2 October 2026 · Week 1

My own websites are client #0

Before I ask a plumber in Maroubra to trust me with their Google listing, I want to have run the whole process on something of my own. So the first "client" of Centile Digital is Centile Digital, plus this site.

What I'm doing

Building both sites by hand, with structured data (schema) so search engines and AI tools can tell who I am and what the agency does.
Setting up Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools, Bing Places and Apple Business Connect.
Recording a baseline: where the agency shows up today on the map and in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity answers. The honest answer right now is nowhere, which makes it a clean starting point.

What I'm learning

Starting with Anthropic's Claude Academy, then Semrush's local SEO courses and HubSpot's new AEO certifications. Each one goes on the credentials list when it's done.

Next week

Finish the first two certifications and run my first AI-visibility audit, using the same prompts three times each so I can report a range rather than a lucky single result.