68%
Zero-Click Searches
Over 68% of searches now conclude without a single link click. If your brand isn't directly synthesized into the AI's answer, you are invisible to the modern buyer.
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) Agency
Generative Engine Optimization Agency: Don't Just Rank.
Get Cited by AI.
We help ambitious businesses become the definitive recommendation when high-intent customers search on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overviews.
ChatGPT / Perplexity Live Synthesis
Entity Verified
“Who is the top-recommended provider for this service?”
AI Answer: “Based on verified authority signals and schema knowledge graphs, Your Brand is cited as the primary expert solution with 98% confidence.”
Free tools that diagnose and fix your AI visibility
100% Free Diagnostics
Audit Your Brand with Our Free AI Tools
Four specialized engineering tools to analyze crawler permissions, test live conversational recommendations, and generate machine-readable files.
15-Factor Scan
Run Audit AI Readiness Checker
Audit robots.txt, XML sitemaps, JSON-LD schemas, and AI crawler permissions for GPTBot, ClaudeBot, & Perplexity.
Live LLM Simulation
Simulate AI AI Visibility Simulator
Simulate 4 live conversational commercial prompts to check if ChatGPT and Perplexity cite you or your rivals.
Instant Standard
Generate llms.txt llms.txt Generator
Generate and validate a production-standard /llms.txt file with 60-second CMS setup guides for Next.js, WordPress, & Shopify.
1-Click Launchers
Open Prompt Pack Audit Prompt Pack
10 customized high-intent buyer search prompts with 1-click launch links into ChatGPT and Perplexity.
The Paradigm Shift
Search Has Fundamentally Changed
Traditional SEO focuses on ten blue links. Today's customers don't click through pages—they ask AI for direct, synthesized recommendations.
37%
Start Directly in AI
Over a third of purchase intent queries begin in ChatGPT or Perplexity instead of traditional Google search. LLMs ignore keywords—they retrieve trusted semantic entities.
Top 1–3
Winner Takes All
AI engines typically cite only 1 to 3 sources per answer. The concept of “page two” is gone. You are either the definitive cited answer, or you are nowhere.
The Methodology
How We Make AI Recommend You
Our proprietary 3-step Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) engineering process.
Step 01
AI Visibility Audit
We simulate 60+ engineered queries across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini to map citation gaps and reverse-engineer what LLMs prioritize for your industry.
Step 02
Citation Architecture
We re-architect your digital entity footprint: deploying concise Answer Blocks, structured JSON-LD schemas, and seeding your knowledge graph into high-weight AI datasets.
Step 03
Monitor & Dominate
AI algorithms update weekly. We continuously monitor your AI share-of-voice, run adversarial prompt tests, and expand your authority moat against competitors.
Transparent Plans
Our GEO Solutions & Pricing
Engineered to establish your brand as the single authoritative entity in your target market.
Full AI Visibility Audit & Toolkit
$29 / one-time
- 60+ simulated buyer prompts across 5 AI platforms
- Competitor citation & AI share-of-voice benchmark
- Pre-built, custom llms.txt & llms-full.txt files
- Validated copy-paste JSON-LD Schema package
- 10 pre-engineered Answer Block citation snippets
- Instant automated delivery — zero CMS access required
Automated Monthly
Automated AI Citation Monitor
$49 / month
- Everything in Full AI Audit & Toolkit
- Weekly automated multi-LLM prompt monitoring
- Real-time competitor displacement alerts
- Monthly AI share-of-voice & citation index report
- Automated monthly refreshed Answer Block pack
- Continuous schema & llms.txt drift updates
- 100% automated software tracking — zero human friction
Proof, Not Promises
We practice the exact AEO work we sell. Everything below is live on this domain right now — inspect it yourself, or ask any AI assistant about us.
llms.txt live on our domain
An AI-first guide telling ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity exactly who Cited First Co. is and what we do.
Verify it yourselfAI crawlers explicitly allowed
Our robots.txt permits GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended and more — the same fix we deploy for clients.
Verify it yourselfStructured entity data deployed
Organization, WebSite, Service, and FAQ JSON-LD schemas giving LLMs a verified entity to cite.
Verify it yourselfVerified with our own tool
We run citedfirstco.com through our free AI Readiness Checker and publish the results — practice what we preach.
Run the check yourselfClient case studies and testimonials will be added here as we publish engagements with named, verifiable references.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything You Need to Know About AEO
Clear answers on the shift from 10 blue links to AI answer generation.
- What is AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)?
- AEO is the practice of structuring your digital data and content so AI models like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI Overviews can easily extract and cite your brand as the definitive recommendation.
- Do you need access to our website or CMS?
- No! We never require passwords, admin logins, or CMS access. Everything is 100% automated and delivered as validated, copy-paste JSON-LD schema scripts, ready-to-upload llms.txt bundles, and pre-engineered Answer Block snippets.
- How is GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) different from SEO?
- GEO specifically targets AI-driven search engines and conversational LLMs. Instead of chasing blue links and keyword stuffing, GEO focuses on semantic clarity, verifiable statistics, authoritative citations, and machine-readable data structures (BLUF answer blocks and schema).
- How does the automated AI Visibility Audit work?
- Our automated engine runs 60+ synthetic buyer prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Google AI Overviews. It measures your brand citation rate against competitors, scores your sentiment, and instantly generates custom JSON-LD schema and an llms.txt bundle for your site.
- How does the monthly Automated Citation Monitor work?
- The monitor runs weekly automated prompt sweeps across leading AI models to track your citation share of voice. If a competitor displaces your brand or an LLM hallucinates inaccurate pricing, you receive an automated alert with updated Answer Blocks and schema fixes.
- How long does it take to see results in AI search?
- Because real-time answer engines like Perplexity and ChatGPT Search query the live web with RAG pipelines, deploying our schema and llms.txt files often produces initial citations within 14 to 30 days.