The questions customers ask
Start with questions that match the meals and occasions you want to be considered for. Examples to adapt include “best ramen near [landmark]”, “vegetarian restaurant open late in [city]”, “where to eat with a group of ten in [area]” and “romantic dinner in [city] under [budget]”.
These are starting points for your question set. Choose the wording and places for your own restaurant or cafe, then open a question in SearchSeal to read its saved answers. You can see when your business is named and which rivals appear.
What SearchSeal checks every day
Every paid plan runs each chosen question daily on Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity. SearchSeal saves the answer text and date, brand and rival mentions, an excerpt and the source links returned. A position appears only when the answer contains a numbered or ranked list.
For Google AI Overviews, we run one Google search in the question’s country and language. Collection uses country and language, with no city-level checks. If Google shows no AI overview that day, nothing is saved; that counts as a valid result. AI search visibility shows how appearances change over time.
The pages and fixes that matter
Your menu page, opening hours, address and booking page are places to review. A fix on your own site might be Correct a fact, Improve a page or Write a page. Each action includes the page URL, evidence and a ready-to-use draft, with an impact of High, Medium or Low.
Maps and review-site listings sit under Elsewhere. Articles in local food guides can lead to a Get listed action. SearchSeal connects each fix to the question and AI tool it came from, so you can inspect the answer before deciding what to change. The fix queue keeps actions in Open, Accepted, Done or Dismissed status.
What stays with your team
You continue to manage your Google Business Profile, bookings and reviews. SearchSeal shows when those pages appear in answers and records returned source links. A source link does not prove that the answer used or cited the page; source tracking lets you inspect what came back.
Changes to a page cannot guarantee a recommendation or citation. Answers vary between runs, and other changes can affect the comparison after a fix.
Several locations and weekly reporting
Every plan includes unlimited brands, with questions pooled across them. You can use brands for separate locations and choose the questions and rivals for each. Pro and Max include unlimited team members.
Each brand gets a Monday email with visibility, top actions and changes, plus a read-only share link for an owner, client or management company. Agencies can use the reports for client reporting. Compare question allowances and team access on the pricing page.
FAQ
Can I check the site before creating an account?
The free site check at /check accepts a domain and returns the brand, category and up to four suggested rivals from public information. It needs no account. It does not measure AI answers or give a score.
Can I see which nearby rivals appear?
You can track up to 25 rivals per brand on every plan. SearchSeal shows their share of answers per AI tool and questions where a rival is named and you are absent.
How does the before and after comparison work?
Marking a fix Done snapshots the previous 14 days, with an after snapshot taken 14 days later. A window needs at least 10 answers from at least three questions, or at least 20 answers from fewer questions; otherwise it says not enough data. The comparison cannot prove that the fix caused a change.