AI search & GEO optimization

AI SEO agency that gets your brand cited — in AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity

Buyers now ask an AI assistant before they ask Google. If ChatGPT and Google’s AI Overview cite your competitor as the answer, you lose the deal before a SERP ever loads. We are an AI SEO agency built for Generative Engine Optimization — we make your brand the source these engines quote.

Premium retainer for brands that want to be cited in ChatGPT, appear in Google AI Overviews, and rank in Perplexity. The blue-ocean SEO play that traditional agencies haven't figured out yet.

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What is an AI SEO agency, and how is it different from a normal one?

An AI SEO agency optimizes for the engines that answer questions, not just the engine that lists links. Traditional SEO targets Google’s ten blue links. AI SEO — also called Generative Engine Optimization, or GEO — targets the generated answers buyers now read first: Google’s AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini. The discipline is different because these engines do not rank pages, they synthesize an answer and cite a handful of sources. The goal shifts from “rank number one” to “be the source the model quotes,” which depends on entity clarity, answer-first structure, schema, and authoritative corroboration rather than on classic link-count math alone.

A normal agency reports rankings; an AI SEO agency reports citation share — how often you appear in the generated answer for the questions your buyers ask. The two overlap (strong traditional SEO still helps you get cited), but optimizing for citation requires structuring content and entities specifically so a language model can extract, trust, and attribute your page. That is the work most agencies have not built yet, which is exactly why it is winnable now.

How do you get a brand cited in Google AI Overviews?

Getting cited in AI Overviews starts with being eligible: the page must directly and clearly answer the specific question, in language a model can extract without ambiguity. We structure content answer-first — the direct answer in the opening sentences, followed by the supporting detail — because AI Overviews pull from passages that resolve the query cleanly. We reinforce that with the right schema (FAQ, HowTo, Article, Organization), unambiguous entity definitions so the engine knows exactly what your brand is and what it is authoritative about, and corroborating signals across the web that tell the model your source is trustworthy.

We also monitor AI Overview appearances continuously with our own AI Overview Checker, so we can see which queries trigger an Overview, who is being cited, and where you are missing. When a competitor is cited and you are not, that is a specific, fixable gap — a passage to restructure, an entity to clarify, a corroborating source to earn. Treating citation as a tracked, contestable position rather than a mystery is what turns AI visibility from luck into a process.

Can you influence what ChatGPT and Perplexity say about my brand?

Yes, within the mechanics of how these engines work. ChatGPT with browsing and Perplexity both retrieve and cite live sources, and they favor pages that clearly answer the query, come from sources with established authority, and are structured for extraction. By building citable, entity-clear content and earning the authoritative signals these models weight, we increase how often your brand is surfaced and quoted — and reduce the chance the model leans on a competitor or an outdated third-party page when describing your category. We track your citation share across these engines with our AI Citation Tracker so the work is measured, not assumed.

The honest boundary: you cannot dictate a model’s output word-for-word, and you should distrust anyone who claims they can. What you can do is shape the inputs — the content, entities, structure, and reputation the models draw from — so the most accurate, favorable, well-sourced answer about your category is one that features you. Over months this compounds into a durable position, because once a model consistently associates your brand with a category, that association is hard for a latecomer to dislodge.

Why is AI SEO the wedge — and why now?

AI SEO is a blue-ocean opening because most agencies are still reporting rankings into a world where a growing share of searches are answered before the user clicks anything. Google’s AI Overviews already intercept a large and growing slice of informational queries, and a meaningful segment of buyers — especially in B2B — now open ChatGPT or Perplexity first. The brands that establish citation authority while competitors ignore it lock in a position that is expensive and slow to attack later, the same way early movers locked in classic SEO rankings a decade ago.

For a new or mid-authority domain there is a second advantage most miss: AI citations can arrive faster than top organic rankings. Earning a place in a generated answer depends heavily on answer quality and structure, not only on accumulated domain authority, so a well-structured, genuinely useful page can be cited before it could ever rank first in the classic results. That makes GEO the most efficient early-stage play for a brand that cannot yet out-muscle incumbents on raw authority — which is why we built the agency around it.

How do you measure and prove AI-search ROI?

We measure AI SEO the way it actually creates value: citation presence and share, not vanity rankings. The reporting tracks how often you appear in Google AI Overviews for your target queries (via our AI Overview Checker), your citation share in ChatGPT and Perplexity for the questions your buyers ask (via our AI Citation Tracker), and how your branded entity is recognized across engines. Alongside that we still track traditional rankings and organic-sourced conversions, because strong classic SEO and strong AI visibility reinforce each other — they are not separate funnels.

The honest timeline: this is a 6-to-12-month authority build, not a switch. Early months establish the foundation — entity clarity, citable content structure, schema, monitoring. Citation share grows as the corpus and corroboration accumulate. We report progress monthly and flag, specifically, every query where a competitor is cited and you are not, with the playbook to displace them. Anyone promising guaranteed AI citations next month is selling; what we promise is a measured, contestable, compounding position in the engines that increasingly decide which brands get considered at all.

At a glance

Traditional SEO vs AI SEO (GEO): what each optimizes for

Traditional SEO vs AI SEO (GEO): what each optimizes for
Dimension	Traditional SEO	AI SEO / GEO
Target surface	10 blue links	AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity
Goal	Rank #1	Be the cited source
Key levers	Links, content, technical	Entities, answer-first, schema, trust
Primary metric	Keyword rankings	Citation share
Speed for new domains	Slow (authority-gated)	Often faster (structure-gated)
Competitive crowding	High	Low — blue ocean now

Who it's for

Great fit for you if...

✓ Good fit

Scale-ups wanting to own AI-search real estate before competitors do
B2B SaaS brands targeting enterprise buyers who research via ChatGPT
Agencies and consultants building thought leadership for AI citations
Brands with budget to invest in the SEO of the next 5 years

✗ Not a fit

Bootstrapped startups with under $6,000/month revenue
Brands needing short-term results only
Industries where AI engines refuse to cite (gambling, adult content)

What you get

Deliverables.

AI Search Presence Audit

Baseline audit: how your brand appears (or doesn't) in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overview, Gemini. Gap analysis against competitors.

GEO Optimization Strategy

Generative Engine Optimization: content structured for AI citation — direct answer formats, entity optimization, authoritative source signals.

16 Articles / Month — AI-Citation Optimized

Proprietary pipeline. Every article structured for both traditional Google ranking AND AI engine citation. Schema, entities, E-E-A-T signals.

AI Overview Monitoring

Weekly tracking of Google AI Overview appearances for your target keywords. Alert when competitor cited, not you — plus playbook to displace.

Continuous Technical Monitoring

Daily crawl. Alert for indexing drops, Core Web Vitals regression, schema breaks. Fix within SLA 48 hours.

Quarterly Strategic Review

4x per year: full 40–60 page deck, roadmap for next quarter, AI-search competitive landscape update.

Dedicated Slack Channel

Slack Connect: async response <4 hours during business hours. Urgent issues <30 minutes.

Timeline

Project roadmap.

Month 1–2

AI search audit + GEO strategy + technical foundation

Month 3–4

Content velocity ramp — 32 articles, AI-citation optimized

Month 5–6

Authority building — entity recognition + backlink campaign

Month 7–9

Compound phase — content + GEO flywheel

Month 10–12

Optimization phase — AI citation rate + second-tier keywords

Questions

AI SEO FAQs.

What exactly is GEO optimization?

Generative Engine Optimization — structuring content so AI engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overview) cite your brand as the answer. Different from traditional SEO: focuses on entity recognition, direct-answer content, and authoritative source signals.

How do you measure AI citation performance?

We track: (1) Google AI Overview appearances via our /tools/ai-overview-checker, (2) ChatGPT and Perplexity citation monitoring via our /tools/ai-citation-tracker, (3) branded entity recognition across AI engines. Monthly AI-citation report included.

Can I exit early?

After minimum 3 months. For 6/12-month commitments, early exit = 50% remaining months penalty. This is a disincentive, not a trap — we want you to exit if it's genuinely the wrong fit.

Why $1,499 when standard agencies charge less?

AI SEO requires building two parallel stacks: traditional Google ranking AND generative engine citation. That's double the content production and tooling investment. The brands that invest now own territory that's nearly impossible to displace in 2–3 years.

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