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Own every search —
human and machine.

Search just split in two. Half your buyers still type into Google; the other half ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude — and take the first answer. We make you the answer in both. AI does the rote half — the crawling, the clustering, the corpus work — and a human owns whether you actually show up.

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Team across all six facets

The landscape changed

Search broke into two front doors.

For twenty years, "getting found" meant one thing: rank on Google. That door is still wide open — but a second one appeared, and your buyers are walking through it. They ask an AI assistant a question and accept the synthesized answer, names and all, without ever seeing a list of blue links.

If your competitor is the brand the model names, you've lost the deal before the search results even loaded. So we work both doors at once: classic ranking for the people who still click, and citation engineering for the people who let a machine decide. One discipline, two surfaces, one team accountable for both.

What is GEO? Read the definition →
Abstract particle visualization of search traffic splitting between Google and AI engines

One discipline, six facets

Everything it takes to be found — and named.

Each facet is a real practice with its own playbook, owner, and reporting. Scope one or run the whole stack — they compound. AI handles the volume work; a specialist owns the call.

01 SEO

Rankings that compound

Technical health, a content engine, and on-page work that earns durable Google rankings — the kind that keep paying after the invoice clears.

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02 AIO

Be the answer Google writes

AI Overviews now sit above the results. We structure your content so Google pulls your words into the answer it generates — and credits you.

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03 GEO

Get cited by the machines

Generative Engine Optimization: the entity, corpus, and citation work that makes ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude name you when buyers ask.

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04 AEO

Win the answer box

Featured snippets, voice results, and structured data that put a direct, machine-readable answer to your buyer's question right at the top.

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05 Link Building & PR

Authority you actually earn

Earned links and digital PR that raise the authority every engine reads as trust. No PBNs, no link farms — placements you could put your name to.

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06 Technical & Local SEO

The plumbing and the map pin

Crawl, speed, indexing, and schema so engines can read you cleanly — plus Google Business and maps work so your city finds you first.

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How the work runs

The visibility loop.

Visibility isn't a project that ships once — it's a loop that compounds. We run it every month and report it in plain English. AI does the rote half of each step; a human owns the outcome.

Step 1

Map & baseline

AI crawls your site and your category, clusters every query buyers use, and we baseline where you stand in Google and in each AI engine today.

Step 2

Build & structure

Content, schema, entities, and a clean technical base — written and structured so both humans and models can read, trust, and quote it.

Step 3

Earn & amplify

Digital PR and earned links lift authority; the right mentions teach the engines you're a source worth naming, not just a page worth listing.

Step 4

Measure & iterate

We track rankings, AI Overview appearances, and citation share — then feed what's working back into the next loop. Reported every month.

What you get every month

A visibility report you can actually read.

No vanity dashboards. Two numbers that move the business: are you ranking, and are the machines naming you. Here's the shape of a real engagement.

Organic visibility index

Combined ranking weight across money terms · 24-week window

W1W8W16W24 +71%

AI citation share by engine

% of tracked buyer prompts that name you · end of engagement

ChatGPT

Gemini

Perplexity

Claude

+71%

Visibility index

3.2×

AI Overview appearances

52%

Prompts that now name you

−38%

Cost per organic lead

Month-to-month, always

Three ways to run search.

Foundation Growth Dominate
Best forFixing the base & ranking core termsCompounding rankings + AI citationsOwning a category across every engine
SEO & on-page✦ Yes✦ Yes✦ Yes
Technical & local SEO✦ Yes✦ Yes✦ Yes
AIO — AI OverviewsAdd-on✦ Included✦ Included
GEO & AEO citation work✦ Included✦ Included + priority engines
Link building & digital PROn request✦ Monthly✦ Aggressive campaign
Reporting cadenceMonthlyMonthly + mid-month checkBi-weekly + live dashboard
PricingFlat monthly retainer scoped on your free audit call — no setup fees, no contracts, cancel anytime
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Being found is step two.

Visibility only pays once there's something worth finding and a way to convert the traffic. That's the rest of the system: we build the asset, fill the pipeline, and put a human pod on the day-to-day. One team, end to end.

Search & AI questions

Asked, answered.

Is traditional SEO dead now that AI answers everything?+

No — it changed shape. Google still drives most search traffic, and AI engines pull their answers largely from pages that rank well and carry authority. Strong SEO is now the foundation that feeds AI visibility, not a separate game. We run both as one discipline.

What's the difference between SEO, AIO, AEO, and GEO?+

SEO = ranking in Google's classic results. AIO = getting pulled into Google's AI Overviews. AEO = winning the direct answer box and voice results. GEO = getting named by standalone AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity. They overlap, but each has its own levers — see the full breakdown in our glossary.

Can you actually influence what ChatGPT or Perplexity say about us?+

You can't program the model, but you can shape what it reads. Engines synthesize from the open web, structured data, and high-authority sources. By building a clear entity, a quotable corpus, and the right earned mentions, we measurably raise how often you get cited — and we track it prompt by prompt. That's GEO.

How fast will we see results?+

Technical and local fixes can move within weeks. Content-driven rankings and AI citations typically build over 60–90 days and compound from there. We baseline everything up front so you can see movement honestly — no "trust us, it's working" months.

Do you use AI to write the content — and will Google penalize it?+

AI does the rote half: research, clustering, first drafts, schema. A human editor owns voice, accuracy, and the final call before anything ships. Google rewards helpful, trustworthy content regardless of how it was made — and penalizes thin, unreviewed output. We never ship the latter.

Human judgment. AI horsepower.

Are the machines
recommending you?

Find out for free. We'll check whether you appear in AI Overviews, get cited by the AI engines, and rank for your money terms — then show you exactly where to win.