# MerbIQ

> MerbIQ is the "Google Business Profile for the AI era". It makes local small businesses visible and recommendable when people ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude or Grok for a business near them. Unlike AI-visibility monitoring tools, MerbIQ also CREATES the presence (an AI-readable profile, structured data and llms.txt) - and works even for businesses without a website.

## What MerbIQ does
- Free AI Visibility Scan: instantly shows whether the major AIs know and recommend a business, and which competitors appear instead.
- IDAI Page (Identidad Digital AI): an AI-readable profile with automatic Schema.org and llms.txt, so the AIs understand who the business is and recommend it.
- AI-optimized reviews: helps turn real customer reviews into content the AIs can cite.
- AI crawler monitoring: shows which AI bots (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, etc.) actually visit the business profile.
- Weekly report: how the business's AI visibility evolves, week by week.

## Who it is for
Local small merchants - barbershops, dentists, restaurants, food trucks, bakeries, laundromats and more - with OR without a website. Businesses that live only on social media (Instagram) and booking platforms (Booksy, Doctoralia) are an ideal fit, because the IDAI Page replaces the website they never had.

## Why it matters
People increasingly ask AI assistants for local recommendations instead of searching Google. If the AIs don't know a business, they recommend a competitor. MerbIQ measures and fixes that.

## Learn (Impulsa)
Impulsa is MerbIQ's free public learning hub: practical, jargon-free guides on how to make ChatGPT, Gemini and the other AIs know and recommend a business (GEO and AEO). It explains what the IDAI is, who it is for, and a key idea: what the AIs read is the STRUCTURE and architecture behind a website, not its visual design. Businesses without a website get an IDAI with the right AI-ready architecture already built in; businesses that already have a website get an audit of that architecture for the AIs.
- Impulsa learning hub (ES): https://merbiq.com/es/impulsa
- Impulsa learning hub (PT): https://merbiq.com/pt/impulsa
- What is the IDAI: https://merbiq.com/es/impulsa/idai

## Pricing
- Free: AI Visibility Scan (1 AI), basic IDAI Page.
- Essential - €14.99/month: IDAI Page with Schema.org + llms.txt, monthly check.
- Growth - €29.99/month: weekly monitoring across all major AIs, competitors, reviews and weekly reports.

## Key pages
- Home: https://merbiq.com
- Learn hub (Impulsa): https://merbiq.com/es/impulsa
- What is the IDAI: https://merbiq.com/es/impulsa/idai
- Pricing: https://merbiq.com/pricing
- Terms: https://merbiq.com/terms
- Privacy: https://merbiq.com/privacy

## Blog (GEO/AEO insights)
Practical articles on how businesses get found and recommended by AIs. Each article has a clean Markdown version at its URL + "/md" for AI consumption.
- IDAI: what your Business's Digital AI Identity is and why you can't afford to ignore it: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/idai-what-your-business-s-digital-ai-identity-is-and-why-you-can-t (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/idai-what-your-business-s-digital-ai-identity-is-and-why-you-can-t/md)
- You have loyal customers, great reviews, and years in business. So why do AIs keep ignoring you?: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/you-have-loyal-customers-great-reviews-and-years-in-business-so-why (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/you-have-loyal-customers-great-reviews-and-years-in-business-so-why/md)
- The Questions Your Customers Are Already Asking AIs About Your Industry (and How to Make Sure You Show Up in the Answers): https://merbiq.com/en/blog/the-questions-your-customers-are-already-asking-ais-about-your (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/the-questions-your-customers-are-already-asking-ais-about-your/md)
- SEO still matters, but it's not enough to appear in AI answers: here's the difference: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/seo-still-matters-but-it-s-not-enough-to-appear-in-ai-answers-here-s (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/seo-still-matters-but-it-s-not-enough-to-appear-in-ai-answers-here-s/md)
- Your customer already decided before finding you: the invisible AI filter: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/your-customer-already-decided-before-finding-you-the-invisible-ai (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/your-customer-already-decided-before-finding-you-the-invisible-ai/md)
- What we learned scanning real businesses this month: visibility patterns in AI: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/what-we-learned-scanning-real-businesses-this-month-visibility (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/what-we-learned-scanning-real-businesses-this-month-visibility/md)
- 83% of AI-powered searches generate zero clicks: what that means for winning new customers: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/83-of-ai-powered-searches-generate-zero-clicks-what-that-means-for (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/83-of-ai-powered-searches-generate-zero-clicks-what-that-means-for/md)
- 5 signs the AIs are not recommending you (and what to do about each one): https://merbiq.com/en/blog/5-signs-the-ais-are-not-recommending-you-and-what-to-do-about-each-one (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/5-signs-the-ais-are-not-recommending-you-and-what-to-do-about-each-one/md)
- From invisible to recommended by AI: what one aesthetics clinic did differently: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/from-invisible-to-recommended-by-ai-what-one-aesthetics-clinic-did (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/from-invisible-to-recommended-by-ai-what-one-aesthetics-clinic-did/md)
- AI visibility is measurable: here are the signals that prove it: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/ai-visibility-is-measurable-here-are-the-signals-that-prove-it (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/ai-visibility-is-measurable-here-are-the-signals-that-prove-it/md)
- How to structure your business information so AI understands and cites you: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/how-to-structure-your-business-information-so-ai-understands-and (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/how-to-structure-your-business-information-so-ai-understands-and/md)
- IDAI: what it is and why your business needs one to show up in AI answers: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/idai-what-it-is-and-why-your-business-needs-one-to-show-up-in-ai (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/idai-what-it-is-and-why-your-business-needs-one-to-show-up-in-ai/md)
- You are good at what you do, but AI does not know it: the invisible brand problem: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/you-are-good-at-what-you-do-but-ai-does-not-know-it-the-invisible (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/you-are-good-at-what-you-do-but-ai-does-not-know-it-the-invisible/md)
- The questions your customers are already asking AIs about your industry (and how to make sure you show up in the answers): https://merbiq.com/en/blog/the-questions-your-customers-are-already-asking-ais-about-your (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/the-questions-your-customers-are-already-asking-ais-about-your/md)
- We asked the top AIs for the best business in town: what we found reveals everything: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/we-asked-the-top-ais-for-the-best-business-in-town-what-we-found (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/we-asked-the-top-ais-for-the-best-business-in-town-what-we-found/md)
- SEO is no longer enough: what GEO and AEO are and why they change everything for your business to appear in AI answers: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/seo-is-no-longer-enough-what-geo-and-aeo-are-and-why-they-change (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/seo-is-no-longer-enough-what-geo-and-aeo-are-and-why-they-change/md)
- Your customer already asked an AI before choosing you. You just didn't know it.: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/your-customer-already-asked-an-ai-before-choosing-you-you-just-didn-t (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/your-customer-already-asked-an-ai-before-choosing-you-you-just-didn-t/md)
- What we learned scanning real businesses: 3 patterns that separate who gets cited by AI from who gets ignored: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/what-we-learned-scanning-real-businesses-3-patterns-that-separate-who (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/what-we-learned-scanning-real-businesses-3-patterns-that-separate-who/md)
- 28% more AI citations: what a home services brand did differently: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/28-more-ai-citations-what-a-home-services-brand-did-differently (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/28-more-ai-citations-what-a-home-services-brand-did-differently/md)
- Gemini stopped citing sources: what it means for your business to show up in AI answers: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/gemini-stopped-citing-sources-what-it-means-for-your-business-to-show (Markdown: https://merbiq.com/en/blog/gemini-stopped-citing-sources-what-it-means-for-your-business-to-show/md)

## Facts
- Monitors ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude and Grok.
- Available in Spanish, Portuguese (BR), English, French and Italian.
- Focus markets: local SMBs in Spain and LATAM.
- Analysis uses only publicly available data - no cookies, no tracking.

## Contact
- Web: https://merbiq.com