SEO, AEO and GEO

Found on Google, in maps, and inside AI answers

Search has split into three. People still type into Google, they still tap the map, and increasingly they ask an assistant that answers without showing links. Work that ignores any of the three leaves business on the table, so we treat them as one job.

  • Technical foundations first
  • Local and map visibility
  • Content AI can quote
  • Reported against enquiries
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Three surfaces

Classic search, local and map results, and AI answers, worked on together rather than as separate projects.

Evidence first

Every recommendation comes from your own data, not from a generic checklist.

The three letters

SEO, AEO and GEO — what each one actually means

Three names for three places people look for a business. They overlap, and the work behind them shares a foundation, but they are answered differently and it is worth knowing which one you are missing.

SEOSearch Engine Optimisation

The original one: earning a place in the list of blue links. A search engine has to be able to reach your pages, understand what each one is about, and have a reason to prefer yours over the others answering the same question.

  • Pages a crawler can reach and read
  • Titles and headings that match real searches
  • Speed, mobile layout and clean addresses
  • Content that answers the question fully
AEOAnswer Engine Optimisation

Being the answer rather than a result. Search results increasingly show the answer at the top — a snippet, a map pack, a 'People also ask' box, or a voice assistant reading one reply aloud. None of those show ten links.

  • Clear, direct answers near the top of a page
  • Structured data so the answer can be lifted
  • Your business details consistent everywhere
  • Map and local listings kept accurate
GEOGenerative Engine Optimisation

Being cited by an AI assistant. When somebody asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot or an AI overview about your line of work, the reply is written, not listed, and it names a handful of sources. Being one of them is a different job from ranking.

  • Facts stated plainly enough to be quoted
  • Pages that stand on their own out of context
  • A consistent story about what you do
  • Mentions on sources these models read

The foundation is shared: a site that is fast, readable and honest about what it sells does better on all three. Where they differ is what gets you the last step, and that is the part worth deciding on deliberately.

What we do

How we help with seo, aeo and geo

Each piece can stand on its own, or run as one engagement with a single point of contact.

Technical SEO

The foundations: crawling, indexing, structure and speed, because content cannot rank on a site search engines struggle with.

  • Crawl and index audits
  • Site structure and internal links
  • Core Web Vitals

Content and on-page

Pages written around what people actually search for, structured so both readers and machines follow them.

  • Keyword and intent research
  • Page structure and headings
  • Structured data

Local and map search

Turning up when someone nearby searches with intent, which for most Pakistani businesses is where the money is.

  • Business profile optimisation
  • Local landing pages
  • Reviews and citations

AI answer visibility

Making your pages the material assistants quote when they answer instead of linking.

  • Answer-shaped content
  • Entity and schema markup
  • Source clarity and citation

Digital PR and links

Earning mentions that carry authority, rather than buying links that carry risk.

  • Editorial outreach
  • Directory and citation clean-up
  • Toxic link review

Reporting that means something

Reporting tied to enquiries and sales, not a screenshot of rankings.

  • Enquiry and call tracking
  • Search Console analysis
  • Monthly review with a human
What AEO and GEO actually mean

Being the source an assistant quotes

Answer engine optimisation is about being the material that gets used when a question is answered directly. Generative engine optimisation is the same idea inside AI assistants. Both reward pages that answer a question plainly, state facts clearly and are structured so a machine can tell what they are about.

  • Pages that answer one question properly instead of covering ten vaguely
  • Facts stated plainly, where a machine can extract them
  • Schema markup that says what your business and pages are
  • Consistent details across the web, so the entity is unambiguous
  • Content refreshed, because assistants prefer material that is current
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How we work

Four steps, and you can see all of them

No long silences. You see progress as it happens and can change direction between stages.

  1. 1

    Audit

    Technical, content and local, with the problems ranked by what they cost you rather than by severity score.

  2. 2

    Fix the foundations

    Crawling, speed, structure and duplication first, because nothing else works until they do.

  3. 3

    Build visibility

    Content, local presence and earned mentions, in the order that suits your market.

  4. 4

    Measure and adjust

    Monthly review against enquiries, with the plan changed by what the numbers show.

SEO is slow to show and slow to lose. We tell you what to expect and when, and we do not promise positions, because nobody can.

Tools and platforms

What we build with

Chosen to suit the job and to be maintainable by whoever comes next.

Analysis
  • Google Search Console
  • Analytics
  • Crawlers
  • Log analysis
  • Rank tracking
On the site
  • Schema markup
  • Core Web Vitals
  • Internal linking
  • Content structure
Off the site
  • Business profiles
  • Citations
  • Digital PR
  • Review management

We work on sites we host and sites we do not. If you are hosted elsewhere and the server is the bottleneck, we will say so plainly.

Who it is for

Where this work usually starts

Businesses invisible outside their name

People find you if they know you, and nobody else does.

Local services

Clinics, workshops, restaurants and trades where the map result is the whole game.

Stores competing on product pages

Catalogues that never rank because the structure works against them.

Sites after a redesign

Traffic that fell off a cliff when the new site launched.

Companies losing to AI answers

Questions they used to rank for are now answered without a click.

Anyone burned by an SEO contract

Months of reports and no change in enquiries.

Questions

SEO, AEO and GEO, answered

Answer 01

How long before we see results?

Technical fixes can show within weeks; content and authority take months. We set expectations per area at the start and report against them.

Not sure where to start?Talk to us

Ask us what is holding the site back

Send us the domain and we will come back with what we would fix first, and why it matters more than the rest.