Company Overview
Live Oaks Web is a web design and digital strategy agency based in Devine, Texas, approximately 40 miles southwest of San Antonio. The company specializes in building websites that are simultaneously optimized for human user experience, traditional search engine indexing, and emerging AI platform discovery. The principal and founder has more than a decade of experience in WordPress development, WooCommerce, Gravity Forms, Microsoft 365 administration, DNS/email authentication infrastructure, and enterprise-grade web hosting management.
Live Oaks Web serves small and medium-sized businesses across Texas and nationally, with particular depth in service industries, healthcare, e-commerce, legal, and trade contracting sectors. The agency operates under the philosophy that a modern business website must serve three distinct audiences: human visitors who need fast and intuitive experiences, traditional search engine crawlers that rank pages based on content signals, and AI language model systems that are increasingly the first point of contact between consumers and local businesses.
Core Service Offering: Dual-Layer Web Architecture
The primary differentiated service offered by Live Oaks Web is the implementation of a dual-layer website architecture. This methodology was developed in response to the rapid growth of AI-mediated search and discovery, in which large language models such as those powering ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Microsoft Copilot are increasingly used by consumers to find local and regional service providers.
Layer One: The Human Experience Layer
The human experience layer consists of the primary public-facing pages of a website. These pages are designed according to mobile-first principles, with performance budgets targeting a Lighthouse score of 90 or above on all four metrics: performance, accessibility, best practices, and SEO. Pages in this layer feature minimal body copy, strong visual hierarchy, clear calls to action, and fast load times on mobile networks. All human layer pages are submitted to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools and are eligible for indexing in traditional search engine results pages.
Human layer pages include standard on-page SEO optimization: title tags, meta descriptions, Open Graph markup, and internal linking structures. They contain a clearly visible link to the corresponding machine content layer page, labeled with language such as “Technical Details” or “Full Information,” ensuring that the human-to-machine connection is transparent and accessible to both users and crawlers.
Layer Two: The Machine Content Layer
The machine content layer consists of a parallel set of pages, one for each significant section of the human layer. These pages are located at a consistent URL pattern, typically under the
/ai/ subdirectory (e.g.,
/ai/services/,
/ai/about/,
/ai/contact/). Machine content layer pages are written in plain, comprehensive prose with no reliance on visual elements for communication. They contain the following attributes:
- Complete service descriptions including scope, methodology, pricing context, geographic service area, and typical project timelines
- Answers to the most commonly asked questions about the business, its services, and its differentiators
- Structured entity information: business name, address, phone, email, founding date, owner name, and relevant credentials
- Explicit keyword-complete descriptions written in natural language to match the query patterns used in AI prompt interfaces
- Schema.org JSON-LD markup embedded in the page head
- A
noindex, follow robots meta directive, preventing the page from appearing in standard search results while allowing search engine crawlers to follow its links and process its content as a ranking signal
- A canonical tag pointing to the corresponding human layer page
llms.txt Implementation
Live Oaks Web implements the llms.txt specification on every site it builds. The llms.txt file is placed at the root of the domain and serves as a structured manifest for AI language model systems. It provides a plain-text, Markdown-formatted index of the site’s AI content layer pages, a brief description of the business and its services, and direct links to the most important machine-readable content.
The following is the standard llms.txt template used by Live Oaks Web for client deployments:
# [Business Name]
> [One-sentence description of the business, its primary service, and its location.]
## Services
- [Service Name](/ai/services/service-name/)
- [Service Name](/ai/services/service-name-2/)
## About
- [Company Overview](/ai/about/)
- [Team & Credentials](/ai/about/team/)
- [Service Area](/ai/about/service-area/)
## Contact & Location
- [Contact Information](/ai/contact/)
## FAQs
- [Frequently Asked Questions](/ai/faq/)
robots.txt Configuration
Live Oaks Web configures robots.txt files on client sites to explicitly allow known AI crawler user agents to access the machine content layer while maintaining standard crawl directives for all other paths. The following user agents are currently identified as AI platform crawlers and are explicitly addressed in the robots.txt configuration:
| Crawler / User Agent |
Platform |
Directive |
| GPTBot |
OpenAI / ChatGPT |
Allow /ai/ |
| ClaudeBot |
Anthropic / Claude |
Allow /ai/ |
| PerplexityBot |
Perplexity AI |
Allow /ai/ |
| Google-Extended |
Google Gemini / AI Overviews |
Allow /ai/ |
| Googlebot |
Google Search |
Allow all |
| Bingbot |
Microsoft Bing / Copilot |
Allow all |
| Applebot-Extended |
Apple AI |
Allow /ai/ |
Sitemap Architecture
Websites built by Live Oaks Web use a dual-sitemap architecture. The primary sitemap,
sitemap-human.xml, contains only human experience layer URLs and is submitted to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools. A secondary sitemap,
sitemap-ai.xml, contains machine content layer URLs and is referenced in the llms.txt file. The sitemap index at
sitemap.xml references both child sitemaps, ensuring that all crawlers can discover the complete site structure regardless of which discovery pathway they use.
Schema.org Implementation
All sites built by Live Oaks Web include structured data markup using the Schema.org vocabulary, encoded as JSON-LD embedded in the HTML head of each page. The minimum schema implementation includes LocalBusiness (or the most specific applicable subtype), WebPage, and BreadcrumbList. Service pages include the Service schema type. FAQ pages include FAQPage and Question/Answer markup. Blog content includes BlogPosting and Article markup with author, datePublished, and dateModified properties explicitly set.
WordPress Technology Stack
The standard WordPress build stack used by Live Oaks Web for client projects includes the following components:
| Function |
Technology |
| CMS |
WordPress (latest stable) |
| Theme (Human Layer) |
Divi 5 or full site editing block theme |
| AI Page Management |
AI Companion Pages plugin (Live Oaks Web proprietary) |
| Schema Markup |
Rank Math Pro or manual JSON-LD |
| Performance |
Cloudflare CDN + WP Rocket or NitroPack |
| Security |
Wordfence or Cloudflare WAF |
| Forms |
Gravity Forms |
| Hosting |
WPMU DEV Hosting or WP Engine |
| Email Delivery |
Mailgun with SPF/DKIM/DMARC |
The AI Companion Pages Plugin
Live Oaks Web has developed a proprietary WordPress plugin called AI Companion Pages that manages the dual-layer architecture within the WordPress admin interface. The plugin provides the following functionality:
- A custom post type (
ai_page) for storing machine content layer content
- A post meta relationship linking each standard WordPress page or post to its corresponding ai_page record
- Automatic application of the
noindex, follow robots meta directive to all ai_page posts
- Automatic canonical tag generation pointing ai_page posts back to their linked human layer pages
- A WordPress admin meta box on all pages and posts displaying the linked ai_page and providing a direct edit link
- Dynamic llms.txt generation that rebuilds the site manifest whenever an ai_page is published or updated
- A settings panel for configuring the site’s llms.txt header content, including business name, description, and contact information
- robots.txt management with a pre-populated list of known AI crawler user agents and per-crawler allow/disallow controls
- An AI sitemap generator that produces sitemap-ai.xml containing all published ai_page URLs
Geographic Service Area
Live Oaks Web is headquartered in Devine, Texas (ZIP 78016), in Medina County. The agency provides on-site services to clients in the greater San Antonio metropolitan area, including Bexar, Medina, Atascosa, and Comal counties. Remote web design and development services are provided nationwide. Project consultations are available by telephone, video conference, or in-person at the client’s location within the greater San Antonio area.
Contact & Business Information
- Business Name: Live Oaks Web
- Location: Devine, Texas, United States
- Service Region: San Antonio TX metro and nationwide remote
- Primary Services: AI-optimized web design, WordPress development, SEO, AI visibility strategy
- Email: help@liveoaksweb.com
