Generative Engine Optimization and AI Visibility
Your brand cited in AI answers, measured
Generative engine optimization is the work of getting your company named and cited in AI answers. Eicra Soft Limited, a Dhaka-based team, measures 50 buyer prompts on four engines, rewrites five pages to be the quoted answer, and re-measures the same set at day 30, at a fixed price per step. Every number is measured three times, never estimated.
Every step can be your last; none commits you to the next. We start with the 50 questions your buyers actually type into an AI engine. Each is run on four engines, three times; who is named, who is cited and who is absent goes into one sheet you keep, and the smallest change that would move your share, usually five pages and the entity data, is priced against your own numbers.
You get a written verdict — an audit first, answer-first content, entity and schema work, third-party presence, a full pilot, or nothing yet. If nothing justifies a build, you stop here and keep the audit.
30 minutes 01 Scope · free call
5 days 02 Diagnose · $99, credited to the pilot
2 weeks 03 Pilot · $399 fixed
Per batch 04 Production · $800 per five pages
Monthly 05 Managed Ops · $499 a month
What do GEO and AI visibility services include?
Generative engine optimization services cover the five things that decide whether an engine built on a large language model cites one company and skips another: pages that answer the question directly with sourced numbers, an entity the engine can verify, presence on the sources it already trusts, pages it can crawl, and someone who measures the result.
AI visibility audit
Fifty buying questions are agreed with you and run on four AI engines three times each. Every mention, citation and absence is recorded: your citation share, your competitors’ and the sources used. The sheet is yours to keep whatever you decide next, and the audit fee is credited to the pilot, so measuring first costs nothing extra.
Answer-first content rewrite
Service and landing pages are rewritten so each heading asks the buyer’s question. The first paragraph answers it in 40–60 words with a statistic, a quotation or a named source. Five pages are rewritten in the pilot, each approved by you before publication, and further pages follow in batches of five with their own re-measure.
Entity and schema setup
Organization, Service and FAQ schema go in, with consistent name and address data. About and author pages and sameAs links to your profiles let an engine verify who is speaking. The schema is validated after publication, lives in your own site, and is documented so your team can extend it without us.
Third-party presence building
Honest submissions go to the directories, industry lists and communities the engines cite for your prompts, tracked to publication. The publisher decides; no mention is bought or faked. The audit names which sources the engines actually cited for your 50 prompts, so submissions go where they can change the answer.
Crawl and index check
Robots rules, indexing, page speed and rendering are checked for the pages in scope, because an engine cannot cite a page it cannot read. Fixes are listed or done in the pilot. The check uses read access to Google Search Console on your account, and every finding is written down with its fix and owner.
Citation tracking and reporting
The same 50 prompts are re-run at day 30 and monthly. Citation share, competitor share and the sources cited sit in one report, with optional monthly monitoring as engines change. The report shows movement either way, names the engine behind each change, and recommends the next batch only when the numbers support it.
Not included: Link building and backlinks · bought reviews, seeded forum posts or undisclosed mentions · any promise of a ranking or a citation.
How does AEO fit inside GEO?
Answer engine optimization (AEO) is the older, narrower layer inside generative engine optimization (GEO): the featured snippet and the AI Overview, won by one direct answer. GEO adds ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, entity checks and third-party sources. AEO is the first pass of every rewrite, in the same fixed steps and never sold separately, so you never need two vendors.
Google Search Central states that “the best practices for SEO remain relevant for AI features in Google Search”, so every AEO pass starts from crawlable, well-structured pages. SEO itself is free: Google takes no money to rank a site, so what you pay for is the work. New to SEO? Start with three basics: pages Google can crawl, one buyer question answered on each page, and mentions on sites your buyers trust.
Headings that ask questions
Every heading is the question or keyword a buyer types, so the engine can match the page to the prompt without guessing. Headings come from the audited prompt set, not from guesswork, so each one maps to a question buyers already ask an engine.
Direct answers up front
The first 40–60 words under each heading answer it outright, before any context, so the passage can be lifted whole. An engine quotes passages, not pages, and a passage that answers cleanly in its first sentences is the one that gets lifted.
Statistics, quotes, sources
Each answer carries a number, a quotation or a named source, so the engine has something it can check before citing it. Anything that cannot be sourced is removed rather than softened, because one unverifiable claim can cost the page its credibility.
FAQ and schema
The questions people also ask, answered in the same form and marked up with FAQ schema, so snippets and AI answers can read them. The FAQ set comes from the audit’s prompt list and from your sales calls, so it answers what buyers ask, not what we assume.
How long does a GEO pilot take?
A generative engine optimization pilot takes two weeks to build after a five-day audit, then the same 50 prompts are re-measured at day 30. The example is a services company; every item traces to a prompt run, a page version or a re-measure.
The schema.org vocabulary defines sameAs as the “URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item’s identity”, which is how an engine checks who is speaking.
| Step | Time | Price | What you receive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope | 30 minutes | Free | The buying questions, pages in scope and a quote |
| Diagnose | 5 days | $99, credited to the pilot | 50 prompts run on four engines; your citation share in writing |
| Pilot | 2 weeks | $399, fixed | Five pages rewritten, schema set, re-measured at day 30 |
| Production | Per batch | $800 per five pages | Further pages in approved batches, each re-measured |
| Managed Ops | Monthly | $499 a month, cancel any month | Prompts re-run monthly, pages refreshed, one report |
Pilot log · 50-prompt set
What the step does · its result
Audit
Who is named, cited or absent, before any change.
ChatGPTPerplexityGeminiGoogle AI Overviews
| Audit measure | Sample result |
|---|---|
| Prompts | 50 buying questions |
| Engines | 4 |
| Runs | 3 per engine |
| Named | 4 of 50 |
| Competitors | 3 mapped |
4 of 50
Prompts where you are namedbefore any change · 3 competitors mapped
Rewrite
Each page answers the buyer’s question first.
5 pagesrewritten answer-first
14 statisticseach with a named source
5 quotationsadded to the answers
5
Pages rewritten answer-firstquestion headings and direct answers
Entity
So an engine can verify who is speaking.
Organization schemaService schemaAbout pageAuthor pages
6
sameAs links to your profilesconsistent name and address data
Sign-off · a person signs
Nothing is published before you approve it.
Five pagesapproved by you
Schemaapproved by you
Publishingonly after approval
Approved by you before publishingall five pages and the schema
Day 30
The same set, re-run on the same engines.
Beforenamed in 4 of 50
Day 30named in 11 of 50
11 of 50
Prompts where you are named at day 30the change reported either way
Choose a step, or a number below, to see its result
Managed Ops re-runs the same prompt set every month, so the number stays comparable.
Illustrative example. Yellow marks where a person signs; nothing is reported before it is measured.
How does an AI visibility engagement run?
An AI visibility engagement runs in five steps, each ending in a written result you can stop on: a free call, a five-day AI visibility audit that quotes the pilot, a two-week pilot that rewrites five pages and re-measures at day 30, production in batches, then Managed Ops. Our generative engine optimization services are priced one step at a time.
01 30 min · free
Scope A call about the buying questions your customers ask, the pages that should answer them, and whether anyone has checked what AI engines say about you. You leave with a quote.
02 5 days · credited
Diagnose Fifty prompts agreed and run on four engines, three times each; citation share, competitors and cited sources recorded; crawl and entity gaps listed; the five pilot pages chosen and priced in writing.
03 2 weeks · fixed price
Pilot Five pages rewritten answer-first with sourced statistics, schema and entity data set, first third-party submissions made, your approval on every page, then the same 50 prompts re-run at day 30.
04 Per batch · quoted after pilot
Production The remaining pages in batches of five, each with its own approval and re-measure, plus the third-party submissions tracked to publication, documentation and 30 days of fixes.
05 Monthly · optional
Managed Ops The prompt set re-run monthly, new prompts added, pages refreshed as engines change, competitor citations watched and one report, with a named specialist. Cancel any month; everything stays yours.
Who does the GEO work?
An SEO specialist who owns the prompt set, audit and schema, a content editor who rewrites pages in your brand voice and sources every number, and a project manager. All three work inside your CMS and your accounts, and your approver signs every page before it goes live.
Engines OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, run by hand
Communication A weekly review call and one shared Slack or Microsoft Teams channel
Quality assurance (QA) Every statistic sourced, every page approved, every prompt run three times
Your site We work inside your content management system (CMS) with the access you grant
Search Console Read access to Google Search Console for indexing checks
Ownership Pages, schema, prompt set and reports, all in your accounts
Which GEO step comes first for you?
The first GEO step depends on your gap; five questions show which fits. Never measured means the audit first; pages that describe but never answer, content; engines that cannot verify you, entity and schema; absence from the lists engines quote, third-party presence; all four partly in place, the full pilot. Drafts can come from a tested prompt system.
1. Has anyone checked what AI engines say about you?
2. Do your service pages answer buyer questions directly?
3. Are you on the directories and lists AI engines cite?
4. Is schema and entity data in place?
5. Who runs your SEO today?
Answer five questions to find your step
Answer the five questions and the checker suggests the smallest useful step: the audit alone, answer-first content, entity and schema work, third-party presence, or the full pilot. The five-day audit then confirms the verdict in writing before any build is priced.
An AI visibility audit first
Nobody has measured whether AI engines name you today, so nothing else can be prioritized: 50 buyer prompts on four engines, three runs each, and a written verdict on where you are cited, absent or beaten. The $99 fee is credited to the pilot if you continue.
A first estimate; the audit confirms it.
How the verdict is decided
Never measured → the audit first
Pages describe rather than answer → answer-first content
Absent from cited lists → third-party presence
No schema or entity data → entity work
Partly in place on all four → the full pilot
Why choose Eicra Soft Limited for GEO services?
A generative engine optimization agency should show its price and its method before it asks for a retainer: our audit is priced on the cards above, and our method is written down, 50 prompts on four engines, three runs each. Personal data in analytics or author profiles stays under Article 28 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Without a staged process
This is the pattern that gets domains flagged and budgets wasted. A vendor sells a retainer with no baseline measurement, buys presence the engines later discount, and reports rankings while the AI answer still names a competitor. Nothing can be verified, so nothing can be managed.
!!!!!
- A screenshot of one lucky ChatGPT answer offered as proof
- Bought mentions and seeded forum posts that get the domain flagged
- A retainer with no prompt set, so nothing can be measured
- Reports of rankings and traffic while the AI answer names a competitor
With Eicra Soft Limited
Every claim is measured before and after on the same 50 prompts, so the pilot report below can be checked line by line. The method is written down, the price is on the page, and every rewritten page carries your approval. The report is an illustrative example, not a client result.
Pilot report · 50-prompt set
Prompts50Named before4Named at day 3011Statistics sourced14VerdictExtend
Illustrative example
- A published price and a written method you can rerun yourself
- A fixed price per step; further batches quoted in writing after the pilot
- Pages, schema and reports in your accounts from day one
- Your approval on every rewritten page before it is published
Is it safe to outsource generative engine optimization?
Outsourcing generative engine optimization is safe when honesty, access and approvals are in writing, because the real risk is a vendor who fakes presence and gets your domain flagged. As a Bangladesh-based company, we work in your CMS, publish nothing without your approval, never buy reviews or seed mentions, and leave at handover.
Which GEO agreements are signed, and when?
Every agreement below is signed before we see an account, an analytics property or a prompt set. That covers a mutual NDA, processor terms for any personal data, and transfer clauses where your jurisdiction requires them. Access runs on your seats and you can revoke it any day.
Non-disclosure agreement (NDA) — mutual, and signed before we see any analytics, prompt set or account.
Data processing agreement (DPA) — Article 28(3) of the GDPR, or your national equivalent, sets our processor duties for personal data in analytics or author profiles.
International data transfers — no personal data moves across a border until standard contractual clauses, or the instrument your jurisdiction names, are signed.
Access — editor-level access to your CMS and read access to Search Console, on your seats, revocable by you; no page is hosted on our side.
Certifications — a certification is named only when held, and none is claimed here.
Which GEO controls and terms apply?
You keep the veto while the work runs. Nothing publishes without your written approval, every submission sits in a log you can audit, and every statistic carries a named source. Pages, schema, the prompt set and the reports live in your accounts from day one.
Approvals No rewritten page, schema block or third-party submission goes live without your written approval; the submissions log is an audit trail of who sent what, where and when.
No fake presence No bought reviews, no seeded forum posts, no undisclosed mentions; third-party presence is honest submission and the publisher’s decision.
Sourcing Every statistic, quotation and claim added to a page carries a named, linked source; anything that cannot be sourced is removed, not softened.
Brand voice Rewrites follow your style guide and are edited by a person; nothing is published straight from a model.
Rework Free when a page fails its agreed checks at sign-off; new page batches are priced first as a change request.
What GEO proof comes before payment?
Before you pay for generative engine optimization, you get evidence instead of promises: a written method, a five-day audit that gives you your own number, and a pilot re-measured on the same 50 prompts at day 30. Named client results follow once each client agrees to publication.
50 prompts
Run on four AI engines, three times each, and recorded before you pay for any rewrite.
5 days
For the AI visibility audit, ending in a written verdict on where you are cited, absent or beaten.
Day 30
The same 50 prompts are run again after the pilot, and the change is reported either way.
Case studies: citation results for named clients appear here only with their consent. References from your sector are available on the scoping call.
What do buyers ask about GEO services?
Twelve questions buyers ask before they commission generative engine optimization, each answered in its first sentence. They cover cost, what GEO is, how it differs from AEO and AI visibility, measurement, the engines covered, SEO, the steps after you enquire, ownership, data handling, switching vendors and what we will not promise.
What do GEO services cost?
Generative engine optimization services here are priced per outcome, never per hour, and the cards at the top show each price: a five-day AI visibility audit of 50 buyer prompts across four AI engines with a written verdict, credited to the pilot; a pilot that rewrites five pages and re-measures at day 30; further batches; then Managed Ops.
What is generative engine optimization?
Generative engine optimization is the work that makes an AI answer engine (Google’s AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini) name and cite your company when someone asks a buying question: pages that answer questions directly with sourced numbers, clear entity information the engines can verify, presence on the third-party lists they draw from, and measurement of how often you are cited.
What separates GEO, AEO and AI visibility?
AI visibility is the result: how often your brand is named or cited in AI answers for a fixed set of prompts. Generative engine optimization is the work that raises it across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews. Answer engine optimization is the older, narrower version aimed at featured snippets and AI Overviews. One service, one measurement, three names.
How do you measure AI visibility?
With a fixed prompt set. We agree 50 buying questions your customers ask, run each on four AI engines three times, and record whether your company is named, cited with a link, or absent. That gives a citation share, for example 4 of 50. The same set is re-run at day 30 and monthly, so the number is comparable.
Does GEO replace SEO?
No. AI engines still learn from crawlable, well-structured, authoritative pages, so technical SEO and real content remain the base. GEO adds what the engines reward on top: direct answers with statistics and quotations, verifiable entity data, and presence on the sources they cite. If your site has crawl problems, the audit says so first.
What happens after I book a diagnostic?
A free 30-minute scoping call comes first, and every later step is yours to approve. Each step ends in a written result, and if the audit shows nothing worth building, you stop there and keep it. The steps run in this order.
- We agree the 50 buying questions and the pages in scope.
- The five-day audit runs them on four engines and quotes the pilot.
- The two-week pilot rewrites five pages and re-measures at day 30.
- Further batches and Managed Ops are priced only after that report.
Which AI engines do you cover?
Four: Google AI Overviews, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini. Every prompt is run by hand on each engine three times per measurement, because answers vary between runs, and the engine behind every recorded citation is named in the report. New engines are added to the set when buyers actually use them, as a change you approve.
Who owns the pages, schema and reports?
You do, from day one. Rewritten pages live in your CMS, schema sits on your own site, and the prompt set and every report are files in your accounts; nothing is hosted on our side. If you stop after any step, everything produced up to that step stays with you, including the audit sheet.
How do you handle our data?
Under a mutual NDA signed before we see anything, and a data processing agreement following Article 28(3) of the GDPR, or your national equivalent, for personal data in analytics or author profiles. Access is editor-level in your CMS and read-only in Search Console, on your seats, revocable by you at any time.
Can we switch from another SEO agency?
Yes, and nothing needs handing back, because the audit builds your baseline from scratch: 50 prompts, four engines, your current citation share. Existing SEO work keeps its value, since crawlable, well-structured pages are the base GEO builds on. The audit also says plainly if your current setup already covers part of the work.
How soon do AI citations change?
The first re-measure is at day 30 after the pilot, and that is the honest earliest point to judge movement. Engines refresh at their own pace, so some prompts move in weeks and others take months; the monthly re-runs under Managed Ops show the trend either way, on the same fixed prompt set.
Can you guarantee we will be cited?
No, and no honest vendor can, because the engines decide what they cite. What we guarantee is the work and the measurement: sourced answer-first pages, verifiable entity data, honest submissions, and the same 50 prompts re-run so you see exactly what changed. The illustrative pilot on this page moved a sample set from 4 to 11 named prompts.
Start with a free 30-minute call or the five-day AI visibility audit.