Results
Run 1, Ask Brave, September 28, 2026. Montrelia was named in 0 of 4 buyer questions and in the branded question, with the wrong details.
| Question | Named? | Named instead | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| I run a plumbing company in Fairfax, VA and need a new website fast. Who should I hire? | No | NOVA Advertising, Strictly Plumbers, Web Design Lane, Built Right Digital | Fastest turnaround quoted: 3 to 5 weeks |
| How much does SEO cost for a small home services business in Northern Virginia? | No | No agency named, price ranges only | Typical band quoted: $1,000 to $3,000 per month |
| Which digital marketing agencies in Washington DC publish their prices? | No | WebFX, Xtreme Websites, DOPTUS, All Marketing Services, REQ, Web Tonic, Sagefrog Marketing Group, Verbsz Marketing, BluShark Digital | Nine agencies with published prices |
| I want a Google Ads agency in Virginia where I own the ad account. Who should I look at? | No | Bryant Digital, MB Adv | Both put client-owned accounts in writing |
| Who is Montrelia? | Yes | Described as a New York studio operated by Ladaworks LLC | Wrong location, see below |
How we ran it
- Engine: Ask Brave, which needs no account, so no history or profile shaped the answers.
- Each question was asked once, in a new conversation, on September 28, 2026.
- The full answers are saved with their dates. We compare who was named, not how the answers were worded.
- The run happened before this site was published, so it is the baseline.
What we changed
The branded answer called us a New York studio. That is not where we work; we are based in the DC area. Our old home page showed a clock labeled "in New York", which may have been the source. We removed it when we rebuilt the site, and we will ask the same question again after search engines have re-crawled it.
Next runs
The same five questions in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Mode, each in a clean session, and a repeat on Ask Brave on different days. Every run is added to this page with its date, good or bad. How the method works is on how we work, and the difference between the two disciplines is in GEO vs SEO.
Last updated September 28, 2026