Client: a long-established book printer and publisher. Period: 2026-04-12 to 2026-08-05.
Work done by our founder before the CitedGEO name launched in September 2026.
Situation
The client wanted a site that is informative and short, and not boring, with their own video on it. Some buttons on the old site did not work.
What we did
- Brand first, in stages: strategy and logo on 2026-04-19, moodboard and brand guidelines on 2026-05-01, then sitemap, wireframes, and the tech stack.
- Built the site on Next.js 15 and React 19 in three languages, one of them English. A German version exists but is closed from indexing until certificate content is ready.
- Put their own presentation video on the first screen as a muted background loop.
- Published it on the client's hosting. We checked it live on 2026-07-30.
Technical SEO and AI readiness (in the 2026-08-05 build)
- One source for the domain, and a script that builds the sitemap and robots.txt from the real page list on every build. The sitemap has 15 URLs: 5 pages in 3 languages.
- Each page has its own canonical and hreflang tags.
- The FAQ page carries FAQ markup with 9 questions and answers.
- We found that robots.txt blocked two AI crawlers from one AI vendor. We flagged it and left the decision open.
What changed
Traffic and leads from the new site: not measured. We have no traffic or lead data for this client.
What's next
The German version waits for certificate content. The AI crawler block is still in place pending a decision. No AI-answer visibility check has been run for this client yet.
Client name withheld.