What is AI search optimization?
AI search optimization is the work of improving how clearly a company and its content are understood, retrieved, mentioned, and cited across AI-powered search and answer systems. It can include SEO, entity work, answer-focused content, structured data, source development, and recurring visibility measurement.
What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)?
GEO focuses on how a company, brand, or source is represented inside generative search and AI answers. In our work, GEO sits inside the broader goal of AI search optimization rather than being treated as a separate magic technique.
What is Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)?
AEO improves how directly and clearly content answers specific questions. That can include page structure, concise answers, supporting evidence, formatting, and technical markup.
How is AI search optimization different from SEO?
SEO primarily improves discoverability and performance in search engines such as Google and Bing. AI search optimization adds the question of whether generative systems understand, mention, cite, or recommend the company accurately. The two share technical and content foundations but are not identical.
Can you guarantee that ChatGPT or Google AI will mention our company?
No. AI systems choose and synthesize sources dynamically. We can improve the clarity, accessibility, consistency, evidence, and authority surrounding your company, but no agency can guarantee a specific mention or citation.
How do you measure visibility in AI answers?
We define a stable prompt set and repeat it over time across selected systems. We can track prompt coverage, brand mentions, citations, answer framing, and source patterns rather than relying on one-off screenshots.
Do existing pages need to be rewritten?
Not necessarily. We usually improve the pages that are vague, inconsistent, poorly structured, or missing evidence. Useful existing content should be strengthened rather than replaced for the sake of rewriting it.
How long does AI search optimization take?
Technical fixes can be implemented quickly, but changes in external sources, entity consistency, citations, and AI-system behavior can take longer and vary by platform. We do not provide a universal visibility timeline.
How much does AI search optimization cost?
Our AI Visibility Audit starts at $2,490, the AI Search Setup starts at $3,490, and ongoing AI search optimization starts at $1,990 per month. Final scope depends on markets, services, prompt themes, content needs, and implementation requirements.
What is the difference between AI search optimization and programmatic SEO?
AI search optimization improves how a company and its information are understood across search and generative systems. Programmatic SEO creates scalable landing-page systems from validated data and repeatable search intent. They can support each other, but they solve different problems.