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AI search optimization (GEO): make your pages easy for AI tools to read and cite

Generative engine optimization (GEO) is the work of making your pages easy for AI answer engines to find, understand and cite. Those answers are assembled from indexed pages, so most of it is solid SEO: a clear description of who you are, passages that answer a question on their own, structured data that matches the page, and crawlers that are allowed in. It suits service firms, software companies and publishers whose buyers already ask AI tools for recommendations. Because we write the code, we also fix rendering, markup and bot rules ourselves, and we measure the referrals in GA4. No one can guarantee a citation, and we won't.

AI answers change what visibility means

More people now ask Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity or Claude a question and read the answer instead of clicking ten links. If your brand is missing from the answer, or described wrongly, you may never see the visit you lost. The field is new, the platforms change often, and the advice online ranges from sound to invented.

We stay with what can be checked. These systems draw on pages that are crawlable and indexed, so the basics still decide most of it: can the page be fetched, is it clear who you are and what you do, does a passage answer the question directly, and do other sources mention you. We improve those, measure what we can, and say plainly what we can't.

What we deliver

  • AI visibility audit

    We ask the questions your buyers ask across the main AI tools, record whether and how your brand appears, and note which sources are cited instead. It's a snapshot, not a ranking, since answers vary between runs.

  • Entity clarity and structured data

    A consistent description of who you are, what you offer and where, across your site and profiles, with Organization, Service and Article markup that matches what is on the page.

  • Citable passages

    Rewriting key pages so a section can stand alone as an answer: a direct statement, the supporting detail, and a source or named author where facts are claimed.

  • Crawler access

    Review of robots.txt and Content-Signal rules, firewall and bot-protection settings, and rendering, so the crawlers you want can read your pages. An llms.txt file is optional and we'll say so.

AI visibility audit

A written review of how your brand and competitors appear for a set of real buyer questions, whether the assistants describe you correctly, and which pages and third-party sources they rely on. It ends in a short action list ordered by effort and likely value.

Citable content and entity work

Edits to service pages, FAQs and key articles so each makes a clear, sourced claim and can be quoted without losing its meaning. We tidy your business details and profiles so they agree everywhere, and we suggest where genuine mentions from other sites would help.

Content marketing

Crawler access and measurement

We check what crawlers can fetch and render, fix blocks that were never intended, and set up GA4 so visits arriving from AI tools can be seen as their own source. Referrer data is incomplete, so we say so in the report.

Technical SEO

How we build it

Every AI search & GEO project runs through our delivery process. These are the steps that are specific to this work. Teal steps are thinking, graphite steps are building, and orange ones keep it running.

  1. Baseline: ask the questions

    Run your buyers' real questions through Google, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude, and record who is mentioned, how, and from which sources.

  2. Check crawl and index

    Confirm pages are indexable and rendered, robots.txt and Content-Signal rules are intentional, and bot protection isn't blocking what you want read.

  3. Clarify entities

    Make the brand's name, offer, location and links to its profiles consistent across the site, with matching structured data.

  4. Rewrite for passages

    Key pages get direct answers, specific facts, named authors and sources, so a section can be understood out of context.

  5. Measure referrals

    Set up GA4 segments for visits from AI tools, plus Search Console for Google's own surfaces, and note the limits of both.

  6. Re-ask and review

    Repeat the question set every quarter, compare with the baseline, and treat changes as signals rather than proof.

What you get

  • A baseline of how AI tools answer your buyers' questions, with the sources they cite
  • A crawler access review: robots.txt, Content-Signal, firewall rules, rendering
  • Structured data that matches the page, for your organization and services
  • Rewritten key pages with clear, sourced, standalone passages
  • An optional llms.txt file, if it suits your site
  • GA4 reporting for AI referrals, with a note on what it can't show

Typical timelines

Typical timelines for AI search & GEO work
ScopeRange
Baseline audit and crawler review1–2 weeks
Page rewrites and structured data2–6 weeks
Ongoing review cadenceQuarterly re-check, monthly referral report

Planning ranges, not quotes. Your scope sets the real timeline, which we confirm in writing after discovery. See how engagements are priced.

Tools we use

  • Google Search Console
  • Google Analytics 4
  • Schema.org structured data
  • robots.txt and Content-Signal
  • llms.txt (optional)
  • Bing Webmaster Tools

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Questions about AI search & GEO

Can you guarantee our brand will be cited by ChatGPT or Google AI Overviews?

No, and no one honestly can. These systems change often, answers vary between runs, and each platform picks sources by its own rules. We improve what's in your control, measure what we can, and report the results as they are.

Is GEO different from SEO?

Mostly it builds on SEO. AI answers draw on pages that are crawlable, indexed and clear, so the fundamentals still decide most of it. GEO adds attention to entity clarity, standalone passages, sources, and whether AI crawlers can reach your content.

Do we need an llms.txt file, or should we block AI crawlers?

An llms.txt file is optional. Google Search doesn't use it, and we wouldn't count on it to change citations, so we put the effort into the pages first. Blocking AI crawlers is your decision and depends on your business: some publishers block them to protect content, while most service businesses want to be read and cited. We explain what robots.txt and Content-Signal rules do, then set them to match your choice.

How long does it take and what affects the cost?

As a planning range, the baseline audit and crawler review take one to two weeks and page rewrites two to six. Cost follows how many pages need rewriting, how many questions we test across the AI tools, and whether fixes to the site itself are needed. Judge the work over months, since the tools change and answers vary between runs.

How do you measure AI traffic?

In GA4 we segment visits that arrive from AI tools by referrer, and in Search Console we watch Google's own surfaces. The data is incomplete because some tools don't pass a referrer, so we show it as a floor, not a total, and also record how often your brand appears in the question set.

What do you need from us?

The list of questions your customers ask, access to your site, GA4 and Search Console, and people who can confirm facts on the pages. Subject experts on your side make the content more accurate, and accuracy is a large part of being cited.

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Tell us about your AI search & GEO project

A few lines is enough. We'll ask the right questions on the call.

  1. We reply within one working day

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  2. A short call

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  3. A written scope and estimate

    Before any work starts, so you know what you're agreeing to.