Google Maps, reviews and ChatGPT visibility in Dubai

• Google Business Profile — verification help, the right primary category, services, hours, area, photos and video we shoot ourselves, posts and Q&A.
• Reviews, the legal way — a review link in the WhatsApp message that closes each job, a QR code at the till, replies to every review in its language. No paid, rewarded or gated reviews.
• Map and directory listings — Apple Business Connect, Bing Places, Yandex Business for Russian-speaking clients, Clutch for B2B services, plus the platforms of your industry. One name, one address, one phone everywhere.
• Website signals — one real page per location, LocalBusiness schema, an llms.txt file, and a check that AI search crawlers are not blocked.
• GEO for ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews — we get your business described on pages these assistants read and cite, and test the prompts your clients type.
• Monthly report — calls, direction requests and website clicks from the profile, new reviews, listing status and the AI prompt test.

In our October 2026 Google Trends check, searches for local seo dubai grew about 300%. Google ranks local results on relevance, distance and prominence and says there is no way to pay for a better local ranking. So the work is steady: a complete profile, a stream of honest reviews and consistent listings.

AI assistants now answer "best dentist in JLT" or "car detailing near me" directly. They take names from the open web. OpenAI says sites that block OAI-SearchBot are not shown in ChatGPT search answers. Nobody can buy a place in these answers; you can only be easy to find and well described.

1. Audit — profile, listings, site, reviews, and what ChatGPT and Perplexity say about you today.
2. Data sheet — the one name, address, phone and URL every listing copies from.
3. Profile and shoot — we fix the Google profile and shoot photos and a short video of the premises.
4. Listings and schema — Apple, Bing, Yandex, Clutch; location page and markup on the site.
5. Review routine — link, QR code, reply templates for your staff.
6. Baseline report — numbers to compare against in month two.

We don't sell "position 1 on Maps" or "200 citations". Position depends on where the searcher stands, and foreign directory blasts do little in the UAE. We don't write fake reviews or reward customers for them: that breaks Google's policy and can get reviews blocked on your profile. Free guides if you'd rather do it yourself: local SEO in 30 days, Google Business Profile in Dubai, not showing on Google Maps, getting recommended by ChatGPT. What retainers cost on the market: SEO prices in Dubai.