Online Optimisers / AI Ranking Deep Audit
Prepared by Tomas
AI Ranking Deep Audit

Movely LLC

hiremovely.com • Denver, CO • Moving company + junk removal • 2026-04-16
Auditor: Online Optimisers APIs: Firecrawl, OpenAI gpt-4o-search-preview, Perplexity sonar-pro, DataForSEO SERP + AIO + Maps + Backlinks, WebFetch Runtime: ~12 min
23
/ 100
POOR

Invisible in AI on every commercial query

Cited in only 5 of 60 query-platform slots (8.3%), and 4 of those are branded lookups. On head-of-market queries like "best movers in Denver", AI recommends competitors with 500 to 11,000 reviews instead. Fixable with schema, directories, and entity work.

2/20
ChatGPT visible
GPT-4O Search
2/20
Perplexity visible
Sonar Pro
1/8
AIO visible
Google AI Overviews
0/5
Maps Pack top 20
Google Maps

01Executive Summary

The top-line diagnostic. What's true, what's broken, what it means.
MetricResult
AI Ranking Score23 / 100 - Poor band
AI Citations across 60 query-platform slots5 / 60 (8.3%)
Maps Pack visibility (top 20)0 / 5 commercial queries
Google AI Overview visibility1 / 8 AIO-triggering queries
Trust List statusPartial (cited on 3 of 6 niche gateways)
Entity Linker readinessWeak (one corroborated claim: "since 2020")
Knowledge Graph entity statusMissing / Unconfirmed (no Wikidata, no BBB, KG panel blocked)
JSON-LD schema blocks sitewide0 / 25 points

Top 3 Critical Findings

Finding 01

Absent from every commercial AI query

Across 60 query-platform slots, Movely was cited only on 2 branded / reputation queries. On every non-brand query (best movers, junk removal, long distance, last minute, piano, commercial, Aurora) all three platforms cite competitors with 500+ to 11,000+ Google reviews instead.

Finding 02

Zero JSON-LD structured data on the entire site

Homepage, moving-services, denver-movers, and about-us pages all return zero schema blocks. LocalBusiness, Organization, Service, FAQ, Person, and AggregateRating are all missing. 15+ visible Q&A on the site are invisible to AI parsers.

Finding 03

Thin, spam-skewed backlink profile

42 referring main domains with 9+ clearly low-quality sources. Zero Reddit, Quora, or editorial news mentions. BBB is missing. Reference competitor All My Sons has 1,810 referring domains, a 43x gap.

Why you're invisible in AI

Movely's content is solid for a local mover's website, but AI systems do not have the machine-readable hooks they need to surface it. No schema tells ChatGPT and Google this is a LocalBusiness in Denver. No FAQ schema wraps the 15+ questions already answered in plain text. Reviews are stranded on HireAHelper (9) and one Yelp listing filed under Westminster (not Denver). The business is not on BBB, has no Reddit mentions, and no editorial press. The sample size of external corroboration is too small for AI retrievers to pick Movely over competitors with thousands of Google reviews.

02Website Intelligence

Phase 1. Site map, page-level scrapes, core identity claims.

Site map scan

Page-by-page summary

PageWordsJSON-LDFAQ on pageFAQ schema
Homepage4,309 full / ~836 body05 Q&ANo
Moving Services1,172 body07 Q&ANo
Denver Movers (service area)1,865 body010 Q&ANo
About Us~9000--

NAP and core claims

Core claims found on site: Denver-based mover + junk removal since 2020, licensed and insured, no hidden fees, partners with SmartMoving software, transparent proratable pricing, financing via Remedy Payments (3/6/12-month), does not move pianos, gun safes, or items over 400 lbs. Quotable proof blocks found: 2. Unique numeric stats on homepage: 0.

03AI Query Set & 3-Platform Visibility

Phases 2 and 3. 20 queries, 3 platforms, 60 slots.

Query set

Cross-platform visibility

PlatformQueriesVisible in answerSourced onlyVisible query IDs
CHATGPT gpt-4o-search-preview202219, 20
PERPLEXITY sonar-pro202119, 20
GOOGLE AIO DataForSEO20 (8 with AIO)1-20
Total citations / 60 slots6058.3%

Google Maps Pack (Phase 3d)

Movely is effectively invisible on every commercial head-term query. Only branded / reputation queries (Q19, Q20) retrieve the site. AIO triggered on 8 of 20 queries, but Movely was absent from the AIO citation pool on 7 of those 8.

04Schema & Structured Data

Phase 4. The single biggest machine-readable gap.
Schema TypeStatusPoints
LocalBusinessMISSING0 / 6
OrganizationMISSING0 (covered under LB)
ServiceMISSING0 / 3
FAQPage (15+ visible Q&A on 3 pages)MISSING0 / 5
Person (founder Brad)MISSING0 / 4
AggregateRating / Review (only 3rd-party Trustindex widget)MISSING0 / 3
HowToMISSING0 / 2
BreadcrumbListMISSING0
Total JSON-LD blocks site-wide (sampled)0
Schema score0 / 25

Every question already answered in plain text on the site is invisible to AI parsers because no FAQPage JSON-LD wraps it. This is the cheapest fast win available.

05Knowledge Graph & Directory Presence

Phase 5. Entity confirmation and directory footprint.

KG entity check

SignalStatus
Google Knowledge PanelNOT CONFIRMED (live Google SERP CAPTCHA blocked WebFetch)
Bing Knowledge CardNOT CHECKED (gap)
Wikidata entityCONFIRMED MISSING (zero results)
Apple Maps listingNOT CHECKED (gap)
Bing Places listingNOT CHECKED (gap)

Directory presence

DirectoryStatus
Google Business ProfileEXISTS (linked in footer) but NOT in top-20 Maps pack for 5 commercial queries
BBBCONFIRMED MISSING (Denver search returns zero results)
YelpEXISTS (m.yelp.com/biz/movely-westminster-3, filed under Westminster, not Denver)
HireAHelperEXISTS - 4.9 stars, 9 reviews, "Denver grown company", 50-mile radius
ThumbtackEXISTS (referenced by ChatGPT + AIO, detail retrieval failed via WebFetch)
HomeAdvisor / AngiNOT FOUND in any AI cite or referring domain

Directory score estimate: 7 / 25. The Yelp city mismatch (Westminster vs Denver) is a likely reason ChatGPT will not anchor the Denver entity to the Yelp record.

06Content Citability

Phase 6. Can AI quote anything specific from the site?
FactorScoreNote
Quotable proof blocks1 / 5Only "since 2020". No completed-moves count, square-feet, review count, or guarantee numerics.
FAQ sections3 / 55-10 Q&A on 3+ pages with solid answers, but zero FAQ schema wrapping.
Unique claims2 / 5SmartMoving partnership and Remedy Payments financing are differentiators; no named proprietary process.
Service page depth4 / 5Moving-services 1,172 words, Denver-movers 1,865 words. City pages assumed thin (not scraped).
Content differentiation2 / 53C frame (carefulness, communication, consistency) is distinctive but not echoed on any external platform.
Content score12 / 25

07AI-Weighted Backlinks

Phase 7. Not all backlinks matter for AI retrieval.

Backlink summary (DataForSEO)

AI-weight classification

TypeCountWeightNotes
Editorial / news0HIGHZero
Q&A platforms (Reddit / Quora)0HIGHZero
Review sites4MEDIUMyellowpages.com, n49.com, superpages.com, chamberofcommerce.com
DirectoriesMediumMEDIUMMostly low-tier
Spam / PBN9+NEGATIVEDisavow candidates

Missing trust gateways: BBB, HomeAdvisor, Angi, Reddit / Quora, local Denver editorial news. AI-weighted backlink score: 3 / 10.

Competitor benchmark

CompetitorDomain rankBacklinksReferring domains
allmysons.com37768,0471,810
theothersidemovers.com217517175
localmovingdenver.com02313
Movely806242

All My Sons has a 43x referring-domain lead over Movely. Even the mid-tier Other Side has 4x.

08Safe URL Trust List

Phase 8. Which domains does each AI platform actually trust in this niche?

ChatGPT top source domains (20-query sample)

DomainCitesRole
moversforyou.co8Competitor
altitudemoversdenver.com6Competitor
movebuddha.com6Aggregator
hiremovely.com6Movely (branded queries only)
movingbrothers.net4Competitor
rockymovers.com4Competitor
allmysons.com4Competitor

Perplexity top source domains

DomainCitesRole
thumbtack.com8Platform
extraspace.com7Aggregator
hiremovely.com7Movely (branded queries only)
bbb.org6Platform
denvermovingandstorage.com6Competitor
allmysons.com6Competitor

Google AIO top source domains

DomainCites
reddit.com8
m.yelp.com5
youtube.com4
twomenandatruck.com3
thumbtack.com2

Niche trust gateways identified: Thumbtack, BBB, Yelp, Reddit, movebuddha.com, HireAHelper. Movely trust status: Partially trusted. Cited on 3 of these 6 gateways (Thumbtack, Yelp, HireAHelper). Absent from BBB, Reddit, movebuddha.com. Trust list score: 3 / 10.

09Sourcing vs Display Layer

Phase 9. Is Movely in ChatGPT's data at all?
StatusQuery IDsCount% of 20
Visible (in answer + sources)19, 20210%
Hidden (in sources, not answer)-00%
Absent (neither)1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 181890%

Movely is effectively absent on all 18 commercial queries. It is only trusted when the brand name or URL is typed directly. The gap is at ChatGPT's retrieval layer. Fix path: Absent to Hidden first (build trust), then Hidden to Visible (improve content). Sourcing layer score: 1 / 5.

10RAG Trigger Performance

Phase 10. Where the money is and where the gaps are.

Priority RAG gaps (high revenue, zero citation)

  1. Best movers in Denver, CO (Q1)
  2. Top rated moving companies Denver Colorado (Q2)
  3. Long distance movers in Denver, Colorado (Q4)
  4. Residential moving companies Aurora CO (Q5)
  5. Commercial office movers Denver Colorado (Q16)
  6. House cleanout and junk removal Denver, CO (Q18)

These 6 queries are the #1 content + entity-linker targets.

11Entity Linker Readiness

Phase 11. Unique claims corroborated across platforms.

Claims on website vs external corroboration

ClaimOn websiteCorroborated externallyStrength
Since 2020YesHireAHelper "Denver grown company"WEAK
Licensed and insuredYesNoneNONE
No hidden fees / transparent pricingYesNoneNONE
3C frameworkYesNoneNONE (single-platform)
SmartMoving software partnershipYesNone on directoriesNONE
Financing via Remedy PaymentsYesNone on directoriesNONE

Completed moves count: MISSING (no number of moves, families moved, trucks, square-feet).

Competitor entity linkers

Recommended entity linkers to create + corroborate

  1. Completed-moves counter. Publish a specific number on the homepage ("N moves completed in the Denver metro since 2020"). Mirror on GBP, HireAHelper, BBB (once created), and a Reddit r/Denver answer.
  2. Named proprietary process. Productise the 3C framework as "The Movely 3C Move Plan" and repeat in identical language on website + GBP + press.
  3. SmartMoving partnership stat. Quantify how many moves tracked, how it enables transparency. Repeat on website, GBP, Thumbtack bio.

Corroboration plan: Website first. Then GBP description, new BBB profile, LinkedIn, 1-2 niche directories over 4-6 weeks. Slow, not burst. Entity linker score: 1 / 10.

12Competitor AI Landscape

Phase 12. Who AI recommends instead.

Who AI recommends instead

Why they win

Sheer review count plus directory saturation. Movely is competing against 500 to 11,000 Google review counts with an estimated sub-50 review count (HireAHelper shows 9). The review-count gap alone explains the majority of the AI invisibility.

Client position

13GBP & Review Position

Phase 13. The single biggest competitive lever.

14Fan-Out Query Verification

Phase 14. Not run.

Status: NOT RUN. Requires manual browser DevTools network inspection per the skill spec. Flagged as a gap, noted for the next live-session audit. This step reveals the actual sub-queries ChatGPT runs (often different from the surface query) and whether it is hitting the knowledge graph directly vs web search.

15AI Ranking Score Breakdown

The final scorecard. 23 / 100.
KG / Directory
4/15
Schema Markup
0/15
Content Citability
7/15
AI-Weighted Backlinks
3/10
AI Platform Citations
1/15
Trust List Position
3/10
Entity Linker Strength
1/10
Sourcing Layer Presence
1/5
Geographic Accuracy
3/5

Band: Poor (21-40). Major gaps in knowledge graph, schema, and trust signals.

16Priority Action Plan

Where to start, in what order.

Immediate (this week)

  1. Ship JSON-LD schema sitewide: LocalBusiness + Organization on homepage, Service on each service page, FAQPage on every page with Q&A, Person for Brad, BreadcrumbList on service-area pages.
  2. Fix the Yelp city mismatch. Claim Westminster listing and update to Denver, or add a Denver Yelp record matching GBP and website exactly.
  3. Submit to BBB (Denver). Single biggest directory gap for this niche.

Month 1

  1. Add quantified proof blocks to homepage: completed-moves count, years in business, review-count numeric, guarantee numeric.
  2. Wrap all existing FAQ copy (15+ Qs on 3 pages) in FAQPage schema.
  3. Claim + optimise Thumbtack listing. Mirror website identity claims exactly.
  4. Review-collection campaign targeting Google. 50 reviews in 60 days.
  5. Seed 3-5 honest Reddit r/Denver answers mentioning Movely.

Months 2-3

  1. Entity linker rollout: "Movely 3C Move Plan" in identical language on website + GBP + Thumbtack + BBB + LinkedIn.
  2. AI-weighted backlink campaign: 5-10 editorial placements, 1-2 podcast mentions, evidence page targeting movebuddha.com inclusion.
  3. Disavow the 9+ SEO-spam referring domains.
  4. Commission content directly answering the 6 priority RAG-trigger queries.

Ongoing

  1. Monthly re-audit of the 6 priority RAG queries + top 10 brand-adjacent queries.
  2. Quarterly KG maintenance: Google Knowledge Panel claim, Wikidata entity creation, Bing Places + Apple Maps confirmation.
  3. Content refresh on city-level service-area pages to pass the "thin page" bar.

17Data Gaps

What this audit did not cover (honest disclosure).

Each gap has a clear next-step plan. All resolvable in a follow-up session.

Next step: 30-minute strategy call

Walk through the priority action plan, scope a 90-day AI ranking sprint, and decide which of the quick wins gets shipped first. Probabilistic AI claims throughout: increased likelihood of citation, not guaranteed rankings.

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