Get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews

AI Search Optimization, also known as Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), is the practice of structuring your content, entities and citations so generative AI engines - ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Claude - quote your brand directly inside their answers. Unlike traditional SEO which targets blue links, GEO targets the answer layer itself. Webbae uses a 4-pillar framework covering content restructuring, entity authority, third-party citations and llms.txt setup. AI search now drives 12-18% of informational queries in 2026 (up from 2% in 2025).

Standalone AI Search Optimization is USD $495/mo on a rolling month-to-month basis (local-currency invoicing available at prevailing FX). This covers content restructuring, entity building, citation outreach and monthly AI citation tracking across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. It's also bundled into the Growth Engine tier at $1,195/mo alongside SEO and content, and the Lead Domination tier at $2,295/mo with paid media and CRO - usually better value if you need multi-channel growth.

Most clients see their first AI citations within 6-10 weeks, with measurable referral traffic typically landing in months 3-4. The timeline depends on three factors: how much authoritative third-party coverage you already have, how well-structured your existing content is, and the competitiveness of your query space. B2B SaaS and professional services tend to see faster citation gains than e-commerce. We track all 14 major AI engines monthly and report citation share, sentiment and click-through metrics from day one.

Each month we deliver a fixed scope: a citation audit across 14 AI engines, restructuring of 4-6 priority pages into AI-quotable format, llms.txt and llms-full.txt setup and maintenance, 2-3 high-authority third-party citation placements, entity reinforcement via Wikidata and Knowledge Graph, schema.org markup upgrades, and a monthly performance report showing citation share, query coverage and AI-referred traffic. You also get direct messaging access (Slack, Teams or email) to your strategist and a quarterly strategy review call.

Most agencies still treat GEO as "SEO with extra steps" - we don't. Our practice is built on 15+ years of combined search experience, with dedicated AI-engine optimisation since 2023, and has shipped 100+ ranked client projects across the UK, UAE, Pakistan and Australia. Our framework tracks actual citation share across 14 engines (not just rank), uses an in-house entity graph builder, and includes a dedicated llms.txt workflow most agencies don't offer. Average client engagement length is 11 months.

GEO works for any business whose buyers research vendors, compare options or ask "how to" questions online - which covers the majority of B2B and most B2C categories. It's especially powerful for considered purchases, SaaS, professional services, e-commerce comparison queries and any market with educated buyers. The only cases where we'll tell you to skip GEO are pure-impulse retail and hyperlocal walk-in businesses, where AI search drives less than 3% of demand. We'll confirm fit in your free discovery call.

All retainers run month-to-month with no lock-in contracts. You can pause or cancel with 30 days notice and you keep every asset we produce - restructured pages, schema markup, llms.txt files, citation placements and entity graph entries all remain yours. We don't hold work hostage. That said, GEO is a compounding discipline: clients who stay 6+ months see roughly 3-4× the citation share of those who stop at month three based on our internal benchmarks, because AI engines re-crawl and re-index on rolling cycles.

Getting started takes 3 steps and about 7 days. First, book a free 30-minute discovery call where we audit your current AI citation footprint live across ChatGPT and Perplexity. Second, we send a fixed-scope proposal within 48 hours covering exactly which pages and queries we'll target in month one. Third, on approval we kick off within 5 business days with a shared comms channel (Slack/Teams), tracking dashboard and your dedicated GEO strategist. Onboarding is fully async via a shared workspace.