Chicago Network Solutions: from page four to ChatGPT's first pick
B2B low-voltage contractor · Chicago, IL · March to October 2026
Chicago Network Solutions installs structured cabling, security systems and business networks across Chicagoland. When we started, the site earned 17 clicks a month and almost no inquiries. Seven months later it ranks across hundreds of commercial searches, appears inside Google's AI answers 12,200 times, and is the first provider ChatGPT recommends for structured cabling in Chicago.
- 138K
- from 13.6K
- Google impressions, last 6 months vs previous 6 (+914.7%)
- 251
- from 62
- Organic clicks, last 6 months vs previous 6 (+304.8%)
- 12.2K
- from near zero in May
- Impressions inside Google generative AI features
- 14
- from 0 in month one
- Inquiries and contact actions in September
What I did
- 88 SEO pages: 22 service, 28 location, 25 industry and 13 answer-first guides
- Custom LocalBusiness, Organization and Website schema
- Google Business Profile rebuilt, weekly posts and 43 consistent citations
- Content written to be cited: direct answers, real prices and technical specifics
- Clear entity signals across schema, profile and citations
- GA4, Tag Manager, Clarity and a live Looker Studio lead dashboard
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From a flat line to 169K impressions
Google Search Console, last 12 months. Visibility was flat before the engagement began in March 2026.
ChatGPT names the client first
Asked for the best structured cabling provider in Chicago, ChatGPT opens with the client as a strong first option and lists it first of three.
12.2K impressions in Google's AI answers
Search Console generative AI features report (beta), peaking above 250 impressions a day.
Copilot citations: 68 to 453
Bing Webmaster Tools AI Performance (beta). One answer-first Cat6 guide alone earned 229 citations.
Google Business Profile: calls +400%
May to September 2026 vs the same months in 2025: views +286%, interactions +664%, website clicks +453%.
Inquiries: 0 to 14 a month
Live GA4 and Looker Studio dashboard. Organic search and AI assistants are the two largest lead channels.
Last 6 months vs previous 6
Impressions +914.7% and clicks +304.8% as the new page architecture was indexed.
Structured data before and after
From one breadcrumb item to custom LocalBusiness and Organization markup on 31 March.
Month by month, how it compounded.
- 1March
Foundation
8 core service pages, 7 guides, custom schema, profile rebuilt, 7 citations.
17 clicks, 4.41K impr.
- 2April
Cabling cluster
5 cabling pages, 6 guides, 7 profile posts, 10 citations.
First lead, first AI citations
- 3May
Communications
4 communications pages, first location and industry templates.
First 2 profile calls
- 4June
Suburbs & industries
5 infrastructure pages, 9 location pages, 5 industry pages.
6 form inquiries
- 5July
Scale & reoptimize
9 location pages, 10 industry pages, 13 pages reoptimized.
50+ non-brand top 10 keywords
- 6August
Infrastructure cluster
5 location and 5 industry pages for network infrastructure.
10 leads, clicks +163.6%
- 7September
Coverage complete
10 more location and industry pages, 5 profile posts.
14 contact actions
- 8October
Recommended by AI
ChatGPT names the client first for structured cabling in Chicago.
12.2K Google AI impr.
In the client's words.
Verified reviews left on Fiverr, shown with screenshots of the originals.
“Easy to work with. Really knows SEO and how to make you rank well.”
“Excellent communication, going to continue to keep working with this seller!”
What made it work.
Build for how buyers search
Service, suburb and facility type each got their own page, matching hundreds of specific commercial searches.
Write for people and AI at once
Direct answers, real prices and technical specifics rank in Google and get quoted by ChatGPT and Copilot.
Keep local signals consistent
Schema, profile, posts, reviews and citations all describe the same business in the same words.
Measure every inquiry
GA4, Tag Manager and a live dashboard show which channel and page produced each lead.
