Generative Engine Optimization

Be the answer AI gives. Not the link it skips.

Your customers now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI Overviews before they ever reach a list of blue links. GEO gets your brand cited inside those answers — with the technical foundations, answer‑first content, and authority signals that generative engines actually reward.

The shift

SEO gets you clicked.
GEO gets you quoted.

Traditional search hands users a list of links and lets them choose. Generative engines do the choosing — they synthesise one conversational answer from many sources and name the few they trust. Being inside that answer is the new front page.

GEO doesn't replace SEO; it extends it into the AI discovery layer. The crawlable, authoritative foundation you built for Google is exactly what these engines retrieve from — we tune it for how language models read, rank, and cite.

How an AI answer is built

Three stages. We tune every one.

Query fan‑out

The engine breaks one question into several sub‑queries and searches each separately. We make sure you surface across the whole cluster — not just the head term.

Retrieval (RAG)

Live web and index results are pulled in to ground the response. We keep you fast, crawlable, and Bing‑indexed so you're in the candidate set.

Synthesis & citation

The model writes one answer and cites the sources it trusted most. Answer‑first structure, data, and clear claims make yours the easiest to quote.

What we do

A full‑stack GEO program.

Not a checklist of tricks — the same production discipline we bring to AI systems, pointed at AI search visibility. Audited, measured, and tuned engine by engine.

01

GEO audit & baseline

We test 15–25 buying‑intent prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini to map where you're cited and where competitors win.

Prompts
15–25
Engines
3+
Output
Gap report
02

Answer‑first content

Front‑loaded answers, TL;DRs, and claims backed by data and quotes — restructured the way retrieval models actually read a page.

Format
Answer‑first
Lift
+30–40%*
Adds
TL;DR · Q&A
03

Structured data

FAQPage and Article JSON‑LD so your question‑answer pairs are machine‑readable and ready to be lifted as citations.

Schema
JSON‑LD
Types
FAQ · Article
Result
Citation‑ready
04

Authority & citations

Off‑site mentions in the publications AI engines trust — founder bylines, expert commentary, and original data studies.

Signals
Off‑site
Focus
Trusted pubs
Method
Relationships
05

Measurement

Citation frequency, share‑of‑voice versus competitors, and AI referral traffic in GA4 — tracked continuously, not guessed.

Metrics
Citations · SOV
Source
GA4
Cadence
Weekly
06

Technical foundations

Crawlable, fast, and Bing‑indexed — the SEO substrate that AI retrieval still depends on, fixed before anything else.

Index
Bing · Google
Base
SEO‑solid
Speed
Core Web Vitals
Why now

AI search already answers a double‑digit share of queries — and the curve is steep.

As of Q1 2026, generative engines handle an estimated 12–18% of English‑language informational queries — up from under 2% a year earlier. Gartner projects traditional search volume will fall around 25% by 2026 as users shift to AI assistants. ChatGPT alone now reaches 800M+ weekly users.

Getting cited matters even without a click — people act on the recommendation directly. And only about 11% of domains are cited by both ChatGPT and Perplexity, so each engine needs its own play. The window to establish authority is open now.

*Visibility lift measured across 10,000 queries in the peer‑reviewed Princeton GEO study (KDD 2024). Adoption and traffic figures: Gartner and industry research, 2026 — estimates vary by source and engine.

How we engage

Audit. Optimize. Measure.

A short, instrumented program with a written deliverable at every step. Most brands see measurable citation lift within 4–8 weeks of deploying the foundations.

Audit

Baseline your citation share across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini. Map the buying‑intent prompts that matter and where competitors are winning.

2 weeks
Optimize

Restructure content answer‑first, ship JSON‑LD schema, fix technical foundations, and start building off‑site authority signals.

4–8 weeks
Measure & iterate

Track citation frequency, share‑of‑voice, and AI referral traffic. Double down on what gets quoted; retire what doesn't.

Ongoing
Report

A monthly read on where you're cited, how you compare, and what moved — in plain language your leadership can act on.

Monthly
Generative Engine Optimization

Ready to get cited?

Send us 5–10 prompts your customers ask AI. We'll run them through ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini and send back a free snapshot of where you stand — and where you could.