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AI search optimization: be the answer in ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews

Generative engine optimization (GEO) that helps AI assistants understand, trust and cite your business.

What does our AI Search Optimization service include?

AI search optimization, also called generative engine optimization (GEO), makes a business easier for AI systems like Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Copilot to find, understand and cite. It combines crawler access, a clear entity definition, structured data, quotable answer passages and consistent brand information across the web.

More buyers now ask AI assistants for recommendations before they search. Those assistants build answers from pages they can crawl and trust, and they favour content that states facts clearly and consistently.

We apply the same discipline as technical SEO: make sure AI crawlers can reach your site, describe your company as a clear entity, add structured data, rewrite key pages into direct, quotable answers and keep your brand details consistent everywhere they appear.

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A good fit if…

  • Buyers in your market use AI assistants
  • AI tools describe your company wrongly or not at all
  • You already invest in SEO and content
  • You want to future-proof your content
Deliverables

What you get with our AI Search Optimization service

01

AI crawler access

robots.txt rules for GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and others.

02

Entity & brand clarity

A consistent definition of who you are, what you do and who you serve.

03

Structured data

Organization, Service, FAQ, Article and Person schema that matches the page.

04

Answer-first content

Question-led headings with short, citable answers.

05

llms.txt & indexing

llms.txt, sitemaps and IndexNow for faster discovery.

06

AI visibility checks

Track how assistants describe and cite your brand.

Process

How we deliver AI Search Optimization

  1. Visibility check

    Ask the major assistants about your category and brand and record the answers.

  2. Technical access

    Crawler rules, rendering, sitemaps and IndexNow.

  3. Entity & schema

    Entity definition, schema and consistent profiles.

  4. Content

    Rewrite priority pages into answer-first passages.

Tools & technology

The stack we use

ScSchema.org
Google Search Console
BiBing Webmaster Tools
InIndexNow
ChatGPT
Perplexity
Claude
Google Gemini
FAQ

AI Search Optimization questions

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What is GEO?

Generative engine optimization (GEO) is the practice of making your business easy for AI-powered search and assistants, such as Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Copilot, to find, understand and cite in their answers. It builds on SEO with clear company facts, direct answers, structured data and consistent information across the web.

Is GEO different from SEO?

It builds on SEO rather than replacing it. Crawlability, helpful content and structured data still matter most, because many AI answers draw on search indexes. GEO adds a focus on clear company facts, answer-first passages that are easy to quote, and consistent brand information on your site and your profiles elsewhere.

How do you measure AI search visibility?

We track a set of real buyer questions across tools such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Copilot, and record whether and how your business is mentioned or cited. We combine that with Search Console data and referral traffic from AI tools in Analytics, and report changes over time.

What is llms.txt, and do we need one?

llms.txt is a proposed plain-text file that summarizes your site for large language models. It is optional, it is not used by Google Search, and support among AI tools varies. It is cheap to add and can help some tools, so we include one, but we focus on the signals that matter more.

Can you guarantee ChatGPT will recommend us?

No. No one controls what AI assistants say, and answers change over time. We improve the signals AI systems rely on, such as accessible pages, clear facts, structured data, quotable answers and consistent profiles, and we track how your visibility changes, so you can see the effect of the work.

How much does AI search optimization cost?

It depends on the size of your site, how clear and consistent your company information already is, how much content needs rewriting into answer-first passages, and how many questions we track. Most clients start with an audit and fixes, then add monthly content and monitoring. We quote both at a fixed price.

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Ready to start your AI Search Optimization project?

Tell us what you need. You get a clear plan, a fixed quote and a timeline before any work starts.

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