--- title: "A 1993 machine shop, now recommended by ChatGPT" description: "A Querétaro machine shop open since 1993 with no website: the new one brought 29 contacts in October, and it is the first shop ChatGPT names for custom parts." canonical: "https://rigolco.com/en/projects/maquinados-lopez/" lang: "en" --- URL: https://rigolco.com/en/projects/maquinados-lopez/ Maquinados López # A machine shop from 1993 with no website: from invisible to recommended by ChatGPT Lathe and machining shop in Querétaro, Mexico, since 1993\. Until September 2026 it had no website, no Google listing and no sign on the building. [Book a call](https://cal.com/ton-rigol-rojano-okaosp/30min) [ Visit the site ](https://maquinadoslopez.com/) ![Maquinados López logo](https://rigolco.com/assets-logos/maquinados-lopez.webp) 29 contacts from the website in October October 2026, first full month · September: 5 Google Analytics 4 Google impressions per week, Sep 1 → Nov 1, 2026 · Google Search Console. The curve shows impressions, not contacts; before the new website, none. The numbers mark the moments in the log. ## How Maquinados López achieved 29 contacts from the website in October 5 moments, each with its date and source 1. **until Sep 2026**no website Search Console ### Thirty years of craft that nobody could see online Maquinados López has been working since 1993 for industry in the Bajío region, mostly automotive, and its clients came by word of mouth. Online, it did not exist: the domain led to an almost empty page, it had no Google listing and the building does not even have a sign. year the shop opened 1993 Google impressions before the new website 0 Google Maps listings 0 2. **Sep 4, 2026**launch ### A website that tells the shop’s story the way a buyer searches for it Before writing a single line, we got to know the shop with Gerardo López: what machines it has, what parts it is asked to make and how an order comes in. The site went live on September 4, 2026 with one page per process and per industry, a blog with the real questions from purchasing and maintenance teams, and the facts an AI assistant needs to recommend a business with confidence. The whole site pushes toward a single step: sending the drawing over WhatsApp. ![Maquinados López services hub: turning, milling, grinding and custom parts](https://rigolco.com/assets-cases/shots/maquinados-lopez-servicios.webp) One page per process, with a WhatsApp quote one click away. ![Page of the industries Maquinados López serves: automotive, plant maintenance, molds and dies, agribusiness, food and home appliances](https://rigolco.com/assets-cases/shots/maquinados-lopez-industrias.webp) ![Maquinados López home page, with the lathe and industrial machining headline over a photo of the shop](https://rigolco.com/assets-cases/shots/maquinados-lopez-home.webp) Home 3. **Sep 3 – Nov 1, 2026**Google’s AI Search Console ### Google’s AI used it 320 times as a source In October, the page it used most was a blog article, “What a STEP file is”, ahead of the home page. Impressions in AI Overviews and AI Mode, October What a STEP file is**96** Home page**88** Grinding after machining**25** Machining processes**21** 4. **Oct 2026**first full month Analytics Search Console ### 29 contacts from the website; in September, 5 In October, its first full month, the website generated 29 contacts. Google went from never showing the shop to showing it 3,248 times in a month, and it already appears on the first page for 74 searches. via WhatsApp 25 to book a visit 3 form 1 searches on the first page of Google 74 September **5** October **29** 5. **Nov 3, 2026**ChatGPT ChatGPT ### The first shop ChatGPT names for a part made to drawing When someone asks ChatGPT for a shop in Querétaro to make a part to drawing, Maquinados López is the first shop it names: it did so in all three tests on November 3, and in two of them it also put it at the top of the list, labeled “Mi primera recomendación” (My top recommendation). The answer repeats what the website says: CNC and manual turning, milling, grinding, one-off parts and “since 1993”. ![ChatGPT’s answer to “recomiéndame un taller de torno y maquinados en Querétaro para mandar a hacer una pieza sobre plano” (recommend a lathe and machining shop in Querétaro to have a part made to drawing): Maquinados López comes first, labeled “Mi primera recomendación” (My top recommendation)](https://rigolco.com/assets-cases/shots/maquinados-lopez-chatgpt.webp) ChatGPT, November 3, 2026, logged out: Maquinados López, “My top recommendation”. Three logged-out tests; an assistant’s answers vary. 6. **Today**the client > “I’ve had good results ever since I got this website.” **Gerardo López Becerra**Owner of Maquinados López · Google review ## Project details Client Maquinados López Sector Lathe and industrial machining Region Querétaro and the Bajío region Work New website · AI visibility Launch Sep 4, 2026 Measured Sep 1 → Nov 3, 2026 Sources Analytics, Search Console, ChatGPT ## Has your business been doing good work for years while nobody finds it online? Thirty minutes to see how to tell your story on a website that brings you contacts. [Book a call](https://cal.com/ton-rigol-rojano-okaosp/30min) Data: Google Analytics 4 (contacts in September and October 2026), Google Search Console (Sep 3 – Nov 1, 2026, including the generative AI report) and ChatGPT (three logged-out tests on November 3, 2026; an assistant’s answers vary). Published with Maquinados López’s permission.