Generative Engine Optimization

Make AI search recommend you.

When buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, or Claude to recommend leading vendors in your category — we make sure your name comes back.

The Shift

Search isn't search anymore. It's an answer.

B2B buyers no longer start research with a Google blue-link list. They type a question into an AI engine and read back a curated short-list of vendors. By the time a prospect reaches your site, they've already received a recommendation from a model. If your name isn't in that short-list, you don't get the inquiry. You don't get the demo. You don't get the chance to compete.

Dimension
Traditional SEO
GEO (what we do)
Goal
Rank on a results page
Be cited inside an AI answer
Optimization unit
Pages and keywords
Entities, claims, citations
Signals that move it
Backlinks, on-page keywords
Schema, Wikipedia/Wikidata, third-party authority sites, structured FAQs
Tracking
Position in SERP
Mention frequency, sentiment, share-of-voice across AI engines
Decay rate
Days to weeks
Months — model retraining cycles

The companies that get cited by AI in 2026 will be the default vendors of 2030. The ones that don't will spend the rest of the decade outbidding them on Google Ads.

Methodology

Five workstreams. One outcome.

We organize every GEO engagement into five workstreams that run in parallel, not sequence. Each has measurable output every month — never opaque, never on-faith.

01

Audit & Baseline

Map exactly how AI engines describe you today.

We run a defined prompt panel across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Google AI Overviews — measuring exactly which queries cite you, which cite your competitors, and where the gaps live. The output is a quantified scorecard you can compare against every month.

What we do

  • Full-page diagnostic audit across all major engines
  • 50-prompt buyer-query panel calibrated to your category
  • Competitive share-of-voice baseline against named rivals
  • Entity ambiguity and attribution-leak detection
Outcome

You see your starting position with the same precision as your competitors do.

02

Entity Consolidation

Make AI engines confident about who you are.

AI engines have to recognize your business as a single, canonical entity before they can recommend it. We resolve name and domain splits, deploy Organization, Product, FAQ, and Article schema, and reinforce one canonical identity across Wikidata, Wikipedia, Crunchbase, LinkedIn, and the registries the models weight most.

What we do

  • Schema deployment across every page
  • Wikidata + Wikipedia + Crunchbase entity work
  • Canonical-tag and domain-merge strategy
  • sameAs reinforcement across third-party registries
Outcome

Your entity stops being guessed at and starts being recognized.

03

Canonical Content

Build the source-of-truth pages models want to cite.

AI engines preferentially quote structured, authoritative content. We build the comparison hubs, technical specs, quantified case studies, and category-defining glossary pages that become the primary sources models reach for when answering category-level queries about you and your industry.

What we do

  • Vendor comparison hubs
  • Schema-marked technical specs
  • Quantified, citation-ready case studies
  • Glossary and FAQ pages for category-defining terms
Outcome

Your own pages become the source models cite — not your competitors'.

04

Citation Acquisition

Get cited where the models actually look.

AI engines weight third-party authority sites heavily. We place targeted content — analyst notes, industry trade pieces, podcast appearances, academic and association references — on the exact sources the models index when answering buyer queries in your space.

What we do

  • Trade publication and analyst placements
  • Wikipedia article expansion or creation
  • Podcast outreach and booked appearances
  • Industry-association and registry inclusion
Outcome

When the models look for authority, they find you.

05

Continuous Testing

Measure every week. Iterate against the data.

GEO isn't a one-shot. We re-run the prompt panel weekly, track mention frequency, sentiment, and competitive position over time, and adjust strategy based on what's actually moving. The result is a live dashboard, not a one-time report.

What we do

  • Weekly automated prompt-panel runs
  • Mention, sentiment, and position tracking
  • Competitive share-of-voice trend analysis
  • Monthly written brief with strategy adjustments
Outcome

You see what's working, what's not, and what we're changing — every week.

Investment

Three tiers. Pick the altitude.

GEO outcomes scale with how aggressively we run the methodology. We're honest about that — the cheapest tier won't get you into category leadership. Pick the altitude that matches the outcome you actually want.

Spark

Foundation only. Stop bleeding attribution.

$1,000/month
$1,500 setup · 3-month minimum

OutcomeClean entity. Stop being misattributed when AI does mention you. Foundation for later.

Will not get you into category-leadership answers. We'll tell you that up front rather than sell you on it.

What's included

  • 10-prompt baseline panel
  • One-pass entity & schema deployment
  • Wikidata / Crunchbase / LinkedIn cleanup
  • Monthly automated dashboard
  • Async email support, 48h response
Start with Spark

Forge

Show up where it matters. Validate the channel.

$3,000/month
$2,500 setup · 6-month minimum

OutcomeVisible in 2–3 mid-tail category prompts. Mentioned in answers about specific use-cases.

Limited competitive push. Won't reliably outrank category leaders on head-of-category queries — that's Foundry.

What's included

  • 25-prompt panel + 3 named competitors
  • Quarterly entity & schema refresh
  • 1 canonical content piece per month
  • 1 third-party citation placement per month
  • Monthly 60-minute review call
Validate with Forge
Recommended

Foundry

Win the category. Challenge the leaders.

$5,000/month
$3,500 setup · 6-month minimum

OutcomeCited by name alongside category leaders across head-of-category prompts. Story re-anchored to you.

Designed for companies treating AI search as the primary top-of-funnel for the next 24 months.

What's included

  • 50-prompt panel + full competitor comparison set
  • Continuous entity & schema maintenance
  • 3 canonical content pieces per month
  • 2 third-party citation placements per month
  • Active Wikipedia + Wikidata expansion
  • Weekly 30-min sync + on-demand access
Win with Foundry

Setup invoiced at signature, due net-15. Monthly retainer invoiced on the 1st, due net-15. Auto-renews month-to-month after the minimum term — cancellable with 30 days' notice.

Before you book

See exactly how AI engines describe your business right now.

Forge Compass is our free self-serve audit tool. Run a scan against your domain and get a structured report — entity health, category visibility, attribution leaks, and the specific gaps a GEO engagement would close. We follow up within 24 hours with a personalized walkthrough. The audit is the first deliverable in a Foundry engagement, so you start the engagement already a step ahead.

Run Forge Compass

Ready when you are

Don't cede the next decade to your competitors' SEO budget.

Book a 30-minute call. We'll run live AI queries against your category together — you'll see exactly what your buyers see when they ask.

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