Free AI SEO Audit and AI Overview Audit for Portland Oregon Businesses
Does Google's AI Overview cite your business right now?
This free AI Overview audit for Portland, Oregon businesses runs 5 live Google searches from your city and shows whether each AI Overview cites you and who it cites instead. It also checks Google AI Mode and Perplexity, reads your page and prices a plan from the results. No email needed.
Free and live. We check the searches on Google through a data provider, keep the results for 24 hours so a repeat run is instant, and ask for no personal details.
Portland Peak SEO runs 2 free AI SEO audits for Portland, Oregon businesses on this page. The AI Overview audit runs 5 live Google searches and shows whether each AI Overview cites your website, and who is cited instead. The live SEO audit runs 58 checks on your page and its speed. Both price a plan, with no email asked.
Written and maintained by Andreas Benavente, Founder, Portland Peak SEO · Updated October 27, 2026
GOOGLE AI OVERVIEWS · GOOGLE AI MODE · PERPLEXITY · 58-CHECK SEO AUDITHow does the free live SEO audit score your page?
The live SEO audit runs 58 checks on one page in seconds: 51 on the page itself (18 technical, 10 for AI search, 16 on-page and 7 for local and trust) and 7 from Google's own mobile speed test. You see every pass, warning and failure in plain English, a score for each area, and the plan that fits, at its published price.
Free, no email needed. The check reads one public page the way a search engine does.
What the audit found
What is the difference between an AI SEO audit and a regular SEO audit?
An AI SEO audit checks 2 things a classic SEO audit leaves out: whether AI answers such as Google's AI Overviews quote your website, and who they quote instead. A classic SEO audit stops at crawling, indexing and rankings. This page runs both: the 58-check live SEO audit and the 5-search AI Overview audit.
| Question | Live SEO audit | AI Overview audit | Free SEO audit, read by a person |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it reads | One page of your site | 5 live Google searches placed in your city, plus your page | Your site and the searches you compete in, read by Andreas Benavente |
| What it answers | What on the page holds it back in search | Whether Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and Perplexity cite you, and who they cite instead | Which pages earn you money and what to fix first |
| How much it checks | 58 checks: 51 on the page in 4 areas, plus 7 from Google's mobile speed test | 5 searches, 3 answer engines and 4 readiness pillars | 5 areas of your site |
| Time to a result | Seconds, then the speed test | 9 to 118 seconds in our tests | A written report by email |
| Cost | $0, no email asked | $0, no email asked | $0, with an email to send it to |
Pick the AI Overview audit to learn whether Google's AI answers name you, and the live SEO audit to learn what on the page holds it back. For a person to read the whole site, request the free SEO audit for Portland businesses. We compare the 2 disciplines in more depth in AI SEO vs traditional SEO.
What does the AI Overview audit check?
The audit checks 3 answer engines and your own page in one run: Google AI Overviews on 5 searches, Google AI Mode on 2 and Perplexity on up to 2. Each Google search is located in your city. Your page is then scored on 4 readiness pillars: eligible, answerable, understood and trusted.
| Check | What you see | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| AI Overview on each search | Whether one showed, its opening text and every site it links to | Google results, captured live through DataForSEO |
| Your citation | Cited, not cited, or an overview that could not be read | Each linked site matched against your domain |
| Who is cited instead | The sites Google linked in place of yours, counted across your searches | The same Google capture |
| Google AI Mode | Whether AI Mode answers your 2 main searches and links to you | Google AI Mode, captured live |
| Perplexity | Whether Perplexity cites or names you, on the best-of search and on a question about your business | Perplexity, asked live |
| Top results and map pack | Where you rank, who holds the top results and who holds the map pack | The same Google capture |
| People also ask | The questions Google shows beside your searches | The same Google capture |
| Page readiness | Whether Google can show and quote the page, whether it holds an answer worth lifting, whether Google knows who you are, and whether the business looks real and current | Your page, read live by the same engine as our free live SEO audit |
The 5 searches it runs
- Your service and city, such as roof repair portland
- Best, such as best roof repair in portland
- Cost, such as how much does roof repair cost in portland
- Your business name and city, when the audit can read the name from your page
- A question from your own page headings, or how to choose a company when your page has none
You can edit any of the 5 and run the audit again. Results for each search are kept for 24 hours, so a repeat run is instant.
How often does Google show an AI Overview on Portland service searches?
Google showed an AI Overview on 10 of 22 Portland searches we captured on October 25, 2026, in the form best [trade] in Portland OR across 8 trades. Personal injury lawyer searches showed one in 3 of 3 runs. Electrician and auto repair searches showed none. All 22 also showed a map pack.
| Trade | Portland, October 25, 2026 | 12-state study, Sept 30 to Oct 1, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Personal injury lawyer | 3 of 3 runs | 68 of 163 answers (41.7%) |
| HVAC repair | 2 of 3 runs | 55 of 163 answers (33.7%) |
| Roofing contractor | 1 of 3 runs | 43 of 166 answers (25.9%) |
| Landscaping company | 1 of 2 runs | 32 of 164 answers (19.5%) |
| Plumber | 2 of 3 runs | 26 of 168 answers (15.5%) |
| Auto repair shop | 0 of 2 runs | 16 of 165 answers (9.7%) |
| Electrician | 0 of 3 runs | 16 of 168 answers (9.5%) |
| Dentist | 1 of 3 runs | 16 of 170 answers (9.4%) |
| All 8 trades | 10 of 22 runs | 272 of 1,327 answers (20.5%) |
How we measured it: Google results through DataForSEO, desktop, located in Portland, Oregon, in 3 runs between 1:37 and 1:41 pm Pacific. Two captures returned a provider error and are left out rather than guessed: auto repair in run 2 and landscaping in run 3. The 12-state study asked the same 8 trades the same way in a metro in each of 12 states, 3 runs per state. Its by-trade figures are published here for the first time; the totals are on the AI Search Index from our sister brand Uncharted SEO.
Does the same search always show the same AI Overview?
No: 5 of 8 Portland trades switched between showing and hiding an AI Overview across 3 runs inside 5 minutes on October 25, 2026. HVAC repair and plumber showed one in 2 of 3 runs. Our 12-state study found the same pattern, so the audit shows every search it ran rather than one verdict.
In the 12-state study, 376 searches were captured in all 3 runs. Only 10 of them showed an AI Overview every time, 210 never showed one, and the rest changed between runs.
Treat any single result as a dated sample. That is why your plan targets the searches themselves, not one screenshot, and why we suggest running the audit again in a month.
Who does Google's AI Overview cite on Portland service searches?
All 9 Portland AI Overviews that linked outside sources on October 25, 2026 cited at least one local business's own website. One more overview linked only to Google. A top 3 organic result was among the cited pages in 8 of the 9, but the number 1 result was cited in only 2.
The sites cited that were not a local business: ConsumerAffairs, Angi, Justia, Reddit, bbb.org, Portland Monthly, Delta Dental, Zocdoc and eloa.org. Everything else Google linked was a business's own site, such as a law firm, an HVAC company or a landscaper.
| What we counted | Portland, October 25, 2026 | 12-state study |
|---|---|---|
| AI Overviews seen | 10 | 272 |
| Linked only to Google | 1 of 10 | 92 of 272 (33.8%) |
| Outside citations to businesses doing the work | At least 1 in all 9 that linked out | 464 of 780 (59.5%) |
| Outside citations to directories and lists | ConsumerAffairs, Angi, Justia, bbb.org, Zocdoc | 228 of 780 (29.2%) |
| Outside citations to publishers | Reddit, Portland Monthly | 85 of 780 (10.9%) |
The pattern is plain: Google mostly cites the businesses themselves, and usually ones that already rank near the top. A page that ranks well and answers the search is what the plan below works on. The 12-state figures are from the Uncharted SEO AI Search Index, last updated October 23, 2026.
What does Google say a page needs to appear in an AI Overview?
Google says a page needs 2 things to be shown as a link in an AI Overview: it must be indexed, and it must be eligible to show in Search with a snippet. Google adds that there are no extra technical requirements and no special schema to add. Preview controls such as nosnippet and max-snippet limit what Search can show.
| Google's requirement | How the audit checks it |
|---|---|
| Indexed | No noindex in the page or its headers, robots.txt lets Google in, the canonical points at the page, and the page loads over HTTPS |
| Eligible for a snippet | No nosnippet, no max-snippet under 160 characters, and no large data-nosnippet blocks around your answers |
| Our addition, not a Google rule: an answer worth lifting | Question headings, short direct answers, lists and visible FAQs that an overview can quote |
Google also says its Google-Extended control is for limiting AI training and grounding in some of its other systems, and is separate from Search. Traffic from AI features is counted in the Search Console Performance report, under the Web search type. Source: AI features and your website, Google Search Central, last updated December 10, 2025, read October 25, 2026.
How do you run an AI SEO audit by hand?
A manual AI SEO audit has 5 steps: search your service and city privately, open the AI Overview, list the sites it links, repeat 3 times, then confirm your page is indexed. The AI Overview audit above runs those steps on 5 searches at once, placed in your city, and adds AI Mode and Perplexity.
- Search the way a customer would. Use a private browser window so your own history does not shape the result, and type your service and city, such as roof repair portland.
- Open the AI Overview. If one shows, expand it and read the opening answer. Note whether it names your business.
- List every site it links. Open the sources it shows and write down each domain. These are the sites Google cites instead of you, or beside you.
- Repeat the search 3 times. On October 25, 2026, 5 of 8 Portland trades switched between showing and hiding an AI Overview within 5 minutes, so one search is not a verdict.
- Confirm your page can be cited. In Google Search Console, inspect the page and check that it is indexed, then check that it carries no nosnippet tag. Those are the 2 things Google says a page needs.
A private window still uses your location, so it shows what searchers near you see. The audit places each search in the city you enter instead, so a Portland business can check Beaverton or Salem from its own office.
How does the audit price a plan for your business?
The audit picks 1 of our 3 published plans, $450, $950 or $2,500 a month, from what your live searches and your page show. Any AI Overview, AI Mode or Perplexity gap, or a readiness score under 70, points to Growth. Statewide or national goals point to Authority.
| Plan | Monthly | When the audit picks it |
|---|---|---|
| Local | $450 | One location, and no AI answer gap on your searches |
| Growth | $950 | 2 to 5 locations, any AI answer gap, or readiness under 70 |
| Authority | $2,500 | Statewide or national customers |
What the written scope lists
- Fixes for week one, taken from every readiness check your page failed
- The searches we go after, each with the sites Google cites there today
- Answers to publish in month one, taken from the People also ask questions on your searches: 2, 4 or 8 posts a month by plan
- Schema, entity and trust work for each check that did not pass
- The map pack, when other businesses hold it on your searches
- Editorial links and listings, when Perplexity does not name you yet
A website build at $2,200, $4,500 or $8,500 is added only when your page fails the HTTPS or mobile check, or scores under 60 on technical health. Prices are from our pricing page, which is the single source of truth if the two ever differ. Every monthly plan runs month to month.
What will the AI Overview audit not tell you?
The audit shows 5 searches at one moment from one city, and it will not promise a citation. Google itself states that no one can promise a particular position in its results. AI Overviews change between runs and over time, so treat each result as a dated sample and run it again next month.
It also does not check ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot. Those answer differently from Google, and a fair check of them needs more than one question. Google's statement on promises is on its page Do you need an SEO?
What do Google reviews say about the firm behind this AI Overview audit?
Our Google Business Profile showed a 5.0 rating from 4 Google reviews when we read it on October 23, 2026. Two of those reviews appear below word for word, one from Michael Richardson of MGI, a construction and environmental services firm, and one from Jacob Levin of Jacob Levin Law, a law firm in Redding, California, with each reviewer's name as Google shows it. Both describe the SEO work as a whole. Every review, and the current count, is also on our Google Business Profile.
★★★★★
“5 star service. Whenever we need changes on our website Andreas calls us back Immediately. The AI skills are top notch. They made our website stand out and get noticed.”
★★★★★
“Andreas is a wizard with rankings. His websites are amazing, his communication is superb. Cannot recommend enough.”
These are clients' own words, so we have not edited them. One client's experience, however, does not predict another's.
Andreas Benavente, founder
Andreas does the search and page work on every account, from Lake Oswego, Oregon, and writes each monthly report, so the person you talk to is the person doing the work.
What do people ask about the AI Overview audit?
People ask what the audit costs, how long it takes and which engines it checks: nothing, 9 to 118 seconds for a live run in our tests, and 3 engines. Those are Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode and Perplexity. It asks for no email or phone number, and you keep the result.
The audit
Is the AI Overview audit free?
Yes. It costs nothing, asks for no email, and you can print the result or save it as a PDF. Each visitor can run 3 live audits an hour and 6 a day.
How long does the AI Overview audit take?
Live runs took 9 to 45 seconds in our tests on October 25, 2026, and 86 to 118 seconds on October 26, when Google's data provider was slow. A repeat run of the same searches within 24 hours is instant, because results are kept for a day.
Is there a free AI SEO audit for Portland businesses?
Yes. This page runs 2 free audits for Portland, Oregon businesses: the AI Overview audit on 5 live Google searches and the live SEO audit with 58 checks. Neither asks for an email, and both price a plan from our published rates.
Does the audit check ChatGPT?
No. It checks Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode and Perplexity. ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot are not part of this audit.
The results
Why did my AI Overview result change when I ran it again?
AI Overviews come and go between runs. On October 25, 2026, 5 of 8 Portland trades switched between showing and hiding one within 5 minutes. A repeat run within 24 hours shows the stored result.
Will the audit get my business cited by Google?
Not by itself, and nobody can promise a citation, because nobody controls which sources Google cites. The plan works on what Google says a page needs, being indexed and able to show a snippet, plus rankings and answers to the questions people search.
Do you run AI Overview audits outside Portland?
Yes. The tool runs for any US city you enter, and our plans cover businesses in all 50 states. The Portland figures on this page come from our own capture on October 25, 2026.
What happens after I get my plan?
You can check out the plan online, ask for it as a written quote through the form below, or call (971) 280-2861. Every monthly plan runs month to month.
How do you get your AI Overview plan as a written quote?
The form needs 3 things, your name, email and website, and the request goes to Andreas Benavente, our founder. If you ran the audit, the quote button under your plan fills in your website and a summary of the results for you. You can also call (971) 280-2861.
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Where should you go after the AI Overview audit?
Request the free SEO audit next if you want a person to read your whole site: it covers 5 areas and arrives within 48 hours. Our AI Overview optimization page explains the work itself. Pricing lists all 3 monthly plans, and the AI Search Index holds the 12-state data behind this page.
Ready to see who Google cites instead of you?
Use the audits above and you will see each search, each AI answer and the sites cited in your place, plus 58 checks on your own page and its speed, with a priced plan underneath. Both cost nothing and ask for no email. You can also call (971) 280-2861 to talk it through.