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Events, travel & lifestyle · Lake Norman & Charlotte, North Carolina

A Lake Norman airport shuttle went from 2 to 44 indexed pages in 39 days.

Alpha Car Services is Kevin Graves’s airport shuttle and black car service, based at The Point in Mooresville and serving Lake Norman, Charlotte and Charlotte Douglas International Airport, plus events and long-distance trips. These are the results after the site connected to Rank Authority on Sept 4, 2026, measured in Google Search Console.

Alpha Car Services logo AlphaCarServices.com

+2,100%indexed pages in 39 days
244
indexed pages · Sept 4 → Oct 13
alphacarservices.comalphacarservices.com homepage
Indexed at signup2Sept 4
Indexed latest44Oct 13
Pages added+42in 39 days
Growth+2,100%22x
Not indexed655 reasons
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Results

Indexed pages, before and after.

The site signed up on Sept 4, 2026 with 2 indexed pages. By Oct 13, Google Search Console showed 44.

Before / after

Indexed pages, signup vs. latest

Alpha Car Services added 42 indexed pages, from 2 to 44. Two measured points, not a trend line.

Indexed pages at signup 2 versus latest 44, a gain of 4202550 244 At signup · Sept 4Latest · Oct 13 +42
Coverage

Indexed vs. not indexed today

Of the 109 pages Google knows about on the latest count, 40% are indexed.

At the latest count 44 pages indexed and 65 not indexed, 40% indexed 40%indexed Indexed · 44 Not indexed · 65 5 reasons reported by Google
Google Search Console proof

Page indexing report, Oct 13, 2026

Search Console’s Page indexing report for AlphaCarServices.com: 44 indexed, 65 not indexed (5 reasons). The green indexed slice is a sliver around the Sept 4 signup, grows through September and reaches 44 in October. Green bars are indexed pages; grey bars are pages not indexed.

Google Search Console Page indexing report for AlphaCarServices.com showing 44 indexed pages
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Industry context

Why AI visibility matters for airport shuttles and car services

Travelers increasingly ask AI assistants for a reliable ride to the airport or a car for an event in a specific town. The assistant can only recommend services it can find and describe.

BrightLocal’s 2026 research found ChatGPT names about four businesses per local answer and Google’s AI Overviews about 2.5. In a ride market dominated by the big apps, the short list goes to services whose pages explain what they offer and where.

Sources: BrightLocal, "What 200k local AI searches tell us" (Sep 16, 2026); BrightLocal, "Nearly Half of Consumers are Asking AI for Business Recommendations" (Mar 10, 2026)

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The challenge

Where Alpha Car Services started

Alpha Car Services has years of loyal riders and five-star reviews, but its website was small and simple. When it signed up on Sept 4, Google had indexed only 2 pages of the site.

Each service (airport runs to Charlotte Douglas, black car service, events, long-distance trips) and each town around Lake Norman is a separate question a traveler might ask. A site with a handful of pages cannot answer most of them.

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The approach

What the Rank Authority platform does

This describes the platform's published capabilities that apply to a site like this one. It is not a log of every change made to Alpha Car Services.

  1. 01

    AI Optimization

    Scans every page and deploys on-page and schema fixes, then submits them for indexing.

  2. 02

    RankLink

    Links service and service-area pages into clusters so the site reads as one local authority on airport and car service.

  3. 03

    AI Visibility

    Builds and tracks citation-targeted artifacts across 9 AI platforms.

Scan the siteConnect the CMSConnect Search ConsoleAutopilot writes, ships & indexes

Google decides when it indexes, which realistically takes three to four weeks. Nothing is held hostage: cancel and every artifact, fix and article stays live.

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Results & interpretation

What the numbers mean for AI discoverability

Alpha Car Services went from 2 to 44 indexed pages in 39 days, a +2,100% increase. Far more of the site is now available to Google and the AI tools that draw on it.

Those 42 new indexed pages cover services, airport runs and service areas that AI tools could not recommend before. The 65 pages not yet indexed are the next opportunity.

Why indexed pages matter: AI answer engines like Google’s AI Overviews and AI Mode build on Google’s index, and other assistants draw on search indexes and the web. A page that is not indexed cannot be retrieved, matched or cited. Indexed pages are not the same as citations or customers, but they are the precondition for both.

Rank Authority reportsIndexed pages went from 2 to 44 in 39 days after signing up on Sept 4, 2026, adding 42 indexed pages (+2,100%).
Data coming soon

AI citation evidence

Screenshots or tracked citations from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI naming this business.

Data coming soon

Search performance

Search Console impressions and clicks over the same window.

Data coming soon

Business outcomes

Calls, leads or bookings attributed to organic and AI search.

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Kevin Graves, Alpha Car Services
★★★★★“I have an airport shuttle and black car service in Charlotte, North Carolina. I come from IT background and built my first website that was streamlined and simple. It served its purpose but now I’m looking for something better. AlphaCarServices.com

In the last seven years of my business, I’ve come across several SEO companies. I was not impressed with what they were selling.

However, working with the people at Rank Authority has been a great experience.

They worked with me to rebuild my website as a first step to build up my ranking. I learned quite a bit from them and they were open to adapting my ideas into the final product. I would describe my experience as being a guest at the Motel Six and moving up to The Ritz-Carlton. I look forward to continue working with the Rank Authority service going forward Kevin Graves. 10/07/26”
Kevin Graves · Alpha Car Services5-star review on Trustpilot, Oct 7, 2026
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For businesses like yours

What this means for you

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FAQ

Questions about this case

How was growth calculated?

Growth is (latest − signup) ÷ signup: (44 − 2) ÷ 2 = +2,100%, or 22x, over about 39 days from the Sept 4, 2026 signup to Oct 13, 2026.

How exact is the starting number?

The Sept 4 figure of 2 indexed pages is the count around signup in the Search Console chart. The latest figures (44 indexed, 65 not indexed) are exact.

Is the review verified?

It is Kevin Graves’s 5-star review of Rank Authority on Trustpilot, posted Oct 7, 2026. The link under the quote goes to the review.

How were these numbers measured?

Indexed-page counts come from Google Search Console’s Page indexing report for AlphaCarServices.com, shared Oct 13, 2026: 44 indexed and 65 not indexed (5 reasons) at the latest count.

Can I see results like this for my site?

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