G Media
AI Search Audit
October 1, 2026
Prepared for Vegas Remodels

Can an AI find Vegas Remodels?

A full SEO, AEO and GEO read of vegasremodelsllc.com: what search engines and AI answer engines see today, what they miss, and the order to fix it in. Every number here was checked live on October 1, 2026.

Site
vegasremodelsllc.com (Showit)
Pages crawled
21 live, 6 dead legacy URLs
AI prompts tested
6 prompts, 4 engines
Prepared by
G Media, Las Vegas
D+ overall

A real, well-reviewed, licensed company that search engines and AI engines can barely describe: no schema, no service pages, http canonicals, a Bing index of zero. The reputation already exists; the footprint does not.

Technical SEO
52/100
Fast, clean Showit build undermined by http canonicals, no robots.txt, no schema and 7 dead legacy URLs.
Local SEO
68/100
Strong Google profile (4.9, 40 reviews), BBB A+, Best of Houzz. Weak on Yelp, mismatched NAP, stale license data elsewhere.
Content and E-E-A-T
44/100
Beautiful portfolio, but no kitchen or bath pages, no FAQ, no blog, no license on the site, no video anywhere AI can read.
AI visibility (AEO/GEO)
21/100
Named in 6/20 AI answers tested; 2/16 when the prompt did not include the brand name. Bing site: search found 0 pages.
01The short version

Good company, thin footprint.

Vegas Remodels has what AI engines reward: real reviews, an active license, an A+ BBB record, Best of Houzz badges and a portfolio most contractors would kill for. Almost none of it is written down where a machine can read it. The website says "award-winning" 22 times and never names an award, a license number or a service like "kitchen remodel". The five things that matter most:

Finding 1

AI engines know the brand, not the services

Across 20 AI answers from 4 engines, Vegas Remodels was named 6 times, and 4 of those were for the prompt that already contained its name. Google's AI Overview does list it second for "best luxury home remodeling contractor in Las Vegas" (behind Kingdom & Co.), which shows the engines can see the brand. For "best kitchen remodeler", "bathroom remodel company" and "whole home remodel in Henderson" it is absent on every engine, because nothing on the site or off it says those words.

Finding 2

The site tells Google its address is http://

Every canonical tag, every sitemap URL and the Google Business Profile website link point to http://vegasremodelsllc.com. https://www. even redirects down to plain http. The site has a valid certificate, but it is telling search engines to prefer the insecure copy. No robots.txt exists (404), no llms.txt, and the <html> tag has an empty lang attribute.

Finding 3

Zero structured data, zero service pages

Not one page carries JSON-LD (no LocalBusiness, no Service, no FAQ, no Review markup). Six of seven competitors we checked have it. There is no page for kitchens, bathrooms, additions or custom homes; "Services" is 246 words covering three umbrella offerings. Three of the five core pages (Home, About, Services) have no H1 at all.

Finding 4

Old site URLs are dead ends Google still remembers

Google still lists the old Squarespace-era pages (/contact-us, /whatwedo, /whoweare, /who-we-are/, /our-process/, /whatwedo/pacific-sageview). All return 404 with no redirect. Google currently shows only about 5 of the 21 new pages in its index; a Bing site: search shows none (only the homepage surfaced in one Bing web query). ChatGPT search runs on Bing.

Finding 5

Third-party data disagrees with itself

Yelp lists the business as unclaimed, 2.7 stars (3 reviews), ZIP 89015 and hours to 4:30pm; Google says 89052 and 5:00pm. BuildZoom publicly reports both contractor licenses as "inactive" and scores the company 0; the Nevada State Contractors Board shows both licenses Active (B-2 #0090866, C-3 #0085839, checked live). Facebook's category reads "house painting". AI engines read all of these.

What is already working

Reputation is real and verifiable

Google: 4.9 stars, 40 reviews, "7+ years in business", ranks #3 in Google Places for "remodeling contractor Henderson NV". BBB A+ accredited since 2021, zero complaints. Houzz 5.0 (3 reviews), Best of Houzz 2024 Service and 2026 Design. Instagram ~8,300 followers. Owner LinkedIn present. This is the raw material; the job is to publish it where machines read.

02Where you stand in AI answers

Named in 6 of 20 answers. Recommended in almost none.

We asked Google (AI Overview), Bing, Perplexity and ChatGPT the questions a Las Vegas homeowner actually types, from a browser with no connection to the company. "Mentioned" means the answer named Vegas Remodels; "cited" means the answer linked to vegasremodelsllc.com. Across 20 answered prompts, Vegas Remodels was named 6 times and the website was linked 3 times. Strip out the branded prompt and the count drops to 2 mentions out of 16.

PromptGoogle AI OverviewBing (web + Copilot)PerplexityChatGPT
best kitchen remodeler in Las VegasAbsent
organic not top 10
Absent
Copilot answer + results
AbsentAbsent
bathroom remodel company Las VegasAbsent
organic not top 10
Absent
web + map results
AbsentAbsent
Vegas Remodels reviewsMentioned + cited
organic #8
Named on page
web + map results
Mentioned + citedMentioned
best luxury home remodeling contractor in Las VegasMentioned + cited
organic #6
Site listed
web + map results
AbsentAbsent
who should I hire for a whole home remodel in Henderson NVAbsent
organic not top 10
Absent
web + map results
sign-up wallnot run
top rated general contractors in Las Vegas for custom home buildsAbsent
organic not top 10
Absent
web + map results
sign-up wallnot run

Legend: Mentioned + cited Mentioned Absent No AI answer / blocked. Google column also shows the organic rank of vegasremodelsllc.com in the top 10 when present. Tested October 1, 2026, logged-out where the engine allows it; AI answers vary by day and by user.

"Kingdom & Co. is one of the top-rated, award-winning luxury design-build and home remodeling contractors in the Las Vegas Valley. kingdomandco.com Top Luxury Remodeling Contractors in Las Vegas Kingdom & Co. Services: Full whole-home renovations, architectural redesigns, luxury kitchens, casitas, additions, and 3D/VR design..."Google AI Overview, "best luxury home remodeling contractor in Las Vegas", Oct 1, 2026
"Top-rated kitchen remodelers in the Las Vegas Valley include Las Vegas Remodel & Construction and AFR Construction. Las Vegas Remodel & Construction +1 Top-Rated Kitchen Remodelers Las Vegas Remodel & Construction 4.7 (77) Remodeler OpenHenderson, NV Call Directions Website Experience: Active since 2000 with over 20 years of..."Google AI Overview, "best kitchen remodeler in Las Vegas", Oct 1, 2026
"Vegas Remodels LLC appears to have a small but consistently positive online review footprint. The strongest third-party signals I found are 5.0/5 ratings on Houzz and HomeAdvisor, though the review counts are limited—so treat the ratings as encouraging rather than conclusive. houzz +1 Review snapshot Source Rating / volume..."Perplexity, "Vegas Remodels reviews", Oct 1, 2026
"For a luxury or high-end home remodel in Las Vegas, I’d start by interviewing firms that can show completed whole-home projects—not just kitchens and bathrooms. Houzz currently lists several Las Vegas contractors specifically in the high-end/luxury renovation category, while Expertise’s 2026 review covers a broader remodeling..."ChatGPT, "best luxury home remodeling contractor in Las Vegas", Oct 1, 2026
Who the engines cite instead

Sources behind the answers

yelp.com (7), houzz.com (5), lvremodel.com (3), bighornremodeling.com (3), rebath.com (2), kingdomandco.com (2), blueheron.com (2), reddit.com (2), homeguide.com (1), angi.com (1). The website itself appeared as a source 3 times.

Why ChatGPT is the weak spot

Bing barely knows the new site

A Bing search for site:vegasremodelsllc.com returned no results on October 1 (Bing's site: operator under-reports, and the homepage did appear once in a Bing web query, so the index is thin rather than empty). ChatGPT's web answers are built on Bing's index, so until the site is in Bing Webmaster Tools (with IndexNow), ChatGPT mostly repeats what Houzz, Yelp, BBB and BuildZoom say, including BuildZoom's wrong "inactive license" line.

03Technical SEO

Fast site, wrong signals.

The Showit build is quick (Lighthouse mobile performance 84, desktop 94, zero layout shift) and every page is reachable. The problems are in what the pages tell crawlers, not how fast they load.

PageTitle (length)Meta descH1WordsSchema
Home /Luxury Home Remodeling Las Vegas | Vegas Remodels (49)171 chnone436none
About /aboutAbout Vegas Remodels | Luxury General Contractor Las Vegas (58)181 chnone615none
Services /servicesLuxury Remodeling & Custom Homes Las Vegas | Vegas Remodels (59)178 chnone246none
Portfolio /portfolioLuxury Home Remodeling Portfolio Las Vegas | Vegas Remodels (59)182 chOur Work153none
Contact /contactContact Vegas Remodels | Luxury Contractor Las Vegas (52)176 chDiscuss Your Project162none
12 project pages7 good ("Hazelhurst House Remodel | Vegas Remodels Las Vegas"), 5 bare ("Rossa Peak", "Sweetwater")7 of 12name only223 to 318none
Brand Guide ×2Brand Guide / Brand Guide Twonone"Title font style"226should be noindex
Homepage at 390px: logo, tagline and Work With Us button over a kitchen video
Homepage at phone width (390px). Looks right; the hero line "Award-Winning Luxury General Contractor in Las Vegas" is a styled paragraph, not an H1, and the background video weighs 12.9 MB.
Google results for Vegas Remodels Henderson showing the local pack with 4.9 stars and 40 reviews, Yelp 2.7 stars, the site listed as http
Google, "Vegas Remodels Henderson", Oct 1: local pack #2 behind a sponsored listing (4.9, 40 reviews), the site shown as http://, and Yelp's 2.7-star unclaimed profile in position 2 of the organic results.
04Local SEO and citations

One great profile, six inconsistent ones.

Map rankings and AI answers both lean on the same thing: a consistent name, address, phone and license across every directory that machines read. Here is every profile we could verify live.

PlatformWhat it saysStatus
Google Business ProfileVegas Remodels, 1620 Raiders Way Ste 130, Henderson 89052, (702) 994-7011. 4.9 stars, 40 reviews. Category "Construction company" / general contractor plus a stray "home goods store" type. Mon to Fri 8 to 5. Website set to http://. No services list, no Q&A, no posts seen (needs owner login to confirm).Strong
Nevada State Contractors BoardVerified live Oct 1: #0090866 B-2 Residential and Small Commercial, Active; #0085839 C-3 Carpentry, Active. Licensee "Vegas Remodels LLC / Cave Construction", Henderson. Neither number appears anywhere on the website.Not on site
BBBA+ rating, accredited since May 28, 2021, business started Apr 22, 2019, principal Ryan A. Cave, 0 complaints. 0 customer reviews. License numbers not listed.Good
Houzz5.0 stars (3 reviews), 15 projects, license #0090866 shown, Best of Houzz 2024 (Service) and 2026 (Design), 500 ideabook saves, typical job $17,500 to $750,000, 12 service areas listed.Good
YelpUnclaimed. 2.7 stars (3 reviews), 16 photos, ZIP shown as 89015 (Google: 89052), hours 8:00 to 4:30 (Google: 5:00). Shows in position 2 of Google for the brand name.Fix
BuildZoomPublicly states both licenses "inactive as of 08-31-2026", score 0, "we haven't been able to verify an active license". Wrong: NSCB shows Active. 2 permits listed (Ping Dr, 2025). Also surfaces an old DBA, "Cave Construction".Correct
HomeAdvisor / Angi"Vegas Remodels, LLC", 5.0 (1 review), Screened & Approved, "6 years in business", license #0085839 exp 08/31/2027, URL still carries the old name (rated.CAVECONSTRUCTION). Not found on Angi's Henderson list.Thin
Facebook / InstagramFacebook page exists; Google's snippet describes it as offering "house painting services" (category likely wrong, could not open the page to confirm). Instagram @vegasremodelsllc about 8,300 followers, bio shows License #0090866.Check FB
LinkedInOwner profile present (Ryan Cave, owner since Oct 2019). No company page found in search.No company page
Nextdoor, Thumbtack, Porch, Expertise.com, HomeGuideNot found. Competitor "Las Vegas Remodel & Construction" (205 N Stephanie St, Henderson) is on all of them and is routinely confused with Vegas Remodels in search results.Absent
Wikidata / Crunchbase / YouTubeNo entity, no company record, no channel found.Absent
NAP

Two addresses in the wild

The site, Google, BBB and Houzz agree on 1620 Raiders Way Suite 130, Henderson 89052. Yelp says 89015. HomeAdvisor and BuildZoom still carry "Cave Construction". Pick the exact string "Vegas Remodels LLC, 1620 Raiders Way Suite 130, Henderson, NV 89052, (702) 994-7011" and use it everywhere, including the site footer (which currently omits the phone).

Service areas

Henderson wins, Las Vegas does not

Google Places ranks the profile #3 for "remodeling contractor Henderson NV" but it is absent from the top 10 for every Las Vegas query we ran (kitchen, bathroom, home remodeling). The site mentions Summerlin 4 times and Southern Highlands twice, never Anthem, MacDonald Highlands, Seven Hills or Green Valley, the neighborhoods its projects are actually in.

The name problem

"Vegas Remodels" vs "Las Vegas Remodel & Construction"

A 25-year-old Henderson competitor with 77 Google reviews, 28 Yelp reviews and Best of Houzz since 2015 shares most of the name. AI Overviews recommended it by name on two of our six prompts. Every citation that spells out "Vegas Remodels LLC" plus the license number helps engines keep the two apart.

05Content and E-E-A-T

The portfolio shows it. Nothing says it.

AI engines answer "who should I hire" by extracting facts: services, areas, credentials, years, process, price range, proof. The site is written for a human who already trusts the brand. Across all 21 pages the word "license" appears zero times, "insured" zero, "kitchen" only inside image filenames, "FAQ" zero, "warranty" zero.

Services

Three umbrellas, no landing pages

Services = Whole-Home Remodeling, New Home Builds, Design Collaboration, 246 words total. No page exists for kitchen remodel, bathroom remodel, additions and ADUs, outdoor living, or commercial (the Crosby arena and Dig It coffee shop prove the capability). Competitors average 20 to 56 service URLs.

Credentials

"Award-winning" ×22, award named ×0

No license number, no bond or insurance line, no "since 2019", no Best of Houzz badge, no BBB seal, no BusinessRate badge explained (one image on the contact page), no "Gold Winner Best of Las Vegas 2023" claim (found on a third-party page; could not verify, so do not publish until the certificate is in hand).

Projects

12 case studies with no case

Each project page has 25 to 99 photos and 220 to 320 words, mostly room captions. None states location (neighborhood), scope, square footage, duration, budget range, the designer and photographer credited, or what problem was solved. Five pages have no meta description and a one-word title. These are the pages AI engines would love to quote if they had facts.

Answers

No FAQ, no blog, no video

Zero question-format content ("How much does a whole-home remodel cost in Las Vegas?", "Do I need a permit in Henderson?", "How long does a kitchen take?"). No blog or guides. No YouTube channel, even though the site itself runs three videos. YouTube mentions are the single strongest correlate of AI citations in Ahrefs' 75,000-brand study.

People

The About page is the best page

Ryan Cave (founder, ~20 years, University of Oregon) and Brian Campbell (fourth-generation carpenter, 25+ years) are real, named and photographed, with ten community partners listed (Make-A-Wish, Maxx Crosby Foundation, Opportunity Village). Add Person schema, link to LinkedIn, and this page becomes an entity anchor.

Conversion

One path, no phone in the header

Every page ends in "Request a Consultation" to a form (good) that lands on /thank-you (good, but that page is indexable). The phone number appears once on the whole site (Contact page, as text, not a tap-to-call link). The footer has the address but no phone, no hours, no license. Add a click-to-call and the NAP block site-wide.

06Competitors

Who the engines recommend, and why.

These five appear in Google Places results, in AI Overviews or in both for the prompts above. Review counts are live Google figures; site checks are from their homepages on October 1.

CompanyGoogleSchemaFAQBlogLicense on siteService pagesSeen in
Big Horn Remodeling
bighornremodeling.com
5.0 (239)GeneralContractor, Service, FAQPageyesyesyes23 + Henderson pageAI Overview #1 for bathroom; Google Places #2 kitchen
Jerezee Construction
lasvegashomeremodel.com
4.9 (232)LocalBusiness, ItemListyesnoyes30Google Places #1 for kitchen, bathroom and home remodeling
GI Construction
giclv.com
5.0 (142)Organization, Person, Articlenoyesyes21 + 5 area pagesGoogle Places top 3; #1 on HendersonTopRated
Las Vegas Remodel & Construction
lvremodel.com, Henderson
4.7 (77)LocalBusiness, Organizationnoyesyes56AI Overview #1 kitchen; named in 2 of 6 answers; BBB, Nextdoor, Porch, Expertise
Kingdom & Co.
kingdomandco.com
4.8 (39)HomeAndConstructionBusiness, Service, AdministrativeAreayesnonoHenderson neighborhood pages (Anthem, MacDonald Highlands, Seven Hills)AI Overview #1 luxury remodel; HGTV mention
Vegas Remodels
vegasremodelsllc.com
4.9 (40)nonenonono1 page, 3 servicesAI Overview #2 luxury remodel (behind Kingdom & Co.); Google Places top 10 for Henderson only

What they have that Vegas Remodels lacks

Review volume (142 to 239 vs 40), a page per service and per neighborhood, FAQ content with FAQPage schema, a blog that gets quoted, the license number in the footer, and presence on the directories that AI engines cite (Yelp claimed, Nextdoor, Thumbtack, Expertise, HomeGuide).

What Vegas Remodels has that they lack

The only luxury-positioned brand in the set with a 4.9 and a photo portfolio at this level. Kingdom & Co. (39 reviews) wins the luxury AI Overview with less proof and better words. The gap is editorial, not reputational, and video closes it faster than text: none of the five has a YouTube presence worth mentioning.

07Action plan

Fix the signals, then feed the engines.

Ordered by impact per hour. Items tagged G Media are ones we can own; Video marks the ones that pair with the content package (project films, FAQ videos, YouTube). Effort: S = under 2 hours, M = a day, L = multi-week.

Week 1

Quick wins

  1. Force https and non-www in Showit domain settings
    Flips every canonical and sitemap URL to https; stops the https-to-http downgrade. Why: engines index the version you declare.
    SHigh impact
  2. Add 301 redirects for the 6 legacy URLs
    Showit: Site Settings, domain gear icon. Map /contact-us to /contact, /whatwedo to /portfolio, /whoweare and /who-we-are to /about, /our-process to /services, /whatwedo/pacific-sageview to /portfolio.
    SHigh impact
  3. Claim Yelp; fix ZIP, hours, photos; fix Facebook category
    Yelp sits in position 2 for the brand name showing 2.7 stars and the wrong ZIP. Claiming unlocks a response and a review link.
    SHigh impact
  4. Put the license on the site: footer NAP block
    "Vegas Remodels LLC · NV Lic. #0090866 (B-2) · #0085839 (C-3) · Licensed, bonded, insured · 1620 Raiders Way Ste 130, Henderson, NV 89052 · (702) 994-7011 (tap to call)". Why: the single most-extracted trust fact for contractors.
    SHigh impact
  5. Ask BuildZoom to correct the "inactive" license status
    Their page is in Google's top 10 for the brand and feeds AI answers. NSCB shows Active; send them the lookup.
    SMedium
  6. Bing Webmaster Tools + Google Search Console; submit sitemap; turn on IndexNow
    Bing's site: search finds nothing yet. ChatGPT search reads Bing. Also set GBP website to https.
    G MediaSHigh impact
  7. Noindex /brand-guide, /brand-guide-two, /thank-you; add meta descriptions to the 6 empty pages; set html lang
    Housekeeping that stops junk pages competing with real ones.
    G MediaSMedium
30 days

Make the facts machine-readable

  1. Site-wide JSON-LD via Showit custom head code
    HomeAndConstructionBusiness + GeneralContractor with NAP, geo, hours, priceRange, license in "identifier", sameAs to Google Maps, BBB, Houzz, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn; Person for Ryan and Brian; Service per offering; BreadcrumbList. Validate in Google's Rich Results test.
    G MediaMHigh impact
  2. Five service pages with a real H1 each
    Kitchen remodel, bathroom remodel, whole-home remodel, additions and ADUs, custom homes. Each: what is included, process, typical range, timeline, 3 projects, 5 FAQs with FAQPage schema. Why: the prompts people type are service-first.
    G MediaVideoLHigh impact
  3. Rewrite the 12 project pages as case studies
    Neighborhood, scope, square footage, duration, designer and photographer credits, 3 before/after pairs, a 60-second film embedded. Fix the 5 one-word titles. Why: these pages already have the assets AI quotes.
    G MediaVideoMHigh impact
  4. Review engine: Google first, then Houzz and Yelp
    Target 60+ Google reviews in 90 days (40 today; competitors 142 to 239). Post-project text with the review link; ask every past client named on the About testimonials. Respond to every review.
    MHigh impact
  5. Google Business Profile: services, Q&A, weekly posts, video
    Add the services list, 10 seeded Q&As, product/service photos, and a weekly post from the content package. Remove the "home goods store" category if present.
    G MediaVideoSMedium
  6. YouTube channel + first 6 videos
    Project walk-throughs and founder Q&A from the podcast sessions, each titled as a question, with full transcript and the website link. Why: the strongest off-site signal for AI citations and a source Google AI Overviews lean on.
    G MediaVideoMHigh impact
  7. Compress hero videos; add robots.txt and llms.txt
    Under 2 MB per clip with poster frames. robots.txt allowing GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended and pointing to the sitemap. llms.txt is cheap insurance, not a ranking factor.
    G MediaSMedium
90 days

Seed the corpus engines read

  1. Neighborhood pages: Henderson, Anthem, MacDonald Highlands, Seven Hills, Summerlin, Southern Highlands
    Each with the projects actually built there, HOA and permit notes, a short film. Why: Kingdom & Co. wins the luxury AI Overview largely on neighborhood pages.
    G MediaVideoLHigh impact
  2. Answer-first guides (blog), 2 per month
    "Whole-home remodel cost in Las Vegas 2026", "Permits for a remodel in Henderson", "Kitchen remodel timeline", "How to choose a luxury GC". Question H2s, a table in each, stats with sources, visible updated date. Each becomes a podcast segment and a YouTube video.
    G MediaVideoLHigh impact
  3. Get on the lists AI quotes
    Expertise.com, HomeGuide, Thumbtack, Nextdoor, Porch, HendersonTopRated (currently #18), Las Vegas Architects "best remodelers" list, plus a Houzz review push to reach 10+. Target local press with the Crosby arena and community work.
    G MediaLHigh impact
  4. Entity work: LinkedIn company page, Wikidata item, consistent "Vegas Remodels LLC" everywhere
    Retire "Cave Construction" from HomeAdvisor and BuildZoom. Why: engines must tell Vegas Remodels apart from Las Vegas Remodel & Construction.
    G MediaMMedium
  5. Monthly AI visibility check
    Re-run these prompts across Google, Bing, Perplexity and ChatGPT each month and track mentions and citations, the same tracker G Media runs for its own brands.
    G MediaSMedium
  6. Reddit and community presence
    Answer r/vegaslocals and r/LasVegas remodel threads as the owner, honestly and without selling. Reddit is the most-cited third-party source across engines.
    MMedium
G Media can ownVideo pairs with content packageS / M / L effortHigh / Medium expected impact
08Method and caveats

How this was checked.

What we ran

Full crawl of the sitemap plus every internal link (21 pages, Oct 1, 2026). Lighthouse 13 mobile and desktop on the homepage. Google Places API for ratings, categories and local pack order. Nevada State Contractors Board license lookup (live form). BBB, Houzz, BuildZoom, Yelp, HomeAdvisor, Expertise.com, HomeGuide pages read directly. 6 prompts on Google AI Overview, Bing, Perplexity and ChatGPT from a logged-out browser where the engine allows it. Competitor homepages parsed for schema, FAQ, blog and license mentions.

What we could not verify

Facebook page category (page would not open for us; based on Google's snippet). Instagram follower count (about 8,300, from Google's snippet). "Gold Winner, Best of Las Vegas 2023" (claimed on a third-party listing; not confirmed). Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster status (needs owner access). GBP services, posts and Q&A (needs owner access). PageSpeed field data (CrUX) was unavailable, so Core Web Vitals here are lab numbers. AI answers change daily; treat the table as a snapshot, not a ranking.