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GEO: get your brand cited by AI

Generative engines summarise the web and recommend brands. GEO strengthens the signals they rely on (clarity, consistency, authority and accessibility) so your business is part of the answer.

Overview

Why Generative Engine Optimisation matters

When someone asks an assistant to recommend an SEO agency in Dubai or compare two products, the response is assembled from what the model learned in training and, increasingly, from live web retrieval. Brands that are clearly described, consistently represented and referenced by trusted sources are more likely to be mentioned.

GEO is a young discipline and nobody can promise specific outputs. What works is the fundamentals done thoroughly: accessible, well-structured pages, unambiguous facts about who you are and what you do, and genuine third-party mentions.

Who it's for

Recommendation-driven categories

Agencies, clinics, software, travel and professional services.

Brands with a fuzzy footprint

Businesses described inconsistently across the web.

Challenger brands

Companies AI tools rarely mention next to bigger competitors.

International businesses

Brands that want AI tools to associate them with the USA or UAE markets.

What's included

Everything in Generative Engine Optimisation

Prompt baseline

Testing how assistants answer the questions your buyers ask.

Entity clarity

Consistent name, description, services and locations everywhere.

Citable content

Clear definitions, comparisons and original insight worth quoting.

Third-party presence

Profiles, directories, reviews and mentions on sources AI tools use.

AI crawler access

Robots.txt review for search and AI crawlers you want to allow.

Citation tracking

Monitoring mentions, cited URLs and AI referral traffic.

Process

How the work gets done

  1. 01

    Baseline

    Prompt testing across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and AI Overviews.

  2. 02

    Clarify

    Fix entity, schema and on-site consistency.

  3. 03

    Amplify

    Citable content and third-party mentions.

  4. 04

    Re-test

    Monthly prompt re-runs and refinements.

Deliverables

What you receive

  • AI prompt baseline report
  • Entity and profile consistency audit
  • Robots.txt and crawler access review
  • Citable content plan
  • Third-party presence plan
  • Monthly AI visibility tracking

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FAQ

Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO): common questions

How do AI tools decide which brands to mention?

There's no public formula. Responses draw on training data and, for search-enabled tools, pages retrieved in real time. Clear, consistent, well-cited information about your brand improves your odds on both fronts.

Should I block AI crawlers?

It depends on your goals. Blocking search-oriented crawlers can stop your pages from being cited. Training crawlers and search crawlers are often separate user agents, so you can make deliberate choices per bot.

What is llms.txt?

A proposed file that gives AI tools a curated summary of your site. It's not an official standard and support is limited, so it's optional rather than essential.

Can I track traffic from ChatGPT?

Partly. Some AI tools pass referral data you can see in analytics, and prompt testing shows how often your brand is mentioned.

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