Substance wins
Engines reward businesses that genuinely deserve recommending. We make you more citable by making you more legible — never by gaming the system.
About Ember
We help good businesses
We help good businesses
get the credit they earn.
Search is being rewritten by AI — and the businesses that adapt first will own their categories.
Ember started with a simple observation: the best local businesses in San Diego were losing visibility not because they were worse, but because the way people search was changing faster than their marketing.
Customers stopped scrolling links and started asking assistants. Suddenly, being on page one wasn't enough — you had to be the name the engine said out loud.
We're a small team of engineers and marketers who treat answer-engine optimization like the technical discipline it is: measurable, documented, and built on substance rather than tricks. No keyword stuffing, no black boxes — just the structured, authoritative groundwork that earns citations.
2024 Founded in San Diego
12+ Local businesses served
6 Disciplines, one program
100% Senior, no outsourcing
What we believe
Principles, not playbooks.
Measure everything
If we can't track it, we don't claim it. Citation share, answer presence, rankings, leads — every number is real and yours to see.
Local roots, modern reach
We know San Diego and we know the engines. That combination wins "near me" today and the AI answer tomorrow — wherever your customers ask.
The team
Small, senior, San Diego.
Every account is run by the people doing the work — no junior hand-offs, no offshore content mills.
AM
Alex Marsh
Founder & AEO Lead
JL
Jordan Lee
Technical SEO
SR
Sam Rivera
Content & Authority
PK
Priya Kapoor
Analytics & Strategy
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Work with us
Let's make you the answer.
Coffee in San Diego or a call from anywhere — let's talk about where the AI search opportunity is for your business.