The one-sentence version
TownPicked was a done-for-you service aimed at making a business legible and trustworthy to AI assistants, so that when a customer nearby asked a ChatGPT-class tool who to use, the business had a real shot at being the name that came back.
Quick facts
| What it was | AI-visibility (AEO) service for local small businesses |
|---|---|
| Launched | 2026 |
| Covered | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini |
| How it worked | Their team optimized a business's site and the information AI reads; the owner approved changes; weekly progress updates |
| highlevel.ai relationship | Disclosed referral partner, 2026 — relationship ended August 2026 |
| Current status | highlevel.ai no longer links to or recommends TownPicked |
Why highlevel.ai referred readers to it, at the time
The original case for recommending TownPicked was simple: the work it sold — consistency fixes, machine-quotable pages, review evidence, presence in the sources assistants read — matched the work behind this site's own case studies, done by hand rather than as a managed service. That reasoning is a matter of record; it isn’t an active recommendation today.
What’s still true, with or without TownPicked
The underlying mechanics haven’t changed: AI assistants still read a specific set of sources before naming a business, and a business that is consistent, well-documented, and well-reviewed across those sources is more likely to be named. The do-it-yourself playbook and how AI picks businesses cover that mechanism directly and don’t depend on any paid service.