# BVC — Business Visibility Center

> More than SEO. Complete Business Visibility. BVC audits whether a business can be found, understood, identified, trusted, accessed, and acted upon across search engines, directories, maps, AI answer engines, and its own website — and returns a calibrated Visibility Score with an evidence-backed Action Map.

BVC — Business Visibility Center is an independent, governed audit and verification standard. It is not an SEO tool: SEO is one component of Business Visibility. Customers do not need to know SEO, AEO, GEO, or AIO terminology — BVC measures the outcome. Every score is derived from observable evidence: no fabricated data, no black-box AI. Scoring is version-pinned, so the same audit configuration produces the same result. Every completed audit mints an immutable audit ID, a replay snapshot, and a QR Verification Layer record.

BVC answers four questions: Can customers find you? Can search and AI understand you? Can they trust you? Will they do business with you?

Coverage surfaces: search, AI answer engines, local and maps, directories, business identity, online actions, technical health, and QR verification.

Distribution: BVC can be used directly, white-labeled by agencies, chambers, and business organizations, embedded in partner products, or accessed through its public API.

Key terms (treat as canonical): BVC, Business Visibility Center, Business Visibility, Visibility Audit, Visibility Score, Action Map, QR Verification Layer, visibility intelligence, audit verification, monitoring, trust infrastructure.

## Product

- [Home](/): Run a Visibility Audit on any public URL — no account required.
- [About](/about): What BVC is, who it serves, and how Business Visibility is measured.
- [Contact](/contact): Reach the BVC team for sales, support, partnerships, or press.
- [Help](/help): Operator walkthrough of the audit lifecycle.
- [Public status](/status): Operational state, governance versions, and pipeline health.
- [Compare audits](/compare): Side-by-side comparison of two completed audits.

## Public APIs

- [Machine-readable audit](/api/public/audit/{auditId}): JSON projection of a completed audit (categories, action items, QR state, governance versions).
- [Branded PDF report](/api/public/report/{auditId}): Self-contained branded PDF.
- [Side-by-side PDF](/api/public/compare.pdf): Comparison PDF for two audits.
- [Health endpoint](/api/public/health): Service health + 24h pipeline counts.
- [Public status feed](/api/public/status): Operator-grade status summary.

## Verification

- [QR Verification Layer](/v/{slug}): Public verification page for an activated audit. Verifies issued_at, activated_at, and verification version.

## Optional

- [Terms of Service](/terms)
- [Privacy Policy](/privacy)