Guides: winning customers through AI assistants
Practical, dated and sourced guides. Start with the 5-step method, then choose your industry.
Getting started
Structured data for AI: LocalBusiness, Service and FAQ, with examples
What Google says about markup for AI Overviews, the three blocks a business needs, ready-to-adapt JSON-LD examples and the mistakes to avoid.
· 6 min
Finding customers through AI assistants: a 5-step method
Your customers ask ChatGPT for advice before they call. How to become one of the businesses it recommends, topic by topic, and measure the effect.
· 6 min
Appearing in ChatGPT answers: what is up to you
Crawlers to allow, focused pages, third-party sources, freshness, measurement: the conditions you control, according to the official documentation.
· 7 min
Google AI Overviews: what Google actually tells websites
Requirements, best practices, Search Console reporting and controls: Google’s official documentation summed up, without the myths.
· 5 min
The page AI assistants cite: a 12-point checklist
One topic, a summary, prices, an area, proof, an FAQ: the checklist for writing a page that AI assistants can easily understand and cite.
· 5 min
GEO: a practical guide for agencies
What Generative Engine Optimization is, how it differs from SEO, and how to turn it into a profitable service for your clients.
· 8 min
Measurement and method
SEO vs GEO: where to put your effort
Goal, unit of work, sources, measurement, timing: how ranking on Google differs from being recommended by AI assistants, and what to do first.
ComparisonChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, AI Overviews compared for businesses
Crawlers to allow, links to sources, trackable clicks: what each assistant officially documents, and how to measure each one separately.
ComparisonGEO: do it yourself, hire an agency or use a tool?
Reliability, time, budget, implementation: an honest comparison of the three ways to work on your visibility in AI assistants.
MethodThe GEO metrics worth tracking (and the misleading ones)
Mention rate, citations, share of voice, visits and enquiries from AI: how to read them with their margin of error, and which numbers to ignore.
MethodTracking visits from ChatGPT and Perplexity
utm_source, referrer, the limits of apps and Google AI Overviews: how to count the clicks that come from AI assistants.
MethodWhy a single ChatGPT answer proves nothing
AI assistants never answer the same way twice. How to measure a brand’s visibility with repeated runs and confidence intervals.
ProspectingProspecting with AI visibility: method and B2B rules in France and Belgium
Turn a GEO audit into a useful first contact, without spam: targeting, the message, and the rules for B2B email prospecting in France and Belgium.
ReferenceGEO glossary
The vocabulary of AI visibility, explained simply.
ReferenceMeasurement methodology
Repeated runs, confidence intervals, pooling.
DataAI barometers
Who AI assistants recommend, by industry and by city (in French).
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