AI & GEO Search Optimization

When ChatGPT Answers a Question About Your Industry, Is Your Business Part of the Answer?

We optimize your technical foundation, content, and brand signals so AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and similar tools can find, understand, and cite your business — built on real 2026 data, not hype.

  • Honest about what's proven vs. emerging
  • Complements SEO, doesn't replace it
  • No long-term lock-in
AI & GEO Search Optimization

Context

GEO, AEO, AI Overviews — What Do These Terms Actually Mean?

These terms get used interchangeably, but they target different things. SEO optimizes for traditional rankings on Google and Bing. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) targets direct-answer placement — featured snippets, voice assistants, AI answer boxes. GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) specifically targets earning citations within generative AI responses from tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity. LLMO is the more technical subset focused on how large language models retrieve and cite content at all.

In practice, these overlap heavily and share core tactics — but they target different platforms and are measured differently. We work across all of them, because your customers don’t think in these categories; they just search, ask, and choose.

Services

Our AI & GEO Search Optimization Services

Technical AI Readiness
Technical AI Readiness
  • AI crawler accessibility audit (GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot, and others)
  • CDN/firewall configuration review to catch silent AI bot blocking
  • Server-side rendering checks so content isn’t hidden from AI crawlers behind JavaScript
  • llms.txt implementation, where it’s actually effective for your target engines
Content for AI Citation
Content for AI Citation
  • Passage-level content restructuring: direct answers up front, clear statistics, scannable structure
  • Schema markup for FAQs, reviews, and product information
  • Multimodal optimization — image alt text and schema, video transcripts, audio transcripts
Entity & Brand Signal Building
Entity & Brand Signal Building
  • Knowledge graph and entity consistency across your site, citations, and profiles
  • Off-page signal building — earned media, relevant mentions, and citation-worthy sourcing
  • Brand co-occurrence strategy (appearing consistently alongside relevant topics and competitors)
AI Visibility Monitoring
AI Visibility Monitoring
  • Ongoing tracking of citations and share of answer across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and other major engines
  • Regular reporting on where and how your brand is being cited — or where it’s missing

About Us

What We're Honest About

This space moves fast, and a lot of what's marketed as "GEO" is unproven or oversold. Here's where we stand, plainly:

llms.txt is not a universal fix

llms.txt is not a universal fix

Google's own May 2026 guidance states it isn't used for Google's AI Overviews or AI Mode. It does show measurable effects on other engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity — so we implement it where the data supports it, not everywhere by default.

This complements SEO

This complements SEO

it doesn't replace it. A realistic effort split for a business with an established SEO program is roughly 70% SEO, 25% GEO-specific work, 5% experimentation. Anyone suggesting you abandon traditional SEO for GEO isn't reading the current data.

Gains are real but bounded

Gains are real but bounded

On-page fixes can show measurable lift within 2-4 weeks. Entity and off-page signals compound over months, not overnight. We won't promise a fixed citation rate or ranking position — no one can, on a discipline this new.

Our Process

From first call to ongoing results.

1

Audit

Technical AI-crawler accessibility, current citation presence, and content readiness review.

2

Strategy

A prioritized plan across technical fixes, content restructuring, and entity/brand signals, weighted toward what actually works for your target engines.

3

Implementation

Technical setup, schema, content restructuring, and off-page signal building.

4

Monitor

Ongoing citation and share-of-answer tracking across major AI engines.

5

Report

Regular reporting on where you're being cited, where you're not, and what's changed.

Industries

Industries

Ecommerce & Retail

Ecommerce & Retail

Professional Services

Professional Services

Healthcare

Healthcare

SaaS & Technology

SaaS & Technology

Local & Multi-Location Businesses

Local & Multi-Location Businesses

B2B

B2B

How we work differently

Precise, not buzzwordy

We use SEO, AEO, GEO, and LLMO accurately — and explain to you what actually matters for your business.

Honest about hype

We won’t sell you every trending tactic — only what current data supports for the engines your customers actually use.

Built on your existing SEO foundation

We don’t treat this as a replacement service — it’s layered on top of the technical and content work already covered by our other SEO services.

Real monitoring, not guesswork

Ongoing citation tracking across major AI engines, not a one-time setup left unchecked.

No long-term contracts

We keep earning your account every month.

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Honest Timeline

What to Expect

Technical fixes and on-page content changes can show measurable lift in AI citations within 2-4 weeks of the next crawl cycle. Entity and off-page signals — the things that build lasting brand recognition across AI systems — typically take a full quarter or more to compound meaningfully, especially if you’re starting from a low baseline. This is a genuinely new discipline: we’ll be direct about what’s working and what isn’t, rather than overpromising on a space this early-stage.

Metrics

Results We Focus On

  • AI Citation Frequency (how often you’re cited across engines)
  • Share of Answer / Share of Voice
  • AI Referral Traffic
  • Entity Recognition Consistency
  • Technical AI-Crawler Accessibility Score

Pricing

Priced for performance.

Pricing is typically structured as a monthly retainer layered on top of existing SEO work, or as a standalone engagement for businesses starting fresh. Given the emerging nature of this discipline, we recommend starting with an audit to see how much foundational work is needed before committing to an ongoing scope. We'll give you a clear quote after that audit.

Scoped to your project

Priced to the scope and complexity you actually need

Clear estimate upfront

A fixed-scope estimate after a free consultation

Honest recommendations

We recommend what fits, not the biggest package

Get Your Custom Quote

Find out if AI tools even know your business exists.

Get a free AI visibility audit — we'll show you exactly where you stand across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews, and what's actually worth fixing first.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions