The service · AI Search Optimization (AEO/GEO)

AI search optimization, measured and done for you

By Reviewed & updated Measurement-first: figures are median share-of-model with 95% confidence intervals. How we measure.

We get you recommended across the 5 AI engines — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Grok — plus Google's AI surfaces (AI Overviews & AI Mode), measured separately — and run the full-stack engine behind it: SEO foundation, content, and authority, measured by share-of-model across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Grok. AI-accelerated, you-approved.

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What is AI search optimization?

AI Search Optimization (AEO/GEO) is the practice of getting a brand recommended and cited inside AI-generated answers — the umbrella term covering AEO (Answer Engine Optimization), GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), and AI SEO. We do it done-for-you and full-stack: we measure share-of-model rigorously, fix the SEO foundation with real data, and produce the content + authority end-to-end — then prove it. Most "AEO" shops do only one of those three.

The SEO base and the AI answer are the same fight: 9 in 10 AI Overviews include at least one page that also ranks in the top-10 (seoClarity, 362k queries), yet only ~17% of the individual citations are top-10 pages (BrightEdge, via Omnibound, Feb 2026) — 5 of 6 are cited from beyond it. So crawl + trust still gate everything, but citations are winnable without a #1 ranking — which is why the service is the whole stack, not a dashboard you have to action yourself. What is AEO? → Why it matters →

The full-stack engine

Four layers, run together — because moving share-of-model needs all of them:

SEO foundation

Technical SEO, on-page, SERP/keyword landscape, and backlink/domain work using real DataForSEO data — the base AI answers are built on.

AI-answer measurement

Each buyer prompt runs 10+ times across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Grok — median + confidence interval, reported as share-of-model vs named competitors. How we measure →

Content production

Answer-first pages, comparison tables, FAQs, and articles built to be extracted and cited — written for both search and AI answers.

Off-site authority

The highest-leverage work: getting you into the third-party sources AI pulls from (~95% of citations) — listicles, review sites, communities, and best-effort digital PR.

How we work: AI-speed, you-approved

We're a full, done-for-you agency that runs at AI speed with a human check on everything. Research (Perplexity + DataForSEO) and drafts (content, social, on-page, outreach) are AI-accelerated — and every piece we create for you is reviewed and approved by you before it's published. Nothing we make for you ever goes live without a recorded human approval.

That model is both honest and a selling point: it's faster and higher-margin than a traditional agency, but it never ships unreviewed work or breaks a platform's terms of service. Community/forum answers are drafted but publishing stays human-gated; digital PR is best-effort managed pitching, never guaranteed placements.

How you engage — two paths

You can start one-time or ongoing. Either way it's the same full-stack engine; the only difference is whether you want a measured baseline or us running it for you each month. All prices are fixed and public on the pricing pages.

One-time audits

A measured baseline you keep: AI share-of-model across the engines your buyers use, plus the SEO foundation (technical, SERP/keyword, on-page, entity, content, backlink/domain) and a 30/60/90 roadmap. Start free with a teardown, or go straight to the Full Audit most clients begin with.

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Monthly retainers

We run the engine for you — measurement, the SEO foundation, content, and off-site authority — and report against your share-of-model. Three tiers (Growth, Scale, Authority), each requiring a Full or Comprehensive baseline. AI-accelerated, you-approved before anything ships.

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Audit fees are credited to a retainer started within 30 days, and bundles/prepay save more — all laid out on the pricing overview.

Delivery speed. We begin within 1 business day of onboarding + payment. Teardown ~2 business days; Starter Audit ~3; Full Audit ~5; Comprehensive 5–7. Retainers: tracking begins within 2 business days, first report within 7 calendar days; each content piece ~3 business days from approval. Full delivery terms →

What each retainer includes

Every tier is the full-stack engine, scaled to your category. Concretely, each month:

We measure

Weekly share-of-model tracking across your engines vs named competitors, summarized in a report (biweekly on Authority).

We keep you AI-readable

Schema/structured-data upkeep, AI-crawler access, llms.txt, on-page, and entity consistency across the web.

We create content

SEO+AEO assets on your site — comparison pages, FAQs, answer blocks, articles — 1/mo on Growth up to 6–8/mo on Authority, plus social on higher tiers.

We earn authority

Off-site citations, managed community presence, backlink acquisition, and best-effort digital PR — where ~95% of AI citations come from (Otterly, State of AI Search).

Need just one piece? Everything below is available à la carte — buy it standalone or stack it on a retainer. See full pricing & buy →

What makes it different

Reproducible measurement with confidence intervals (not screenshots), a real SEO foundation fixed with DataForSEO data, content and authority produced end-to-end, and every asset tuned to what actually performs in your niche — researched across YouTube, Reddit, Dev.to, Hashnode, Medium, Stack Exchange, and search, not guesswork. An honest "what works vs. hype" stance, transparent fixed pricing, and deep focus on developer-tools and B2B SaaS. We measure Claude — which most providers skip but your technical buyers use heavily. And the measurement isn't a black box: we publish the same method in the open — the AI Visibility Index tracks nine developer-tool categories with published confidence intervals, using the method on our methodology page. And it compounds: the system learns which of your pages get cited and gets sharper every cycle — the intelligence loop → See the dev-tools playbook →

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FAQ

What is full-stack AI search optimization?

Getting your brand cited in AI answers by fixing the whole stack underneath it: the classic SEO foundation, answer-first content, and off-site authority — all measured by share-of-model across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Grok. AEO only works on an SEO base, so we do both. More on AEO →

Is the work done for me, or do I get a dashboard?

It's fully done for you. We measure, fix the SEO foundation, produce the content, and earn the off-site citations. Research and drafts are AI-accelerated, then you review and approve before anything publishes.

Do you do content, social, and digital PR?

Yes. Depending on tier we produce SEO+AEO content, social content, on-page work, managed community presence, and best-effort managed digital-PR pitching. Community publishing stays human-gated and PR placements are never guaranteed.

Do you guarantee rankings or citations?

No honest provider can — AI engines change constantly. We guarantee reproducible measurement and evidence-based work, and we anchor retainers to a measurable share-of-model target and a fixed deliverable cadence.

The complete service estate

Everything the full-stack engine does — five layers run together, and every piece available on its own. This list renders straight from our live offering canon, so it is always exactly what we sell.

AI-answer optimization (AEO/GEO)

Getting named, recommended and cited inside AI answers (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Grok) for the buyer prompts that decide your category.

Classic SEO foundation

Technical SEO, the SERP/keyword landscape, and on-page so pages can rank organically. AEO rides on this base - the SEO foundation gates crawl + trust - even though most AI-Overview citations now come from beyond the top-10 organic results, so you need both.

Content production (done-for-you)

Answer-first, schema-marked articles, social, and video produced for you and tuned to what performs in your niche.

Off-site authority

The third-party citations, backlinks, PR coverage, and managed community/social presence that AI engines lean on (~95% of citations are off-site).

Measurement & reporting

Reproducible share-of-model measurement (adaptive per-engine sampling — at least 10 runs/engine, never below a 5-run floor — with metric-matched 95% CIs: presence → Wilson, share → bootstrap) plus SEO baselines and ongoing tracking. The proof layer.

Build your stack — by outcome

Want just one piece, or to layer something onto a retainer? Everything the engine does is buyable on its own, grouped by the job you're hiring it for. Fixed prices and buy buttons live on the add-ons pricing page.

Deepen the SEO foundation

Go deeper on the classic-search half of the work: a technical crawl, the SERP/keyword landscape, and a backlink/domain read - the analyses that feed both rankings and how AI models source you.

  • Technical SEO audit
  • SERP / keyword landscape
  • Backlink / domain analysis

Expand into video

Add video to your mix - a full pack (long-form + shorts), or single medium/long/short pieces (original or repurposed from your long-form). Video is a distinct deliverable, never bundled into a retainer by default.

  • Video pack — a SEPARATE add-on — 1 original long-form video + ~4 platform-native shorts repurposed from it each month, with VideoObject schema (includes YouTube)
  • Medium-form video (4-6 min, each)
  • Long-form video (10-12 min, each)
  • Short-form video (each, original)
  • Short-form video (repurposed from your long-form)

Accelerate off-site authority

Build the third-party signals AI quotes: a managed off-site authority program, active backlink acquisition, and best-effort digital PR. This is AI-visibility authority work, not link-spam - measured on ourselves and published, wins or not.

  • Off-site Authority
  • Digital PR (best-effort)

Amplify content

More of the content that earns citations: SEO+AEO blog posts (single or a discounted 4-pack) and a managed monthly social pack.

  • SEO+AEO blog post
  • Social content pack — 12 original posts/mo, each written from scratch and platform-tuned (text + a generated image where the platform rewards one), posted to your chosen social accounts. Carousels and video are NOT included.

Get the foundation set up

The one-time index & entity plumbing every AI engine reads you through.

  • Entity & Index Setup

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What each tier covers — the scope, at a glance

Coverage is scope — the layers and tiers a plan actively works, not an outcome we promise. Measured gives you the baseline; the retainers execute across more of your citable footprint as you move up. Every plan reports the full measurement stack.

Per-tier coverage scope
ScopeMeasuredGrowthScaleAuthority
What the tier doesMeasures — no executionExecutes the stackExecutes the stackExecutes the stack
Service layers engaged
of the 5 — measurement, AEO, SEO, content, off-site authority
2 of 54 of 55 of 55 of 5
Citation-control tiers worked
of the 4 AI cites from — owned, listings, reviews & social, earned
1 of 41 of 43 of 44 of 4
Monthly measurement report
never gated by tier
all 6 layersall 6 layersall 6 layersall 6 layers

Scope only — the tiers differ in how much we execute, not in what we measure. The overall coverage picture — Coverage → Control → Influence → Earned (the earned tier best-effort, never guaranteed) — is in the Citation Control Map just below.

Most AEO optimizes only the slice of citations you own. Here's the whole map — all four tiers AI cites from, and how much of it we actually work.

Clear Cited works all four tiers

Coverage 100% · Control ~86% · Influence ~94% · Earned (best-effort)

Most AEO optimizes the ~44% you own. Clear Cited works all four tiers.

Control ~86% · influence ~94% · the last ~6% earned — worked, not guaranteed.

Source: Yext (6.8M citations), 2025-10 — a third-party citation-tier mix, not measured by our AI Visibility Index (which tracks share-of-model); illustrative of the tier split until we publish our own measured citation-source mix

Coverage is the scope of what we work — never a control or ranking guarantee. · See the full Citation Control Map →