# CitedGEO

> CitedGEO is a Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) agency. We help brands get mentioned, cited and recommended in AI answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Claude. Technical SEO is our second line of work. We serve brands selling in the United States and Europe, and we publish our audit and measurement methods openly.

Key facts:
- GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) is the work of making a brand easy for AI answer engines to find, understand, trust and cite.
- Our method is called the Citation Loop: Probe, Diagnose, Build, Earn, Re-measure, repeated monthly.
- We measure AI visibility with mention rate, citation rate, recommendation rate, share of voice, position and accuracy, reported per engine and per market, never blended into one score.
- We do not guarantee that any AI engine will mention a brand, and we do not use fake reviews, astroturfing or hidden instructions for AI models.
- Case studies are anonymised: client names withheld, every figure from our own measurements or deliverables on stated dates; where there is no result yet, the case says so.
- The first GEO audit is free: 30 buyer prompts, 3 runs each on 5 engines (450 answers). Request: https://citedgeo.com/free-audit/

## Methods

- [Our methodology: the Citation Loop](https://citedgeo.com/methodology/): the five-step monthly cycle (Probe, Diagnose, Build, Earn, Re-measure) and how it connects the audit and measurement methods.
- [GEO audit method](https://citedgeo.com/geo-audit/): the seven-step audit (scope, prompt set, five engines, classification, source mapping, site and brand checks, report), the prompt intents we test, what counts as a mention, citation, recommendation or error, and what the client receives.
- [Measurement method](https://citedgeo.com/measurement/): metric definitions and formulas, how prompt sets are built and versioned, default run frequency (core set weekly, full set monthly, 3 runs per prompt per engine), how runs are kept comparable, and what we do when a model is updated.

## Insights

- [What is GEO (and how it differs from SEO)](https://citedgeo.com/insights/what-is-geo/): origin of the term (Aggarwal et al., arXiv 2311.09735, 2023), training vs retrieval, documented AI crawlers, a GEO vs SEO table, common mistakes, and a first-week checklist.
- [How to get your brand cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity](https://citedgeo.com/insights/get-cited-by-chatgpt-perplexity/): crawler access (OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User), finding buyer questions, mapping cited sources, answer-first pages, third-party sources, re-measurement.
- [How we measure AI search visibility](https://citedgeo.com/insights/measure-ai-search-visibility/): labels, formulas with a worked hypothetical example, prompt-set design, why 3 runs per prompt, comparability controls, handling model updates, a spreadsheet template.

## Services

- [Services](https://citedgeo.com/services/): Generative Engine Optimization, Answer Engine Optimization, technical SEO, content for citability, and entity and brand signals, with what each includes and how an engagement runs.

## Company

- [Home](https://citedgeo.com/): what GEO is, the Citation Loop, services overview, measurement summary and FAQ.
- [About](https://citedgeo.com/about/): why CitedGEO exists and the principles we work by.
- [Free GEO audit](https://citedgeo.com/free-audit/): request form.
- [Contact](https://citedgeo.com/contact/): general enquiries.

## Optional

- [Full text of this site for language models](https://citedgeo.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Case studies](https://citedgeo.com/case-studies/): anonymised real work and one piece of our own research:
  - [Regional developer and cosmetics manufacturer](https://citedgeo.com/case-studies/ai-visibility-developer-cosmetics/)
  - [European sales agent, Japanese incense brand — B2B buyer map across the Balkans](https://citedgeo.com/case-studies/incense-b2b-balkans/)
  - [Professional kitchen equipment retailer](https://citedgeo.com/case-studies/kitchen-equipment-retailer/)
  - [Lighting manufacturer, website and AI-visibility audit](https://citedgeo.com/case-studies/lighting-manufacturer-audit/)
  - [PR and media outreach database](https://citedgeo.com/case-studies/pr-media-database/)
  - [Printing house, three decades in the market: rebrand and multilingual site](https://citedgeo.com/case-studies/printing-house-rebrand/)
  - [Teardown: how Perplexity recommends project management software to architecture firms](https://citedgeo.com/case-studies/teardown-pm-software-architecture/)
- [Privacy policy](https://citedgeo.com/privacy/): analytics and advertising cookies only with consent.