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Generative Engine Optimisation

Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) is the practice of making content the source that ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI surfaces quote back. It rewards clear, factual, well-attributed answers to the questions buyers actually ask — and freshness signals that prove the expert is active.

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The questions buyers and journalists ask most — answered to be quotable.

What is generative engine optimisation (GEO)?
GEO is optimising content to be selected and cited by AI answer engines. In practice that means structured, machine-readable pages, clear question-and-answer formats, named-author attribution, and credible third-party validation.
How is GEO different from SEO?
SEO aims to rank a page in a list of links; GEO aims to be the answer an AI gives. GEO leans harder on factual clarity, entity and author attribution, and being quotable in a single, self-contained passage.
How long until an expert is cited in AI answers?
With a purpose-built, well-structured profile, experts typically begin surfacing in AI answers within roughly eight weeks — faster than most assume, because the competition's content is rarely structured for it.