GEO / AI Search — Markham & the GTA
Get Cited by AI,Not Just Ranked by Google.
Get named when your customers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google's AI Overviews — not just when they type into a search box. We make your business legible to the systems writing the answers.
What You Actually Get
We make your business facts machine-readable — for the crawlers that never run a script.
AI Search Visibility Audit
We ask the assistants your customers ask and record what comes back — who gets named for your service in your city, and where you appear or don't.
Server-Rendered Structured Data
JSON-LD delivered in the initial HTML, not injected by JavaScript, so crawlers that never run your scripts still see your data.
llms.txt & Entity Signals
A plain-language file stating who you are, what you sell, and where you operate, plus consistent naming everywhere else so machines resolve you as one entity.
Answer-Shaped Content
Pages restructured so the answer comes first and the marketing follows — assistants rarely quote a paragraph that takes three sentences to reach the point.
Crawlability for AI Agents
GPTBot, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, and Google-Extended each read differently. We check what each can actually reach.
Citation & Mention Tracking
A repeatable set of prompts run monthly and logged over time, since outputs vary between sessions and only the trend tells you anything.
How We Audit AI Visibility
No guessing — we test against the actual assistants your customers use.
01
Ask the Assistants
We run your business and city through ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews, and record exactly what comes back — including who they name instead of you.
02
Check What Crawlers Can Reach
GPTBot, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, and Google-Extended each read your site differently. We check what each can actually access before changing anything.
03
Track It Monthly
The same prompts, run on a schedule, logged over time — because a single result varies between sessions, but a trend tells you something real.
Why Choose Zenara Designs
We Fixed This On Our Own Site First
Our JSON-LD is server-rendered, our llms.txt is current, and our own AI visibility is something we track monthly — not a service we invented to sell.
No Guarantees, Because Nobody Can Make Them
AI systems publish no ranking criteria and change without notice. We'll tell you what we changed and show you the tracking — nothing more, nothing fabricated.
It Compounds With Your SEO
Clean structured data, resolvable entities, and answer-first content help conventional rankings too. There's no version of this that helps AI search and hurts Google.
Built Into the Site, Not Bolted On
Because we build on Next.js, structured data and server rendering are how the page is made, not a plugin layered over a template afterward.
Custom Quote, Often Bundled with SEO
Priced individually — here's what determines it.
GEO / AI Search
Custom Quote
Based on your current AI visibility, industry, and how many assistants and prompts we track monthly. Often paired with an SEO engagement — ask about combined pricing.
Frequently AskedQuestions
What is GEO, and how is it different from SEO?
SEO gets you ranked in a list of blue links. GEO — generative engine optimization — gets you cited inside an answer written by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, or Gemini. The mechanics differ: AI systems favour content with clear factual statements, explicit entity information, structured data they can parse without running JavaScript, and sources they can attribute. Both matter, and the work overlaps, but optimising only for one leaves the other on the table.
Do AI search engines actually send traffic?
Less than traditional search does today, and the referral volume is genuinely hard to measure because not every assistant passes a referrer. What they send is different: fewer visits, but visitors who arrive already having read a summary of what you do. The stronger argument right now is defensive — if an assistant is answering "who does web design in Markham" and you are not in the answer, a competitor is.
What do you actually change on my site?
We make your business facts machine-readable: server-rendered JSON-LD so crawlers that do not execute JavaScript still see your data, an llms.txt file stating who you are and what you sell, entity consistency across your site, Google Business Profile and citations, and content restructured to answer real questions directly rather than burying the answer in marketing copy. We also add clear, quotable factual statements — the kind an assistant can lift and attribute.
Can you guarantee I will show up in ChatGPT or Perplexity?
No, and be sceptical of anyone who does. These systems do not publish ranking criteria, their outputs vary between users and sessions, and they change without notice. What we can do is make your site as easy to read, parse, and cite as it can be, and track mentions over time so you can see whether it is working.
Is GEO available on its own, or only bundled with SEO?
It can be scoped on its own, but the two overlap in practice — clean structured data and answer-shaped content help conventional rankings too. Most clients add GEO alongside an existing SEO engagement rather than running it in isolation, and we'll say so upfront if that's the better starting point for your site.
We'll run your service and city through the major assistants and send you what they actually return — including who they name instead of you. No cost, no obligation.