Case study · Buffalo, NY
Sonny Monn runs Buffalo Windshield Chip & Crack Repair LLC in Buffalo, NY. Single-truck operation, 5.0 stars on Google, 76 reviews. For years his old site sat on page 4. We rebuilt it. Eighteen days later he was outranking Safelite.
Four months later we track 677 searches for him. He is on Page 1 of Google for 274 of them, in the top 3 for 166, and Claude names him in more than half of the questions a Buffalo driver asks it.
Calls jumped noticeably after launch, and the business added six figures in revenue.
AI search
Sonny told us customers called him after finding him on Claude. So we asked Claude and ChatGPT, with web search on, the 15 questions a Buffalo driver actually asks: who fixes a chip, who comes to you, who is cheapest, who does ADAS calibration, who works in Amherst, Cheektowaga or Williamsville. Claude named Buffalo Windshield in 8 of 15 answers and put him first in 4, including the cheapest chip repair and the best mobile repair in Buffalo. ChatGPT named him in 7 of 15.
8/15
Claude answers that name him
#1
Claude's first pick in 4 answers
7/15
ChatGPT answers that name him
15/15
Mentions checked by hand
Claude Sonnet 4.6 and GPT-4o mini, web search on, asked Sept 28, 2026. Every answer that named him was read and confirmed.
AI search also cites his website as a source. From Aug 1 to Sep 26, 2026, buffalowindshield.com was cited 19 times (Google AI 14, ChatGPT 5), the #1 cited source for auto glass in Buffalo, ahead of Safelite.
19
AI search citations
14
Google AI
5
ChatGPT
#1
Cited source, 16 vs Safelite 12
Citations counted Aug 1 to Sep 26, 2026, for auto glass searches in Buffalo.
9/10
Keywords on Page 1
#1-3
Organic for 4 commercial terms
5.0★
76 Google reviews
18
Days from launch to Page 1
Day 18, June 10, 2026: 10 target keywords checked. One week later, on day 25, we tracked 141 searches: 73 on Page 1, 29 in the top 3.
677
Searches tracked now
274
On Page 1 of Google
166
In the top 3
#1
"Windshield repair near me" in Buffalo
Day 128, Sept 28, 2026: every service, suburb and "near me" search we track, checked from Buffalo. 670 of 677 returned a result.
Four months in
When someone in Buffalo types the short, high-volume searches, this is where Buffalo Windshield shows up. Checked Sept 28, 2026, from Buffalo, organic positions.
| Search | Position in Buffalo | AI searches/mo (US) |
|---|---|---|
| windshield repair near me | #1 | not measured |
| windshield crack repair | #1 | 2,860 |
| windshield repair | #2 | 7,418 |
| windshield replacement near me | #3 | 11 |
| windshield replacement | #5 (Page 1) | 31,736 |
| auto glass replacement | #9 (Page 1) | 359 |
| auto glass repair near me | #9 (Page 1) | not measured |
AI searches per month: how often people across the US ask AI assistants about that topic, August 2026. "Not measured" means too few AI searches for a reliable number. Across all 677 searches we track, 66 carry measurable AI volume, about 78,900 AI searches a month.
What we delivered
More calls
Sonny shared that his phone rang noticeably more after launch, and the business added six figures in revenue.
Page one rankings
Page 1 for 9 of 10 target keywords in 18 days. Four months later, Page 1 for 274 of 677 tracked searches, including #1 for "windshield repair near me" in Buffalo.
Recommended by Claude and ChatGPT
Claude names him in 8 of 15 buyer questions and picks him first in 4. ChatGPT names him in 7 of 15. His site is the #1 cited source for auto glass in Buffalo in AI search.
Reviews front and center
His 5.0 star rating and 76 Google reviews are the first thing a customer sees.
The receipts
Day 18 is June 10, 2026, 18 days after launch on May 23: organic positions only. Day 128 is Sept 28, 2026, the same 10 searches checked from Buffalo, with the map pack noted where he appears in it. Eight of the 10 are on Page 1 today.
| Keyword | Vol/mo | Day 18 (June 10) | Day 128 (Sept 28) |
|---|---|---|---|
| windshield chip repair buffalo | 80-130 | #1 (tied with Yelp listing of them) | #1 plus #3 in the map pack |
| windshield crack repair buffalo | 70-120 | #1 | #1, Safelite #2 |
| windshield chip repair near me buffalo | 50-90 | #1 | #1 plus #2 in the map pack |
| windshield repair buffalo ny | 150-250 | #2 (above Safelite, Glass America) | #4 (Page 1), Safelite now #1 |
| windshield replacement buffalo ny mobile | 30-60 | #3 | #3 |
| best windshield repair buffalo ny | 60-110 | #4 (Page 1) | #2 in the map pack |
| mobile windshield repair buffalo | 90-150 | #7-8 (Page 1) | #2, up from #7-8 |
| auto glass buffalo ny mobile service | 60-110 | #10 (Page 1) | #11 (top of Page 2) |
| buffalo windshield reviews (branded) | 20-40 | #1 | #1 |
| erie insurance windshield claim buffalo ny | 12-28 | Not yet top 10 | Not yet top 20 |
Google results for "windshield repair buffalo ny" as of June 10, 2026: #1 Auto Glass Now, #2 Buffalo Windshield, #3 Delta Sonic, #4 Safelite, #5 Glass America. We outranked three national chains in 18 days on a brand-new domain.
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