Own the answer,
not just the link.
The search results page is becoming a generated answer with citations stapled underneath. Generative engine optimisation is how your brand shows up inside that answer, on Google AI Overviews, Bing Copilot and Perplexity, instead of being summarised away below it.
At a glance
Generative Engine Optimisation at a glance
Generative engine optimisation (GEO) is the practice of optimising a brand for AI-generated search surfaces such as Google AI Overviews, Bing Copilot and Perplexity, where the engine writes the answer and cites its sources. It focuses on entity presence, structured and current content, and clear, extractable claims so the generated answer includes and credits your brand. Involve Digital designs for the question behind the query, not just the keyword.
The discipline
What Generative Engine Optimisation involves
The SERP is now a generated answer
Google AI Overviews, Bing Copilot and Perplexity increasingly answer the query directly at the top of the page, then cite a few sources. The classic ten blue links still exist, but they sit below an answer that satisfies a large share of searches on its own. If your brand is not inside that generated block, you are competing for the attention that is left over.
Optimise for the question, not the keyword
Generative surfaces reason about intent, not exact-match phrases. We map the real question behind a search and the follow-ups it triggers, then make sure your content answers the whole journey in a way a generative engine can lift and attribute.
Entity presence and freshness
Generative engines lean on a consistent, well-described brand entity and on content that is current. We strengthen your entity across the web, maintain the signals that prove freshness and accuracy, and structure content so the engine can extract a clean, creditable answer that names you.
Measuring share of generated answer
We track how often your brand appears and is cited inside AI Overviews and the major generative surfaces for your priority questions, and we treat that visibility as the outcome, alongside the classical rankings underneath it.
How we run it
How we run a GEO programme
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Map the generative SERP
We capture how AI Overviews and the major generative engines currently answer your priority questions, and who they cite today.
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Model the question space
We model the real questions and follow-ups behind your commercial queries, the journey the engine is trying to satisfy.
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Entity and freshness
Strengthen the brand entity across the web and keep content current, so generative engines treat you as a credible, present source.
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Extractable structure
Structure content so a generative engine can lift a clean, correct, creditable answer that names your brand.
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Track generated visibility
Ongoing measurement of how often you appear inside the generated answer for the questions that drive pipeline.
Proof
Our Search Experience
The search engagements behind the discipline. Every metric is on the books and tied to a named client. Click any card for the full engagement detail.
Keep exploring
The other three pillars.
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Classical SEO
Technical foundation, indexability, schema, topical depth, link equity. The non-negotiable base layer Google still rewards. Lighthouse 95+ on every page we ship.
Explore SEO02
Answer Engine Optimisation
Engineering content to be cited by ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. Direct-answer blocks, schema, named-entity density. Search is moving here. Most agencies have not noticed.
Explore AEO04
Paid Search
Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, retargeting. Tightly tracked, attributed to pipeline, run by a senior account lead, not a junior on a spreadsheet.
Explore Paid SearchFAQ
Questions worth answering.
How is GEO different from AEO?
They are close cousins. Answer engine optimisation focuses on being cited inside conversational assistants like ChatGPT and Claude. Generative engine optimisation focuses on the AI-generated answers inside search results pages, such as Google AI Overviews, Bing Copilot and Perplexity. Most clients need both, run together.
Does GEO cannibalise my classical rankings?
No. GEO sits on top of classical SEO. A strong technical base and topical authority are what make a generative engine willing to cite you in the first place. We run them as one programme so the work reinforces both surfaces.
Can you guarantee a spot in AI Overviews?
No one can guarantee placement in a generated answer any more than they can guarantee a classical ranking. What we can do is make your brand the most citable, current and structurally clear source for your priority questions, which is exactly what those surfaces reward.
Start
Ten minutes with the strategist.
Tell the strategist what you're trying to grow. By the end of the conversation you'll have a plan, a quote and a senior strategist on the line.