AI SEO
Improving a website and brand's discoverability and understanding across AI-assisted search and discovery experiences, while maintaining strong traditional SEO fundamentals.
People now discover businesses through search results, AI-generated summaries and conversational assistants. Our AI SEO and Generative Engine Optimisation services help make your brand information, content, structured data and technical foundations clear, so search systems can better understand your business and potentially surface it in relevant answers.
People increasingly combine traditional results, AI-generated summaries, conversational assistants and answer-focused experiences. That creates an opportunity: make your information useful, accessible, consistent and easy to understand wherever it is found.
Links, listings and snippets remain a major route to information, and still depend on strong SEO fundamentals.
Some search experiences summarise information from several sources, sometimes with links to those sources.
People ask follow-up questions and compare options in dialogue, rather than scanning a list of results.
Direct answers to specific questions reward information that is clear, well-structured and trustworthy.
The terms overlap, and they are used differently across the industry. Here is how we use them.
Improving a website and brand's discoverability and understanding across AI-assisted search and discovery experiences, while maintaining strong traditional SEO fundamentals.
Improving the likelihood that useful, relevant information may be discovered, understood, referenced or cited by generative AI search experiences.
Making information clear, structured and useful for systems that give people direct answers to their questions.
These approaches overlap and don't replace traditional SEO. Technical accessibility, useful content, trustworthy information and a clear website structure remain the base for all three. See our technical SEO services for that groundwork.
From assessing where you stand to improving content, brand clarity and foundations, each service has a practical purpose. None of them guarantee citations or mentions.
Know where you stand, and watch how it changes.
Reviewing how clearly your products, services, expertise and key information are represented online and, where appropriate, setting a baseline using relevant AI search experiences and representative prompts.
answers vary by prompt, location, context, platform and timeIdentifying questions, topics and information gaps your site may underserve, and recommending improvements based on audience needs and available evidence.
Where tools and access allow, tracking representative queries, brand mentions, citations, referrals and changes in AI-generated answers over time.
no single tool captures every platform or user experienceUseful, original information that answers real questions.
A strategy to improve the clarity, usefulness, accessibility and credibility of what you publish, aligned with your audience, subject matter and goals.
Improving content so it answers genuine questions, uses descriptive headings, explains concepts accurately and adds supporting detail, built on real expertise rather than content made only to manipulate systems.
Well-organised service pages, educational resources, comparison pages, FAQs and supporting articles that show your knowledge, where they add real value.
Structuring content to answer clear questions directly, with enough context and evidence to be useful: definitions, explanations, FAQs and step-by-step guidance.
FAQs alone don't make a site eligible for AI citationsConsistent, accurate information about who you are.
Consistent, accurate information about your organisation, services, products, expertise and relevant people, across your website and other legitimate profiles.
clarity helps interpretation; it doesn't guarantee inclusionReviewing suitable markup and page semantics, such as Organisation, Service, Article, Product or BreadcrumbList, depending on your site.
markup must match visible content and guarantees nothingAccurate listings, credible industry publications, genuine reviews where relevant and legitimate references that support a clearer online presence. We never use fake reviews, paid citation manipulation, spammy links or fabricated mentions.
The base everything else rests on.
Reviewing crawling, indexing, internal linking, rendering, canonicalisation and content accessibility, so important information sits on a well-structured, accessible website.
no special file or setting guarantees visibility on all platformsConnecting AI SEO and GEO with technical SEO, on-page SEO, content optimisation, authority development and search intent, so AI visibility supports your wider marketing strategy instead of becoming an isolated metric. Explore our overall SEO services.
AI-powered search may combine several activities. The exact process differs by platform, and not every answer uses live web retrieval or shows citations.
Interpreting what the person is asking, and the context around it.
helps: clear terminologyFinding information from the sources available to that system.
helps: accessible, crawlable pagesMaking sense of page content and the businesses, people and topics it describes.
helps: consistent brand informationChoosing and combining information from the sources considered.
helps: useful, trustworthy contentGiving the answer, with links or citations in experiences that support them.
helps: reliable supporting sourcesThis is a simplified view, not a formula for ranking or citation. Useful content, technical accessibility, clear terminology, consistent brand information and reliable sources can create a stronger foundation for discoverability, but outcomes are never guaranteed.
These are illustrative examples of where the work could focus, not clients, case studies or results.
Running an online store? See ecommerce SEO. Serving customers across the country? See national SEO.
expertise pagesclear service definitionsFAQs
Explain what you do and for whom, in language buyers actually use.
product claritydocumentationcomparison content
Make features, use cases and differences easy to understand and verify.
product informationbuying guidesaccurate markup
Keep product details accurate and consistent, and answer pre-purchase questions.
accuracytrustworthy sourcesclear credentials
Accuracy matters most here. Content should be factual, careful and clearly sourced.
course detailsadmissions FAQsconsistent listings
Present programmes, requirements and outcomes clearly and verifiably.
specificationsapplication guidesterminology
Explain technical products precisely so specialist questions can be answered.
article structuretopic coverageclear authorship
Keep content organised, attributed and easy to interpret.
brand claritythird-party referencestopical depth
Build a clear, consistent presence over time instead of chasing every trend.
Monitoring and implementation depend on available tools, access and the agreed scope of work.
Audience, products, services and objectives.
Existing SEO, brand information and relevant content.
Selected AI search experiences, with a practical baseline where possible.
Content, technical, semantic and brand-clarity gaps.
By usefulness, relevance and business impact.
Agreed content and website improvements.
Relevant visibility signals and changes over time.
Adapt as platforms and objectives evolve.
The two approaches complement each other. Businesses shouldn't abandon established SEO to chase AI visibility alone.
This is a fast-moving, hype-prone area. These standards help separate careful work from noise.
A strategy built on established practice, not a replacement for it.
Clear, original content rather than mass-produced text.
Details that are correct and consistent wherever you appear.
Transparent reporting that shows what was done and what was observed.
Realistic explanations of what can and cannot be influenced.
Attention to relevant enquiries and qualified traffic, not mentions alone.
Responding to changing search experiences without reacting to every new idea.
Platform behaviour changes, results vary, and no agency can guarantee that an AI system will mention or cite a particular business.
AI SEO is an approach to improving a website and brand's discoverability and understanding across AI-assisted search and discovery experiences, while keeping strong traditional SEO fundamentals in place. It focuses on clear information, useful content, structured data and technical accessibility.
GEO, or Generative Engine Optimisation, focuses on improving the likelihood that useful, relevant information may be discovered, understood, referenced or cited by generative AI search experiences. It is about making your information clearer and more useful, not about controlling what an AI system says.
GEO is aimed at generative AI experiences that synthesise answers from sources, while AEO, or Answer Engine Optimisation, is about making information clear, structured and useful for systems that give direct answers. The two overlap heavily, and both rely on the same foundations of useful content and technical accessibility.
No one can guarantee that ChatGPT or any other AI tool will mention a business. What you can do is make your information clear and consistent, publish useful content that answers real questions, keep your website accessible and build a credible, accurate presence online. These steps also support traditional search.
Pages that are crawlable, indexable and genuinely useful may be considered for inclusion in Google's AI-generated search experiences, but there is no special optimisation that guarantees it. Strong SEO fundamentals and helpful content are the sensible starting point.
Yes. Many AI search experiences rely on information that is accessible, well-structured and trustworthy, which are core SEO foundations. AI SEO and GEO build on traditional SEO rather than replacing it.
Structured data can help search engines interpret supported information on a page, so it is a sensible part of a well-built site. It must accurately reflect visible content, and it does not guarantee AI citations or enhanced search results.
It varies. Content and technical improvements can take weeks or months to be reflected, and AI-generated answers change over time and differ between platforms. We agree on what to monitor and what progress would look like before work begins, and avoid promising timelines for AI visibility.
No. AI systems decide for themselves what to mention or cite, and their behaviour changes. We can improve how clearly and accurately your business is presented, but we cannot guarantee mentions, citations or rankings in any AI tool.
Where suitable tools and access exist, we monitor representative queries, brand mentions, citations, referral traffic and changes in AI-generated answers over time, alongside traditional measures such as organic traffic and enquiries. Results can vary by prompt, location and platform, and no single tool captures every experience.
Not always. We usually review what you already have, improve pages that can be clearer or more useful, and identify genuine gaps before recommending anything new. New content is created only where it adds real value for your audience.
It can be. For many small businesses the most valuable steps are also the simplest: accurate business information, clear service pages, helpful answers to common questions and a technically sound website. We'll recommend a scope that fits your size and goals.
Tell us about your business, your audience and how people look for you today. We'll talk through your visibility across traditional and AI-powered search, and what a sensible, realistic strategy could look like.