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Generative engine optimization

Generative engine optimization services.

Generative engine optimization (GEO) improves how your business appears in AI answers through relevant pages, accessible evidence and repeated measurement.

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Why now

Search is moving into the answer.

When Google shows an AI answer, fewer people click the links. Those answers sit on about a quarter of queries, and clicks fall about 61% when they appear (Conductor, Q1 2026).

Only 38% of the sources named were already in the top 10 (Ahrefs, 2026). The work is getting named in that short list.

How we do it

Improve the sources behind AI answers.

Entity

Build the entity

We align your business name, services, evidence, and relevant public profiles so buyers and search systems can connect the facts about your company.

Answer

Answer-first content

We answer the buyer’s question early, then support it with useful detail and linked evidence. Clear answers help people evaluate you; no fixed word count guarantees an AI citation.

Research

Original research & statistics

We publish original observations and benchmarks with the methods, dates, and limits attached, so buyers can assess the evidence and others can cite the source.

Coverage

Earned coverage

We develop useful material for relevant publications, communities, and comparison resources. Accurate independent coverage gives buyers more places to evaluate your work.

Compare

“Best [X]” comparison content

We research the comparisons buyers use and develop evidence for relevant editorial lists. Inclusion is earned and remains the publisher’s decision.

Crawl

Technical crawl hygiene

Static, fast, crawlable pages and an explicit AI-crawler policy, so retrieval bots can read your site.

Price

How much GEO costs.

Our GEO services start at US$5,000 a month, with a typical range of US$5,000 to US$12,000. The initial term is three months, then month to month.

The proposal defines the pages, research and technical fixes included. Every month closes with a written report of what changed, why, and what it did.

Scope and prices reviewed October 12, 2026. Compare published fees and contract terms in our GEO pricing guide.

We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity "How much do generative engine optimization (GEO) services cost?" 44 times each in the 30 days to 12 September 2026. Zero of those 132 answers named us, even though the band was already on the pricing page. A 2 September 2026 pull cited us in 7 of 600 unbranded answers. That gap led us to publish a page answering the pricing question. Publication alone does not establish a citation gain.

Compare your options

Choose who will do the work.

SEO

Your existing search team

Keep your existing team when it can improve relevant pages, fix crawl access and measure search demand. GEO builds on those same foundations.

GEO

Our GEO agency

We coordinate content, original evidence and earned mentions with a repeated sample of AI answers. The proposal names the work included.

Execution

Advisory or implementation

Advisory leaves execution with your team. Compare that fee with a proposal that includes implementation, using the same period and required work.

Coverage

Five engines, one program.

ChatGPTClaudePerplexityGeminiGoogle AI Mode

Questions

GEO, answered.

What do AI SEO services include?
Our service covers crawler access, pages that answer buyer questions, consistent business details, original research, earned mentions and citation monitoring. The proposal defines which workstreams and engines are included. No individual tactic guarantees a citation.
What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)?
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) focuses on how a business appears in AI-generated answers, including ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Gemini and AI Overviews. It combines accessible pages, clear business information, useful evidence and repeated measurement of mentions and citations.
What is the difference between an AI SEO agency and a GEO agency?
Nothing reliable. The labels are used interchangeably across the industry and no standard separates them. Judge the scope in the proposal rather than the noun on the homepage: whether third-party mentions, original data, and a fixed measurement prompt set are in scope is the test that actually distinguishes vendors.
How is GEO different from traditional SEO?
SEO and GEO share foundations: accessible pages, relevant content and credible evidence. Search reporting tracks impressions, rankings and visits; GEO adds a repeatable sample of AI answers and their sources. We assess both alongside useful enquiries, while keeping each measure distinct.
Why does GEO matter now?
AI answers give buyers another way to research suppliers and compare options. Your published scope, pricing, and evidence need to be accessible and accurate wherever that research happens. We assess the buyer questions that matter to your business and measure whether visibility produces useful enquiries.
Does adding schema markup get me cited by AI?
Schema markup does not guarantee citations. Google says its AI features require no special schema or AI text files. We keep markup accurate and aligned with visible content, then focus on crawl access, useful evidence, and the questions buyers need answered.
How do you measure GEO results?
We repeat an agreed panel of buyer prompts across five engines and record mentions and citations with the date and settings. Available search and citation reports add context, with their coverage explained. Qualified enquiries and revenue stay separate: a citation is not a visit, and a visit is not a customer.
Who needs GEO?
Companies whose buyers use AI assistants to research products or suppliers can benefit from checking their visibility and source accuracy. Start with evidence of relevant buyer demand, then improve the content and access gaps that affect those decisions.
How much do generative engine optimization services cost?
Our GEO services start at US$5,000 per month, with a typical range of US$5,000 to US$12,000. The initial term is three months, then month to month. The proposal defines the work included; our GEO pricing guide compares published fees, currencies and contract commitments. Ad spend is separate.
Why doesn't my brand show up in ChatGPT or Perplexity answers?
Possible gaps include blocked crawler access, pages that do not answer the buyer’s question, limited original evidence or few relevant third-party mentions. We check these against an agreed prompt sample. A 2 September 2026 pull across ChatGPT and Perplexity cited us in 144 of 150 branded answers and 7 of 600 unbranded ones. Brand recall is easy. Category discovery is the work, and it starts with the questions your buyers already ask.
Which agency can track whether my brand shows up in AI search results?
We do, on a locked prompt list re-run on a schedule, with the date and the engine named. The free GEO visibility checker is a 90-second self-score. We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity how much GEO costs 44 times each in the 30 days to 12 September 2026: zero of those 132 answers named us, which is exactly the kind of miss the panel is built to catch.

Go deeper

The whole playbook, published.

We write down what we do, including the parts that argue against hiring us. Start anywhere.

AEO vs GEO vs SEO

What each term means, where they overlap, and which layer to fund first.

How GEO actually works

Our framework for diagnosing AI search visibility, and what you can improve.

How to vet an AI SEO agency

The six workstreams that belong in scope, the vetting questions, and the red flags.

What is GEO?

The plain-language introduction, plus the five moves that start a program.

Best GEO agencies in 2026

The vendors, with us judged on the same three criteria as everyone else.

How much GEO services cost

Published fees checked October 9, 2026, with currencies, initial commitments and implementation scope separated so you can compare proposals.

Our own AI SEO case study

Late 2025, previous site: ChatGPT sessions 38 to 474 and 117 Semrush citations as of 2025-12-09.

Free GEO visibility checker

A 90-second self-assessment of your AI search foundations, before you book a consult.

ChatGPT Ads

Paid placement under the answer is a different job from being cited inside it.

B2B SEO agency

GEO and SEO run as one pipeline-measured program for companies that sell to companies, prices published.

Google preferred source

A per-reader Google setting. It can surface a publisher you chose. It does not change anyone else's results.

What we do

Every piece of work, named.

Every line item opens into the artifact you receive, the typical duration, and the role that delivers it.

Entity and Technical Foundation

  • Entity audit
    Artifact
    Map of how AI engines currently describe the brand, with the gaps named
    Typical duration
    1 to 2 weeks
    Delivered by
    GEO lead
  • Crawler access verification
    Artifact
    Verified AI crawler reachability report: what gets a 200, what gets challenged
    Typical duration
    1 week, monitored ongoing
    Delivered by
    GEO lead
  • Consistency pass
    Artifact
    One reconciled identity (name, address, claims) across site and profiles
    Typical duration
    1 to 2 weeks
    Delivered by
    GEO lead
  • Organic rank foundation
    Artifact
    Search improvement plan and progress reporting for relevant buyer queries
    Typical duration
    Ongoing
    Delivered by
    SEO lead

Citation Acquisition

  • Earned mention program
    Artifact
    Outreach and placement log for relevant roundups and trade sources, with links where published
    Typical duration
    Ongoing, monthly log
    Delivered by
    Founder-led outreach
  • Directory and profile completion
    Artifact
    Completed, consistent profiles on the sources that feed AI answers
    Typical duration
    2 to 3 weeks
    Delivered by
    GEO lead
  • Original data assets
    Artifact
    Publishable original research or benchmark data, ungated, built to be cited
    Typical duration
    4 to 8 weeks per asset
    Delivered by
    Content lead
  • Review generation
    Artifact
    Review-request process and a record of published reviews on relevant platforms
    Typical duration
    Ongoing
    Delivered by
    Founder-led outreach

Content for AI Answers

  • Answer-first page program
    Artifact
    Pages that answer buyer questions clearly and link to supporting evidence
    Typical duration
    Ongoing cadence
    Delivered by
    Content lead
  • Quotable definition set
    Artifact
    Canonical definitions for the terms buyers ask about, one page per term
    Typical duration
    2 to 4 weeks
    Delivered by
    Content lead
  • Per-finding pages
    Artifact
    One addressable page per statistic in every research asset
    Typical duration
    1 to 2 weeks per asset
    Delivered by
    Content lead
  • Refresh with repetition
    Artifact
    Scheduled refreshes so the citable numbers stay the current ones
    Typical duration
    Monthly
    Delivered by
    Content lead

Measurement

  • AI visibility monitoring
    Artifact
    Weekly tracked prompt set across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode. Perplexity runs as a separate monthly share-of-voice panel
    Typical duration
    Weekly watcher, monthly Perplexity panel
    Delivered by
    GEO lead
  • Citation share reporting
    Artifact
    Monthly report: where the brand is cited, where competitors are instead
    Typical duration
    Monthly
    Delivered by
    GEO lead
  • Assisted pipeline attribution
    Artifact
    CRM source fields for available referral data and self-reported AI discovery
    Typical duration
    1 to 2 weeks setup
    Delivered by
    Analytics lead
  • Repeat measurement discipline
    Artifact
    Scheduled prompt samples with engine, date and settings recorded for comparison
    Typical duration
    Ongoing
    Delivered by
    GEO lead

Teams we've helped grow

  • Podz logo
  • 3M logo
  • Crush Crush logo
  • Jiffy Lube logo
  • Kleo
  • Wabtec logo
  • Backroad Mapbooks logo
  • Goodwill
  • GameGo
  • Lundin Mining logo
  • ZivTrack logo
  • Hino Motors
  • Sad Panda Studios
  • Calian logo
  • Appomate logo
  • Extendicare logo
  • Locker Fantasy Games logo
  • Western University logo
  • StoryNest
  • ARGO logo
  • Blush Blush
  • ZAPI GROUP logo
  • Stoic Forge
  • Swing Minder logo
  • Beyond Score
  • Vesperia Comics logo
  • MyPetHealth
  • TaskHive
  • Sincere Notes
  • Voices in my Head
  • Black Top Cabs
  • RiLo logo
  • T2U logo
  • Luxe Touch logo
  • BeNow Trader
  • Crystalyze
  • 24/7 AI Health
  • JobsPit logo
  • Aero Imagery
  • Echoes logo
  • RepairFind
  • Prepr
  • Unveil Coffee Roasters logo
  • R3Bilt logo
  • Guiding Light
  • Level Up logo
  • Freestyle Dance Studio
  • First Step Mobility
  • Noa Coach

From $5K per month, typical range $5K to $12K

Real ranges, published. Ad spend stays in your own accounts.

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