GEO optimisation, with our own bot measurement

AI visibility
and GEO optimisation

ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews all give a ready-made answer, with a few cited sources. GEO optimisation is the work that gets your business included among those sources. We start with a fixed-price audit, and the results are tracked by our own server-side bot measurement.

Google AI Overviews·ChatGPT·Perplexity·Gemini·Copilot
Request an AI visibility audit→

What is AI visibility
and how is it different from SEO?

AI visibility means your business appears in the answers of ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Copilot and Perplexity when someone searches for your service. These platforms give a ready-made answer with a few cited sources. The user sees the business that is among those sources.

Traditional search engine optimisation and AI visibility overlap. Rankings still matter, but the models also look at text that answers the question directly, structured data, consistent business information everywhere, and third-party mentions. This layer is called GEO optimisation.

€990fixed-price audit, + VAT
6AI crawlers tracked
5AI platforms tested monthly
GEO and SEO: AI visibility and search engine optimisation are two overlapping layers
GEO and SEO: overlapping, separately measured layers

Three things the models do differently

If you only optimise for Google's results page, you miss out on part of your audience. According to Keyword Planner, the term “AI search” already gets 1,600 searches a month in Hungary.

  • 01

    Different index, different rules

    ChatGPT relies on Bing's index and its own crawler, Gemini relies on Google, and Perplexity relies on its own.

  • 02

    Citable content is essential

    The models cite whatever already reads like a ready-made answer: a specific figure, a date, structured markup. They skip generalities.

  • 03

    A measurable process

    Our own framework identifies AI crawlers, so we can see which models read the site, and how often.

Six work areas, one goal

The goal is for the model to cite your business as a source. The work starts with an audit, and the other five areas follow from the audit's prioritised to-do list.

01 / 06
who builds an online shop in Budapest?
AI answerSummary answer with three recommended providersSources: your business · industry directory · business database
Traditional resultBelow the answer, one scroll down.
Traditional resultSome users never scroll down this far.
The AI answer and its sources above the search results, sketch

AI visibility audit

We measure exactly what an AI crawler sees on the site: whether it gets ready-rendered HTML, whether structured data is present, whether the text is citable, and what the models currently surface for your business name. You get a written report and a prioritised to-do list at the end.

Fixed price

Structured data

Organization, Service, FAQPage, Article and ItemList markup with stable entity identifiers, so the models see you as a single business. The visible text and the markup stay in sync.

Schema.org

Answer-shaped content

The first paragraph is the answer itself, with a figure and a date. The FAQ blocks are phrased the way users actually type their question to an AI. This is the format the models can quote word for word.

Content

Bing and IndexNow

ChatGPT visibility largely depends on Bing's index. Registration, sitemap submission and IndexNow notifications are built into the publishing process, so updates go through within minutes.

Indexing

llms.txt and robots.txt

A Markdown map for AIs covering your services, prices and contact details, plus a review of robots.txt so that no important crawler is accidentally blocked.

Machine readability

Entity and mention building

Consistent business name, address and profile links across every platform, plus a presence in the directories and catalogues that the models draw their recommendations from.

Credibility

AI visibility quick test

Eight questions, about a minute. From your answers, we estimate how well AI search engines can currently surface and cite your business, and at the end we show you what's worth changing first. The test runs in your browser and sends or stores no data.

The score is based on your own assessment, so it's for guidance only. The audit shows your actual status through measurement.

The models cite what already reads like a ready-made answer: a sentence, with a number, a date and a clear business name.

How do we measure
AI visibility?

From our own data, from two angles. The measurement runs in our own framework: the same layer that recognises the AI crawler is the one that serves it ready-made HTML.

Monthly question set

Every month, we ask the same real questions on ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and Perplexity. We track in a table whether the business appears as a mention, a link or a recommendation.

Server-side bot detection

We show which AI crawlers read the site, and how often. The crawlers we track: GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended and Bingbot.

Early and late signal

Crawl activity is the early signal, appearing in answers is the late one. This way, you can already see in the first few months whether the work is heading in the right direction.

One system with your marketing data

We use the same measurement logic for server-side tracking too, so your marketing data and AI traffic come together in one place.

How much does the AI visibility audit cost?

The full audit is a fixed €990 + VAT, a one-off fee, and can be ordered on its own: you can carry out the to-do list with your own team. If you'd like to see the current situation first, the AI visibility snapshot is a fixed €490 + VAT. The ongoing GEO package is billed monthly, depending on the size of your website and the amount of content involved.

€490the AI visibility snapshot, + VAT
€990the full audit, + VAT, one-off
from €790the monthly GEO package, + VAT
weeksto see the impact of the technical work
GEO optimisation prices, + VAT
AI visibility snapshot, one-off€490
Full AI visibility audit, one-off€990
Ongoing GEO package, service-business websitefrom €790 a month
Complex online shop or multiple domainsup to €2,400 a month
We give you an exact quote after the audit; until then, we can't responsibly say how much work remains.

What do you get for the price?

01

What's included in the two audits

Snapshot: one domain, 15 questions across three models (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity), a quick technical check, a 2-3 page report with the most important tasks. Full audit: a technical and content review, a breakdown of AI crawler traffic, testing the models' answers, a competitor comparison, and a written report with a prioritised to-do list.

02

What's included in the monthly package

Carrying out the to-do list, schema maintenance, reshaping and expanding content, Bing and IndexNow setup, llms.txt, entity and mention building, a monthly measurement report.

03

What determines the monthly range?

The lower end is typical for a small, service-business website of a few pages, the upper end for a complex online shop or multiple domains.

04

If we also handle your development

Most of the GEO work is built into the development itself, whether that's our own WebPot CMS, WordPress or a Magento 2-based site.

We've written more about pricing in the website design prices 2026 and the search engine optimisation prices 2026 articles. Work on the traditional results page is covered on the search engine optimisation page.

Frequently asked questions about AI visibility

19 questions in four topics about AI search engines and GEO work. If yours isn't among them, feel free to ask.

Ask us a question

Basics

What is generative engine optimisation (GEO)?

GEO is optimisation for generative search engines: the work that gets your business into the answers of ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. It plays the same role as search engine optimisation does for the classic results list, except here it isn't about ranking, but about which source the model cites.

Do I still need SEO, or does GEO replace it?

Yes, because the two are built on largely the same foundation: a fast, indexable site, a clean structure and genuine content. What works well for SEO also helps the models, since most of them draw on search engine results.

GEO differs in that the goal isn't ranking but citability: factual wording, a question-and-answer structure, concrete figures and clear company details. That's why the two are cheapest done side by side.

Is a good Google ranking enough?

Not on its own, but it counts for a lot. Gemini and Google AI Overviews draw on the Google index, so a good ranking there translates directly into AI visibility. ChatGPT and Perplexity, however, rely on other sources, so without Bing indexing and structured data your business won't reach a portion of users at all.

How does an AI know my business exists?

From reading the same facts about it in several independent places: your own website, your Google Business Profile, company databases, industry directories and mentions. When these all agree, the model concludes that it's dealing with a real, identifiable business.

If they differ (a different company name, an old address, a different phone number), the business remains an uncertain entity, and the model would rather cite a safer alternative instead. Consistent company data is therefore the cheapest and fastest step in GEO.

What is an AI search engine, and which are the most important ones?

An AI search engine writes a summary answer to your question and marks its sources. Five platforms currently matter in Hungary: Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, ChatGPT's search, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity.

According to Keyword Planner, the Hungarian term "ai kereső" ("AI search engine") gets 1,600 searches a month in Hungary, so users are consciously searching for these tools. We measure the work across all five platforms, since they each draw on a different index.

What is AI SEO? Is it the same as GEO?

Essentially, yes. AI SEO, GEO (generative engine optimisation), AEO (answer engine optimisation) and LLM SEO are all names for the same work: getting language models to find, understand and cite your business as a source.

The term "AI SEO" is sometimes used for something else too: search engine optimisation carried out with artificial intelligence, such as text written by AI. That's a different topic, since mass-generated content is typically left out of the models' citations.

What is a Google AI Overview, and how can I get featured in one?

A Google AI Overview is a generated summary that appears at the top of the results list, with a handful of source links. It draws on the Google index, so a good organic ranking is a direct advantage here.

Being featured is helped by a paragraph that answers the question straight away, structured data and measurable authority on the topic. Our client, robottelepites.hu, already appears in Google's AI answers, as shown by a screenshot on our search engine optimisation page.

Price, time, results

How much do the AI visibility audit and ongoing work cost?

The AI visibility snapshot is a fixed €490 + VAT, and the one-off full audit is a fixed €990 + VAT: a technical and content review, an AI crawler traffic report, model-response testing, a competitor comparison and a written report with a prioritised to-do list.

The ongoing GEO package is billed monthly, between €790 and €2,400 a month + VAT, depending on the size of your site and the amount of content involved. The audit can also be ordered on its own, and you can carry out the to-do list with your own team.

How long does it take for my business to appear in AI answers?

The effect of the technical work is measurable in weeks, since Bing indexing and structured data are indexing matters. Directory mentions and reviews take a few months to work their way into the models' answers. Where a good Google ranking is already in place, results come fastest.

How do I know it's working?

You get a monthly report with two data sets. One tracks AI crawler visits, measured on our own servers; the other tracks the model responses to a fixed set of test questions, including mentions of your business. Both can be compared with the previous month, so the trend is visible.

Will I lose traffic if AI answers the question?

For general, encyclopaedia-style questions, websites genuinely do get fewer clicks: if the model can answer something itself, it will. This traffic was never bringing you customers anyway.

What remains, and even grows in value, are the specific pre-purchase questions, where price, availability, references and a decision are needed. Here the model recommends a provider and cites a source, and that visitor is much closer to placing an order than someone arriving from an average search.

Technical tasks

Do I need a new website for this?

In most cases, no. The markup, content reshaping and technical setup can all be done on your existing site. We only recommend a replacement if the site appears to crawlers as an empty JavaScript application, or is so slow that crawlers give up on it early.

What is llms.txt, and do I need it on my website?

llms.txt is a simple text file at the root of your site that briefly summarises what your business does and which are its most important pages. Its purpose is to let language models find the essentials easily, without having to parse the entire site.

It isn't a mandatory standard and won't produce results on its own, but it's cheap and does no harm. With us, it's part of the GEO package, maintenance included: an outdated summary does more harm than good.

Should I block or allow AI crawlers?

This is a decision worth making consciously. If you want your business to appear in AI answers, you need to allow the crawlers used for answering questions: blocking them means blocking your own visibility.

There is a difference between crawlers, though: some read for answering, others collect for model training. The two can be controlled separately, so your original content can be protected without giving up visibility. We handle the setup and measure the bot traffic.

How much do reviews and external mentions matter?

A great deal, because the models don't treat your own claims as evidence, but what others write about you. A trade article, a directory listing, an interview or a genuine review are worth more than any marketing copy you write yourself.

That's why mention-building is part of GEO work: getting your business featured on relevant industry platforms and regularly gathering reviews. It's the credible source that counts, not the quantity.

Content and case studies

What do I need to provide?

Access to your website and search consoles, plus a professional contact we can ask questions. We write the content, but the figures, prices and real project data come from you. These are exactly what make your business citable: AI cites the specifics, not the marketing copy.

What should I do if AI says something bad about my business?

First, you need to find out where it's coming from: an incorrect statement is almost always down to an outdated or inaccurate source, such as an old price on your own site, a discontinued service in a directory, or a mixed-up company name.

The fix starts at the source: you need to update the data wherever the model reads it, and provide a clear, well-marked version on your own site. After that, the answers gradually catch up with reality, but that takes weeks, not an instant.

Does an online shop need GEO too?

Yes, just differently: there, the quality of your product data is what decides it. Precise brand and model, price, stock, specifications and reviews, all with machine-readable markup: this is what lets the model make comparisons and recommendations.

Content that helps with buying decisions matters a lot too: size guides, comparisons, usage tips. These are what people ask AI about, and whoever answers them gets cited.

Is this the same as an AI chatbot for my website?

No, these are two separate services. AI visibility is about external models surfacing and citing your business. AI integration, by contrast, means building artificial intelligence into your own processes, for example for customer service replies or document processing. The two sit well side by side, but they're separate projects. We've written about AI integration in detail on our AI solutions page.

Take the first step towards a successful business!

WebPot DEV brings 15 years of experience to Magento, WordPress, e-commerce, custom web system and mobile app development.

Beyond the web, we also build Android and Windows apps, run and maintain servers, integrate AI, and install Loxone smart home systems and robotic lawnmowers.

Tell us about your idea or your problem, and we will work out together how to make it happen.

Phone: +36 30 199 1620 WebPot DEV on LinkedIn GitHub WebPot DEV on Facebook WhatsApp

WebPot DEV logo

From design to implementation: WebPot DEV

Free consultation

Book a 30-minute consultation

We review your goals and your current website, and at the end of the call you get an estimated price range and timeline.

2026. Oct 26. – 30. 44. WEEK
  
MON26 0 free
TUE27 0 free
WED28 0 free
THU29 0 free
FRI30 0 free
08:00
09:00
10:00
11:00
LUNCH BREAK 12:00–13:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
available booked selected · Europe/Budapest · 30 min
TIMEPick a free slot in the calendar




CONFIRMATION BY E-MAIL · CALENDAR ENTRY
CANCEL WITH ONE CLICK FROM THE E-MAIL
Back to topShare page