing is resold to an offshore vendor. The engineers who fix your site are the same people who build our SaaS products.
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