Your customers now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews before they ever click a link. Key2Rank gets your brand mentioned, cited and recommended in those answers, and keeps you ranking on Google too.
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GoalCited, not just ranked
We optimise for
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The shift
Search became a conversation. Rankings became citations.
AI engines no longer return ten blue links. They write one answer and name a handful of brands. If you are not one of them, you are invisible at the exact moment a buyer is deciding.
Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO)
noun · /ˈdʒen.ər.ə.tɪv/
GEO is the practice of making a brand visible inside AI-generated answers: improving how often, and how favourably, engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews mention, cite and recommend it.
It builds on SEO, then adds what language models depend on: clear entity signals, quotable answer-first content, trusted third-party mentions and open access for AI crawlers.
GEO leads the programme. SEO, AEO and authority work make it stick.
01 · Flagship
Generative Engine Optimisation
We engineer your presence inside AI answers. We find the prompts your buyers actually ask, discover which sources each engine trusts, then shape your content, entity data and third-party mentions until AI engines describe you accurately and recommend you by name.
Prompt research
Citation gap analysis
LLM-ready content
Brand accuracy fixes
llms.txt & AI crawler access
MentionedYour brand appears in the answer
CitedYour pages are linked as a source
RecommendedYou are the suggested choice
02 · Start here
AI Visibility Audit
A benchmark of how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews talk about you, compared with your top competitors.
Share of AI voice
Sentiment
Competitor map
03
Answer Engine Optimisation
Answer-first pages built to win featured snippets, People Also Ask results, voice answers and AI Overviews.
AEO
Snippets
FAQ
04
Technical SEO & Schema
Crawlability, Core Web Vitals, structured data and clean entity markup that both search engines and LLMs can parse.
Schema.org
CWV
Indexing
05
Entity Authority & Digital PR
Earning the mentions, reviews, listicles and expert quotes that AI models lean on when they choose who to recommend.
Digital PR
Reviews
Backlinks
06
Content & Topical Authority
Topic clusters with original data, clear definitions and comparisons that models like to quote.
Topic clusters
Original data
07
Local SEO & Local GEO
Google Business Profile, maps rankings, citations and reviews, so you are the business AI suggests for "near me" questions.
Google Maps
GBP
Local citations
08
Performance Marketing
Paid media, landing pages and conversion optimisation that turn your new AI and search visibility into pipeline and revenue.
Paid media
CRO
ROAS
How we get you cited
A four-step GEO system.
Every engagement follows the same measurable loop, so you always know what changed and why.
01
Measure
We track a fixed set of buyer prompts across AI engines and record who gets mentioned, cited and recommended.
→ Baseline share of AI voice
02
Diagnose
We map the sources each engine relies on and find the gaps: missing pages, weak entity data, absent mentions.
→ Citation gap report
03
Engineer
We ship answer-first content, schema, technical fixes and digital PR built around the gaps we found.
→ Optimised pages & mentions
04
Compound
We re-run the prompts each month, report movement in plain language and double down on what works.
→ Monthly visibility report
Why Key2Rank
A boutique team built for AI-first search.
GEO-first, not GEO-washedAI visibility is the core of our work, not a line item added to an old SEO package.
Measured on real promptsWe report on the questions your buyers ask, not vanity keywords.
SEO and GEO in one planOne integrated strategy, so Google rankings and AI citations reinforce each other.
Senior attentionNo handoffs to junior teams. You work directly with the people doing the work.
Share of AI voice
How often each brand is recommended across tracked prompts
Your brand62%
Competitor A41%
Competitor B27%
Competitor C14%
Illustrative example of our monthly report format
FAQ
GEO, answered.
The questions we hear most from teams starting with AI search optimisation.
What is Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO)?+
Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) is the practice of making a brand visible inside AI-generated answers. It improves how often, and how favourably, engines such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Copilot and Google AI Overviews mention, cite and recommend a business.
How is GEO different from SEO?+
SEO aims to rank a page in a list of blue links. GEO aims to get a brand included and cited inside a single synthesised AI answer. GEO relies on entity clarity, structured and quotable content, third-party mentions and AI-crawler access, while still building on strong SEO foundations.
Can you guarantee my brand will appear in ChatGPT?+
No honest agency can guarantee placement in any AI engine. Key2Rank measures your current share of AI answers, fixes the signals models rely on, and tracks progress against a fixed set of prompts so improvements are visible and reportable.
How long does GEO take to show results?+
Engines that search the live web, such as Perplexity, ChatGPT search and Google AI Overviews, can reflect changes within weeks. Changes to what models know from training data take longer, usually several months, because they depend on new model releases.
Do I still need SEO if I invest in GEO?+
Yes. Many AI engines retrieve sources from search indexes before writing an answer, so pages that rank well are more likely to be cited. Key2Rank runs SEO and GEO as one integrated programme.
Send us your website and three competitors. We will show you how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews currently describe your brand, and where you are missing out.