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AI SEO · Generative engine optimization

AI SEO and GEO: get found in ChatGPT and Google AI.

More and more customers ask an AI assistant first: which specialist to call, or which product to buy. We measure whether your business or product gets mentioned, and make sure it happens more often. No tricks, just honest measurement.

Baseline · is your business mentioned?Example
Your customer’s questionChatGPTGeminiPerplexityAI Overview
Mentioned in5 of 16

In short

What is AI visibility?

AI SEO, also called GEO (generative engine optimization), makes sure ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI mention and recommend your business or products. It builds on SEO: pages that answer questions and mentions that AI trusts.

Baseline measurement
€350
Ongoing
From €595 per month
Assistants
ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI
Tracking
Every month, 20 questions
Contract
Cancel monthly
Foundation
Works together with SEO

Honest about GEO

No tricks. Just an approach that works.

A lot gets promised about GEO. Here’s what Google itself says about it, and what we find works in practice.

What you don’t need

According to Google, there are no additional requirements or special optimizations needed to appear in AI Overviews or AI Mode.Source: Google Search Central, “AI features and your website”, updated December 2025
  • Special AI files or AI text on your website
  • Special code or markup just for AI
  • Keyword-stuffed text or tricks to influence AI

What does work

  • Easy to find in Google.AI assistants often take their answers from pages that already rank well.
  • Answer in the first sentence.Pages that answer a question directly and fully are easy to cite.
  • Mentions in trustworthy places.Reviews, business directories and comparison sites that AI assistants use as sources.
  • The same details everywhere.Name, address, services, products and prices consistent on your website, your Business Profile and elsewhere.
  • Your own figures and experience.Information that isn’t available anywhere else makes you the source rather than one of many.

How we work

From invisible to mentioned.

Twenty questions. Four assistants. Every month. We start by measuring, so you know where you stand.

Book your free account check
  1. Weeks 1 to 2

    First understand, measure and check the technical side

    Twenty of your customers’ questions in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI. Plus the check: can AI read your website?

  2. Months 1 to 2

    Pages that give answers

    Service, product and FAQ pages that answer the question in the first sentence.

  3. Months 1 to 2

    Mentions in the right places

    Profiles on comparison sites and in directories that AI uses as a source.

  4. Month 1 onwards

    Reviews that build trust

    A fixed system for asking satisfied customers for a review.

  5. Month 1

    One story, the same everywhere

    Details, services and prices consistent on your website and your profiles.

  6. Monthly

    Measuring again every month

    The same twenty questions, every month, in one clear report.

The technical check: can AI read your website?

We check this first. On many websites, this is where things already go wrong, before the content even counts.

  • Text readable without JavaScript.The crawlers of ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity don’t run JavaScript. If your text only appears via JavaScript, as with many website builders and web apps, they see an empty page.
  • AI crawlers allowed in.We check whether your robots.txt lets in the crawlers of ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity.
  • Firewall and hosting.Services like Cloudflare sometimes block AI bots by default. A wrong setting can even lock out Google.
  • Found in Bing.ChatGPT Search uses Bing’s index, among other sources. We check your website in Bing Webmaster Tools.
  • Data AI understands.Your business, services, products and reviews in structured data, consistent everywhere.
  • AI traffic measured separately.Visitors from ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini shown separately in your analytics.

Sources: Vercel, “The rise of the AI crawler”, December 2024 · Cloudflare, default AI crawler settings, July 2025 and July 2026 · Google Search Central, “AI features and your website”

Who runs your measurement

You talk to the people who do the work.

Aziz El M’Kadmi, founder of Northbound Marketing

Aziz El M’Kadmi

Founder · Strategy and growth
  • Measures AI visibility with fixed questions in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode
  • Three years as Senior Account Strategist on behalf of Google
  • 120 accounts of business owners and agencies each quarter
LinkedIn profile
Carlo Robben, specialist at Northbound Marketing

Carlo Robben

Google Ads, Meta Ads and tracking specialist
  • Strong in remarketing and reading data in Google Ads and Analytics
  • Five years on behalf of Google in the Google Ads team for the Benelux
  • Top Performer Benelux, Q2 2023
LinkedIn profile

More and more customers ask ChatGPT first. Is your name mentioned?

Aziz El M’Kadmi, founder · How our approach works

From our own work

How often AI assistants mention our clients.

No client names, but real figures, with the period and source included.

Baseline · 5 August 2026

Across 8 fixed questions per business: who does Gemini mention?

  • Spa · South Holland7 of 8
  • Yoga studio · South Holland6 of 8
  • Skin clinic A3 of 8
  • Skin clinic B3 of 8
  • Escape room2 of 8
  • Taxi company1 of 8
  • Lead platform0 of 8

The spa was mentioned 7 out of 8 times, but not for the only price question: “How much does it cost to rent a private sauna near me?” On our advice, the spa added an FAQ with prices at the end of October.

Gemini with search, 8 fixed questions per business · only compare measurements made with the same tool
Spa · South Holland · 28 October 2026

In ChatGPT and Perplexity, the spa is in first place. Google’s AI thought it was a massage parlour.

  • Perplexity8 of 8 · avg. position 1.1
  • ChatGPT8 of 8 · avg. position 1.1
  • Google AI Mode8 of 8 · avg. position 2.3

The price question that was missed in August now gets an answer with the spa’s own prices in all three tools. In 7 of the 8 answers, Google AI Mode described the spa as a place for massages and treatments, whereas you actually rent a fully private unit. As a result, the spa drops to position 2 to 4 on Google. Next step: sharpen the Business Profile and measure again in December with the same questions.

28 October 2026 · the same 8 questions, each in a new conversation, in Perplexity, ChatGPT with web search and Google AI Mode
Why you can trust usNo tricks, no promised mentionsEight years combined on behalf of Google in the Google Ads teamCancel monthly, no annual contract

Pricing

What does AI SEO cost?

Start with a baseline measurement. Then decide whether ongoing work is worth it.

Your investment

Baseline measurement: 20 questions in 4 AI assistants, with advice€350one-off
Ongoing AI SEO, with monthly measurementfrom €595per month
As an add-on to a package, baseline measurement includedfrom €450per month

Excluding VAT. Ongoing work can be cancelled monthly, with one month’s notice.

See the full price list

SEO, GEO and AEO: the difference

Three acronyms, one goal: being found when your customer searches or asks.

GoalWhere
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Free account check · 20 minutes

In twenty minutes you’ll know where your growth is.

We look at your ads, your website and your tracking, and tell you honestly what we would do first. Even if that’s something other than advertising.

  • Free and without obligation
  • Video call with Aziz or Carlo
  • Confirmed in your calendar straight away
AzizCarlo

You’ll speak to Aziz or Carlo, the people who actually work on your account.

Pick a time now

Choose a day and time. After booking you’ll get an instant confirmation with the link for the video call.

20 minutes · Google Meet · Central European Time

Then add your name, company, website and goal.

No time that suits you? Send us a message and we’ll find one together.

Frequently asked questions

Questions about AI SEO and GEO.

On GEO, ChatGPT and Google’s AI Overviews. Short, honest answers.

What it is

GEO stands for generative engine optimization: making sure AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI mention your business in their answers. It’s the AI counterpart of SEO. Where SEO is about a high position in Google, GEO is about being mentioned in the answer.

How it works

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Costs and expectations

North is the right direction.

One twenty-minute conversation. Then you’ll know exactly where your growth is.