
Generative Engine Optimization
27% of consumers now ask AI instead of searching Google. If your brand isn’t in their answers, your competitors are.
The New Generative
Search Reality
- ~89%B2B Buyers Use AI89% of B2B buyers use AI tools to research vendors
- 83%Zero-Click with AIWhen AI Overviews appear, searches have an average 83% zero-click rate
- 34%Traffic DeclineGoogle AI Overviews cut organic click-through rates by 34% on average
- ~50%Start in ChatGPT~50% of B2B buyers in tech start vendor research in AI tools instead of Google.
THE SHIFT IS
HAPPENING NOW
Search Has Already Changed—And There’s No Going Back
Google still processes 14 billion searches daily. But ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and AI Overviews are fundamentally changing how people find information. When someone asks AI “What’s the best photo editor app?” your brand either shows up in the answer, or it doesn’t.
Old Way
Customer Searches
Clicks Website
Learns about your brand
New Way
Customer asks AI
Gets answers with competitors mentioned
They might never see your brand
WHAT IS GEO?
Generative Engine Optimization: Be the Answer AI Gives
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) helps make sure your content is easy for AI platforms to find, understand, and represent correctly when they generate answers. It’s not about trying to trick the system, it’s about helping AI clearly grasp who you are, what you offer, and why it’s relevant.
GEO Doesn’t Replace SEO.
It Extends It.
Traditional SEO gets you found when people search on the web. GEO gets you cited when AI answers. Together, they ensure you’re visible whether someone types a query into Google or asks AI tools such as ChatGPT for recommendations.
Traditional seo
Ranks pages in search results
Targets keyword queries
Measured by clicks & rankings
Focus: Search engines
(Google, Bing)
Optimizes for page rankings
GEO
Gets cited in AI-generated answers
Targets conversational questions
Measured by brand mentions & visibility in AI responses
Focus: AI platforms
(ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Claude)
Optimizes for being the authoritative answer
SEO + GEO = Complete Visibility
Strong SEO is the foundation for GEO success. AI platforms prioritize authoritative, well-structured content—exactly what good SEO already builds. We integrate GEO into your existing SEO strategy, ensuring you’re visible in both traditional search results and AI-generated answers.
SEO: Get found when people search
GEO: Get quoted when AI answers + be mentioned in LLM searches.
YH: Both working together for complete visibility
Ready to See Where You Stand in AI Search?
We’ll assess your current AI visibility across major platforms, show you where competitors appear, and identify the biggest opportunities to establish your brand in AI-generated answers
What’s Included in a Our GEO Service
What We Do:
- AI Visibility Baseline Check across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and other platforms
- Competitive AI Analysis showing where competitors appear vs. where you appear
- Brand Signal Assessment to see how AI platforms currently understand your brand
- Gap Identification across all major AI platforms
- Traffic Risk Assessment to understand potential losses from zero-click search
Why It Matters:
You can’t improve what you don’t measure. We establish your current AI visibility baseline so we know exactly where you stand—and where the biggest opportunities are.
What We Do:
- Content Authority Building with comprehensive, citation-worthy content
- Question-Based Content Strategy targeting queries your audience asks AI
- LLM Citability Suggestions to make content more likely to be referenced
- Conversational Query Targeting for natural language searches
- Content Compression Testing to ensure AI platforms extract key information
- AI-Optimized Content Guidelines for your team
Why It Matters:
AI platforms cite content that demonstrates expertise and provides comprehensive answers. We optimize your existing content and create new content specifically designed to be referenced by AI engines.
What We Do:
- Structured Data Implementation (Schema markup for AI comprehension)
- Entity Relationship Mapping so AI understands your expertise
- Knowledge Graph Optimization to appear in databases AI platforms reference
- SGE Readiness Audit for Google’s Search Generative Experience
- LLM Discoverability Audit to ensure AI can find and parse your content
- Performance Optimization for AI crawlers
Why It Matters:
Great content isn’t enough if AI platforms can’t understand it. Technical optimization is the invisible layer that makes your content discoverable and citable by AI engines.
What We Do:
- Brand Visibility Tracking across 7+ AI platforms
- Brand Mention Share Monitoring vs. competitors
- AI Overviews Appearance Tracker for Google
- Citation Analysis to see which content gets referenced
- Competitive Benchmarking to track your share of AI voice
- Monthly Reporting with actionable insights
- Prompt Testing & SGE Reverse Engineering to understand what triggers citations
Why It Matters:
AI visibility requires different metrics than traditional SEO. We track brand mentions, citation frequency, and competitive positioning so you know exactly how you’re performing in AI-generated answers.
What GEO Performance Actually Looks Like
Unlike traditional SEO, GEO requires new measurement frameworks.
Client Success Snapshot:
Curve
(August 2025)
(November 2025)
(August 2025)
(November 2025)
What It Means
When users ask AI platforms about Curve’s category, our client is now mentioned 58% more often and appears in 36% more AI-generated answers.
This translates to increased brand awareness in zero-click environments where they are capturing attention at the exact moment decisions are being made inside AI-generated responses.
Find out what AI is
saying about you
OPTIMIZE FOR EVERY PLATFORM WHERE YOUR AUDIENCE SEARCHES
To win visibility across all of AI platforms, you need authoritative, deeply researched content and technical optimization that AI can understand, trust, and cite.
We build content that demonstrates real expertise, includes original insights, and delivers complete answers to the questions users actually ask. Then we reinforce it with structured signals that AI can actually interpret—clear markup, defined relationships, and content aligned to the way modern models read, categorize, and extract information.
And because every AI engine pulls data differently, we adapt this framework to each platform, tracking how Google AO, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Copilot, Gemini, and Meta AI surface your brand—and identifying the precise gaps you can capitalize on next.
FAQ
GEO is the practice of optimizing your content and brand presence for AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. It ensures AI engines accurately understand and cite your brand when generating answers.
GEO is the practice of optimizing your content and brand presence for AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. It ensures AI engines accurately understand and cite your brand when generating answers.
GEO is the practice of optimizing your content and brand presence for AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. It ensures AI engines accurately understand and cite your brand when generating answers.
GEO is the practice of optimizing your content and brand presence for AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. It ensures AI engines accurately understand and cite your brand when generating answers.
GEO is the practice of optimizing your content and brand presence for AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. It ensures AI engines accurately understand and cite your brand when generating answers.
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