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4,845 keyword rankings on Google, 1,058 of them in the top three. Over 1.1 million monthly search impressions and 44,153 organic clicks a month, across 10 states. Every figure sourced and dated: Ahrefs, Google Search Console, GA4, Sentinel. We built the sites, took the rankings, and published the receipts.

4,845

keyword rankings on Google

1,147,963

monthly search impressions

44,153

monthly organic clicks

46

ranked #1 across 10 states

Get your free auditRegistry generated · 2026-07-14
  • 46 number-one local rankings at the 2026-07-01 scan
  • Purple Buds: clicks +359.9% in one month (GSC, June 2026)
  • Waabigwan: one store page 22 to 1,968 monthly clicks (resolved case, Apr to May 2026)
  • The Alchemy: organic sessions +274.2% (GA4, June 2026)
  • Hii NYC: Perplexity's first recommendation (AI pass 2026-07-12)
  • Terp Bros: ChatGPT cited terpbrosnyc.com in 7 of 7 runs (AI pass 2026-07-25)
  • Terp Bros: 10,067 page-one keywords (verified 2026-06-10)
  • Luxury Leaf: number one held across 5 straight scans (Jun 19 to Jul 1 2026)
  • Every figure dated + sourced · registry generated 2026-07-14

Featured build

We build the whole thing. Watch one.

A finished Bud Authority build, scrolling top to bottom. Every case file below is one of these, and each one links straight to the real thing.

Cannabis Cured · new buildPreview build
New design · preview
Cannabis Cured · 276 routes, 29 bespoke interiors · launching soonBud Authority build

Just launched

Six new builds, live this month.

A brand detonation in California, a bite in South Jersey, neon in Hell's Kitchen, four stores across Michigan, an art print in Gibbsboro, and a family in Sparks. Every one a co-branded case file.

Rezidue website by Bud Authority
Hell's Kitchen, NYC

Rezidue

A room built to glow: neon storefront and delivery for Midtown Manhattan.

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Olswell Cannabis Co. website by Bud Authority
Michigan · 4 stores

Olswell Cannabis Co.

Four Michigan stores, one store-aware system. Zero cloned pages.

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One Green Leaf website by Bud Authority
Gibbsboro, NJ

One Green Leaf

An editorial risograph art print that converts: drive-thru to delivery.

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Greenleaf Wellness website by Bud Authority
Sparks, NV

Greenleaf Wellness

Family-owned, Nevada-grown, properly told: trust as architecture.

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Bud Authority x Waxx Brandz design collision: the lime command system meeting Waxx's golden street culture
Brand build · California

Waxx Brandz

Where the system met the culture: a cinematic, Spotify-wired, search-engineered site for one of California's boldest cannabis brands.

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Bud Authority x Cottonmouth Dispensary design collision: the lime command system meeting Cottonmouth's emerald glass serpent
Dispensary · Runnemede, NJ

Cottonmouth Dispensary

The dispensary with a bite: a sales-floor montage age gate and a glass-art community build for South Jersey.

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The next search box

AI engines cite our clients

When a shopper asks an AI assistant where to buy, most dispensaries are invisible. Bud Authority clients are not just named, their own sites are pulled in as the answer's source. ChatGPT cited one of these builds in 7 of 7 runs. Open any engine below to read its actual pass: the customer prompts we replayed, the run counts, and what came back.

ChatGPT

OpenAI

The breakthrough. When ChatGPT runs a live local search, it named Terp Bros and cited terpbrosnyc.com in every single run.

64
prompt runs measured
7
runs that named a client
7
runs that cited a client site

Terp Bros

Queens, NY · pass 2026-07-25

Live local search
source cited: terpbrosnyc.combest position: #1 of the engine's list

  • “Where should I buy cannabis in Ozone Park?”

    7 runs

    7 of 7 named7 of 7 cited the site

  • “Recommend a dispensary near Astoria.”

    10 runs

    0 of 10 named0 of 10 cited the site

  • “What are the best dispensaries in New York City?”

    10 runs

    0 of 10 named0 of 10 cited the site

  • “Where should I buy cannabis in Astoria?”

    10 runs

    0 of 10 named0 of 10 cited the site

On the home-turf prompt the site was cited as a source in 7 of 7 runs and returned as the first recommendation. On the wider Astoria and citywide prompts the engine answered with other shops. 37 runs measured in this pass.

Hii NYC, Green Genius and BeLeaf

Brooklyn and Manhattan · pass 2026-07-12

Answered from memory, no web search

  • “Recommend a dispensary near Brooklyn.”

    9 runs

    0 of 9 named0 of 9 cited the site

  • “What are the best dispensaries in New York City?”

    9 runs

    0 of 9 named0 of 9 cited the site

  • “Where should I buy cannabis in Brooklyn?”

    9 runs

    0 of 9 named0 of 9 cited the site

With no live search, ChatGPT recalled national chains and state directories. No independent New York City shop was named at all, ours or anyone else's. Three runs per client per prompt.

Customer-phrased prompts are replayed against each engine several times. Presence is recorded as a RATE across runs, never a single-run screenshot. Named means the engine said the brand out loud. Cited means the engine linked the client's own website as a source of its answer.

Sentinel AI-visibility passes · 2026-07-12 to 2026-07-25

The case files

Fourteen dossiers.
Zero unsourced numbers.

Open any file: the build, the receipts, the live site. Every card links to the real thing.

1,147,963

monthly search impressions delivered across client files in June 2026, per Google Search Console. Their keywords also hold 46 number-one positions across 10 states.

Google Search Console · Sentinel · June 2026

Anyone can claim growth. We filed the evidence.

Also on the shelf

The build showcase

Design work presented as design work. No performance metrics claimed on this row.

Build showcase frame 1
showcase 01captured 2026-07-14
Build showcase frame 2
showcase 02captured 2026-07-14
Build showcase frame 3
showcase 03captured 2026-07-14

On the record

Questions, answered on the record

How are these case study numbers verified?
Every figure is pulled from a named tool with a dated window: Google Search Console and GA4 through our Sentinel monitoring platform, Ahrefs for keyword profiles, and the Google Places API for review counts. The pull date and window render next to each number, and the underlying registry file is committed with the site build.
Can I check the results myself?
Yes, that is the point. Every case file links the client's live website, names the exact head keyword with its scan date, and states the measurement window. Search the keyword, visit the site, compare what you see against the receipt.
What did Bud Authority actually build for these clients?
Full Next.js dispensary websites with bespoke design systems, technical SEO, local SEO, AI-search optimization (AEO and GEO), schema graphs, and live menu infrastructure. Each case file states which services applied to that client.
Why do some case studies show declines?
Because hiding them is what vanity-metric agencies do. Terp Bros' file shows a June 2026 non-brand dip next to its diagnosis and the recovery work that shipped. Monitoring that catches a dip early is part of the service.
How fast do results like these show up?
Honest range from the files here: Purple Buds moved 359.9 percent in a single month after launch, while The Alchemy's 182 percent organic growth ran from August 2025 to May 2026. Market density, starting authority, and site history set the pace. No agency controls Google's clock.

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