Traditional Search
SEO
Google & Bing Rankings
Everything else rests on this. Get site architecture, Core Web Vitals, keyword intent, and local signals right, and customers searching Google have a far better chance of finding you.
Found on Google and Named by AI.
Search is changing. Google rankings still matter, but your customers are also getting answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Siri, and Google AI Overviews. Those answers name specific businesses. If yours isn't one of them, you're not in the conversation. Based in London and working UK-wide, we start every project with our free SEO audit, the Visibility Snapshot.
Three Channels, One Strategy
Traditional Search
Google & Bing Rankings
Everything else rests on this. Get site architecture, Core Web Vitals, keyword intent, and local signals right, and customers searching Google have a far better chance of finding you.
Voice Search
Siri, Alexa & Google Assistant
Voice queries are conversational. 'Best plumber near me' spoken to a phone needs one answer, not a page of options. We structure your content to give you the best shot at being that answer.
AI Answer Engines
ChatGPT, Perplexity & Gemini
When someone asks ChatGPT who to call, it names specific businesses. We build the signals that give your brand a better chance of being in that answer, rather than somewhere down a results page.
Step 1
The question
"Which roofers near Guildford have good reviews?" typed into ChatGPT, Perplexity or Gemini.
Step 2
The search
The assistant runs its own web search, through an index like Bing's or Google's.
Where businesses drop out: Pages that aren't indexed, or rank too low to come back.
Step 3
The read
It opens the pages that come back and pulls out text it can quote.
Where businesses drop out: Vague copy, no prices, content loaded by scripts.
Step 4
The cross-check
Reviews, Google Business Profile, directories and press mentions either back your site up or they don't.
Where businesses drop out: A name, address or phone number that doesn't match.
Step 5
The answer
It names two or three businesses, usually with a link or a citation.
Where businesses drop out: Too few outside mentions to be trusted.
The GEO Framework
AI citation doesn't come from one thing done well. It comes from entity signals, content, structured data, and external references all telling the same story. We work on all six.
AI engines don't rank pages. They cite businesses they've seen referenced consistently across the web. We give Google's Knowledge Graph clear signals to work from, with accurate JSON-LD schema, consistent directory listings, and aligned brand signals that AI can verify across sources.
Generic blog content gets skipped when an AI is summarising a topic. We write in the formats AI pulls from: clear FAQ answers, specific comparisons, and data-backed passages with a real point of view. That gives AI something worth quoting.
Structured data is how machines read your business. We add JSON-LD markup across Service, Product, FAQPage, LocalBusiness, and BreadcrumbList, so AI models get a clear picture of what you do, where you operate, and who you serve.
ChatGPT's live search draws heavily on Bing. DuckDuckGo and Brave are building real audiences. We work to get your brand properly indexed in each of these as well as Google's, because AI tools don't all draw on the same index.
Reddit and Quora matter more than most businesses realise. AI tools pull from community discussions when forming category answers, so taking part in those conversations can shape how your brand gets described.
AI models update their behaviour constantly. Each month we test how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude respond to your core queries. We track where you appear and where you don't, then adjust whatever's slipped.
Free · No call required
Our free SEO audit, the Visibility Snapshot, is a manual look at what anyone can see of your business online today. I check four things from public data and email you one written document within one working day. No sales call, and I don't need any logins.
Rather talk it through? Call +44 7513 852234.
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Tell me your website and where you work. I'll send back a written document on where you stand today and the one thing I'd fix first.
A snapshot of where you stand today. Doesn't include backlink audits, ranking history or reviews of another agency's work.
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Common Questions
SEO works on getting your pages ranking in Google's results. GEO works on making your brand easier for ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI Overviews to find and cite in the answers they produce. You can have strong SEO and still be missing from AI answers. They work differently and each needs its own attention.
AEO is about structuring your content so voice assistants are more likely to return your business as the spoken answer instead of one result among many. With so many people using voice assistants at home and on their phones, the difference between being the answer and being option four is often the difference between a call and nothing.
Real movement (featured snippets, voice answers, AI answer appearances) tends to show around months three to four, though nobody can promise a date. The timeline depends on how established your existing content and entity signals already are. The work compounds, so progress tends to accelerate once the foundations are solid.
Usually, yes. They overlap less than you'd expect. A business can hold a strong Google ranking and still be missing from ChatGPT, Perplexity, or AI Overviews. These systems weigh different signals and update independently. GEO works on that gap.
More UK searches are starting inside AI tools, and plenty of local businesses aren't showing up in those answers yet. Our free SEO audit, the Visibility Snapshot, shows where you're missing and what it would take to change that.
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Client Reviews
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