LLM Optimization | Retrieve · Cite · Recommend

A language model does not rank your page. It decides whether to name you at all, and that is the job of an LLM optimization agency.

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity answer the question instead of returning ten links, and the answer names a handful of brands. As an LLM optimization agency we audit whether those systems can reach, parse, trust and attribute your content, then fix the entity, structured data and authority signals that decide it.

  • Real queries, run live on each engine
  • Entity, schema and content work shipped in-house
  • Citation tracking after the fix, not just before
  • 10+ years of engineering heritage

Crawl › Parse › Retrieve › Attribute › CiteFive stages, and a brand can quietly fall out of any one of them.

What we do

Six jobs an LLM optimization agency does so AI tools start naming your brand.

You do not need to understand how a language model works. You need to be in the answer when a buyer asks. This is the work that puts you there, and we do all of it for you.

01

Entity optimization

We make sure AI tools know exactly who you are, what you sell and where you work.

  • One clear brand description used everywhere
  • Name, services and locations matched across every profile
  • Founders and credentials tied to the business
  • Knowledge Graph and Wikidata gaps closed
  • Mix-ups with same-name companies cleared up

02

Structured data

We add the markup that tells AI tools what each page means, then check it works.

  • Organization, Service, Product and LocalBusiness schema
  • FAQ schema on pages that answer real questions
  • Author and review markup where it counts
  • sameAs links to the profiles that back you up
  • Validated, then rechecked live

03

Semantic optimization

We build pages around the questions your buyers actually type, in their words.

  • Pages mapped to real buying questions
  • Short, clear definitions an AI tool can quote
  • Follow-up questions answered on the same page
  • Wording matched to how people ask
  • Gaps filled where a competitor gets quoted instead

04

Content built to be quoted

We reshape your key claims so they still make sense once an AI tool lifts them out.

  • Answer first, detail underneath
  • Headings that match the question being asked
  • Tables for comparisons, prices and specs
  • Numbers, dates and sources on the page
  • Every claim readable on its own

05

AI authority signals

We build the proof that gives an AI tool a reason to trust you over the next brand.

  • Real results and case studies published properly
  • Named authors with credentials people can check
  • Reviews and directory details brought into line
  • Mentions earned on sources AI tools already read
  • Claims backed up somewhere other than your own site

06

AI crawler access

We make sure the AI crawlers can reach your pages before we work on anything else.

  • GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended and CCBot rules set on purpose
  • Blocks at your firewall or CDN found and cleared
  • Content visible without JavaScript
  • Redirects and canonicals cleaned up
  • llms.txt added where it helps

We ship all of it.Schema goes into your templates, content changes go into your CMS, crawler rules go into your config. Our own engineers do the work, so nothing sits in a document waiting for your dev team to find a spare sprint.

Why brands hire us

Most agencies send you a report. We do the work.

Anyone can run a few queries and email you a list of problems. Then the list sits in a folder, because someone still has to write the schema, rewrite the pages and push it all live. Six months later the answers your buyers see look exactly the same.

We give you the findings first, then build the fixes ourselves. You approve the plan, we ship it, and we run your questions again so you can see what changed. No lock-in contracts, and the audit is free before you decide anything.

Fixes shipped, not filedIn-house engineersYou approve before we buildRetested after launch

Track record

Experience. Evolved.

The company name is new. The team is not. We have worked together for over a decade, running the full marketing engine at our parent company, a software development company, and delivering campaigns for its clients before that. The results below were earned by this team, on accounts where the technical work and the content work ran together.

Home Services · California · Landscape & Christmas Lighting · Landscaping · Turf Installation · Irrigation · Outdoor Lighting

Elevated Seasons: from a wasted budget to market visibility.

8.76x

ROMI in 2 years

11.26x

ROAS (ad spend only)

2.28x

Lower cost per lead

3.82x

Lower customer acquisition cost

Elevated Seasons came to us after a previous agency spent their budget and delivered almost nothing. Sound familiar? We rebuilt the brand, launched Google Search and Performance Max, and ran the SEO strategy that took their revenue from a near standstill to consistent growth, still climbing two years in.

Brand repositioningGoogle Search adsPerformance MaxSEO strategy2yr ongoing partnership
Nathan Murrell, Elevated Seasons
"I have been working with them for 2 years now and I am extremely satisfied with our working relationship. Communication has been clear, they are responsive and they follow through on what they say and do. They have been a crucial part in the growth of our business and we plan to stay partnered with them for many years to come."

★★★★★ 5.0 · Nathan Murrell, Elevated Seasons

eCommerce · Hair & Beauty · SEO + Meta Ads + Google Shopping

Hair Bar NYC: technical foundation first, then content and spend on top of it.

320%

Organic revenue increase

38%

Customer acquisition cost reduction

8mo

To hit results

SEO, Meta Ads and Google Shopping run as one coordinated budget. Over eight months that combination drove a 320% increase in organic revenue and cut customer acquisition cost by 38%, with the crawl, indexation and product template issues resolved before any of the content or spend work was scaled.

Technical SEOIndexation cleanupProduct template fixesGoogle ShoppingMeta Ads
"Working with them transformed our business. Their creative testing, Meta retargeting and dedicated tech support boosted our product sales and appointments, helping us scale revenue and grow our brand. Their strategic insight and execution have been truly exceptional."

★★★★★ 5.0 · Hair Bar NYC

Digital Products & eCommerce · Paid Social Launch

Deliciously Fit, with Chris Powell.

2,000

Books sold

<3mo

Time to sell out the run

A digital recipe book with hundreds of high-protein recipes built for weight-loss and GLP-1 audiences. Our team ran the paid social strategy behind the launch, testing hooks and formats against a cold audience, selling 2,000 copies in under three months.

Paid social launchCreative testingCold audience acquisition2,000 copies sold
Chris Powell, Deliciously Fit
"I've been working with them for nearly 10 years, and they've been an incredible partner every step of the way. From developing my fitness app and nonprofit app, to helping maintain and grow my website, their team has consistently delivered with professionalism and precision."

★★★★★ 5.0 · Chris Powell, Deliciously Fit

The free audit

What you get in the free AI visibility audit.

We take your real buying questions and run them live through ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. You find out where you show up, who is taking your place, and what to fix first. It costs nothing and the report is yours to keep.

Where you show up today

  • Your questions, run live on every AI tool in scope, not a generic sample
  • Named, linked or missing, recorded separately for each question
  • Dated results, so you have a real starting point to measure against
  • The raw answers attached, which means you can check any finding yourself

Who is getting picked instead

  • The competitors named on your questions, engine by engine
  • The exact page the AI tool pulled their answer from
  • What that page has that yours currently does not
  • The shortest route to closing the gap on those questions

What is holding you back

  • Missing or broken schema on the pages that matter most
  • Pages AI tools cannot read because the content loads too late
  • Blocked crawlers at your robots file, firewall or CDN
  • Markup that disagrees with what the page actually says

How strong your brand looks

  • Knowledge Graph presence, and the gaps keeping it thin
  • Consistency across the profiles, directories and reviews that describe you
  • Proof that lives off your own site, which is what makes a claim credible
  • Name clashes with other companies using a similar name

What to fix first

  • A ranked list, ordered by likely impact against the effort involved
  • The question count each fix should move, so the order is easy to defend
  • Written for developers, so your own team can act on it if you prefer
  • A realistic sequence, with the quick wins separated from the longer builds

A clear next step

  • A short call to walk through the findings and answer your questions
  • A plan you can run yourself, hand to your team, or give to us
  • A quote only if you ask for one, and only for work the audit justified
  • No lock-in contracts, and no obligation attached to the report

Where we check

A brand can be well known on one AI tool and invisible on another, so we check each one on its own and keep the results separate in your report.

ChatGPTClaudeGoogle GeminiPerplexityGoogle AI OverviewsGoogle AI ModeMicrosoft Copilot

Tooling

We query the AI tools directly, then measure what happens next with the same stack we use for search work. That means your AI citations and your organic traffic sit on one report rather than in two you have to reconcile yourself.

Direct engine queryingSchema.org validationGoogle Search ConsoleBing Webmaster ToolsScreaming FrogServer log analysisGA4SemrushLooker Studio

Want to know which AI tools already name your brand?

Send us your website and the questions that matter. We will run them and send back the results, free, with no lock-in contracts.

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Where we get you seen

The AI tools your buyers are already asking.

Each one finds its sources differently, so we work each one on its own terms. Here is what we do for you on every surface, and what it gets you.

Engine 01

ChatGPT

The biggest one, and the hardest to track. We track it anyway.

  • Your questions run live and logged with dates
  • Pages written so ChatGPT can quote them cleanly
  • GPTBot and OAI-SearchBot access checked and set
  • Brand mentions counted, not just links

Engine 02

Claude

Quotes tightly and shows its sources, so precise writing wins here.

  • ClaudeBot access checked and set
  • Claims tightened so they hold up when quoted
  • Your own data and named results published properly
  • Citations tracked question by question

Engine 03

Gemini, AI Overviews and AI Mode

Google's answers run on Google's index, which makes this the fastest surface to move.

  • Schema and technical fixes shipped into your site
  • Knowledge Graph presence built out
  • All three Google surfaces checked separately
  • Reported next to your Search Console numbers

Engine 04

Perplexity

The clearest one to measure, and usually the first place you see movement.

  • PerplexityBot access checked and set
  • Fresh pages that answer the exact question asked
  • Source position tracked over time
  • Early proof that the wider work is landing

Engine 05

Microsoft Copilot

Where office buyers and committees ask their questions during the working day.

  • Bing coverage checked in Bing Webmaster Tools
  • Markup and feeds submitted where they apply
  • Business and comparison questions covered
  • Tracked on the same report as everything else

Every engine

Four things that pay off everywhere

Whatever the AI tool, these four move the needle, so we lead with them.

  • A clear, consistent brand identity
  • Valid structured data that matches the page
  • Claims that stand up on their own
  • Proof that exists outside your own website

These tools change every few months, and the plan expects it.We lead with the four signals that have held through every model release so far, so your budget is not tied to how one engine happens to behave this quarter.

How it works

Five steps, and you see real results before you commit.

Step two is the free audit. You get the full picture there, and everything after it is your call. Timings below are typical rather than promises.

01

Day one

You tell us your questions

Send your website and the questions buyers ask before they choose someone. Your sales calls are the best source for these. If you are not sure, we will draft a set and you approve it.

02

Within a few days · free

We run the audit and send the results

Every question run live on every AI tool in scope. You get where you show up, who is being named instead, the page they were pulled from, and the reason behind each gap. The raw answers come attached.

03

Same report

You get a ranked fix list

Ordered by what should move the most questions for the least work. Quick wins are separated from the longer builds, so you can start small and scale once you see it working.

Yours to keep either way. Run it in-house, hand it to your developers, or bring it back to us.

04

From week two

We build the fixes

Schema into your templates, pages restructured in your CMS, crawler rules into your config, and the proof pages that back your claims up. You approve the plan first, and every change is documented as it ships.

05

Monthly, ongoing

We rerun your questions and report

The same question set, on a schedule, measured against the day-one baseline. You see which answers now name you and which still need work. Model updates change answers, so the tracking keeps running.

Start with step two. It costs nothing.

Start lean, scale once the numbers justify it, and leave whenever you want. No lock-in contracts.

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What lands in your inbox

One report, built on your brand, with the evidence attached.

Not a template with your logo dropped in. Your questions, your engines, your competitors, and the raw answers so you can check every line of it.

01

Your visibility, engine by engine

Question by question: named, linked, or missing. Recorded with dates, because AI answers move and you need a real starting point.

02

Your competitors, and why

Who is being named on your questions and the page they were pulled from. Usually the fastest way to see what a mention costs in your market.

03

Every blocker, named

The schema that is missing or broken, the pages AI tools cannot read, and the crawlers being blocked without anyone meaning to.

04

An honest read on your authority

Whether your results, credentials and reviews are provable somewhere other than your own website. If they are thin, we say so and tell you how to fix it.

05

A fix list in priority order

Ranked by impact against effort, with the number of questions each fix should move. Written clearly enough for your own developers to pick up.

06

The raw answers, in full

Every response we recorded, timestamped. You can rerun any question yourself and check our findings against it.

No lock-in contractsStart lean, then scaleThe report is yours to keepWe ship the fixes ourselves

The audit is free and the report is yours whatever you decide next. Build it with us, hand it to your own team, or file it as the baseline you measure the next year against. There is no charge and nothing attached to it.

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What you are buying

One thing: your name in the answer.

There is no page two in an AI answer. A few brands get named, each with a source next to it, and the buyer builds a shortlist from that alone. If you are not one of them, the conversation happens without you.

The good news is that it is easy to check. We run the question, read the answer, and record whether you are in it. That is the number we report on, before the work and after it.

Named in the answerLinked as a sourceDescribed accuratelyRetested every month

Who installs landscape lighting in Southern California?

Several established contractors serve the region. Your brand covers landscape and holiday lighting alongside turf installation and irrigation, and publishes documented project results. Two other providers operate in nearby counties with a shorter service list.

yourdomain.comdirectory listingreview profile

Example of the format only. Your real recorded answers, with timestamps, come attached to the report.

LLM optimization FAQs

Straight answers. No sales fluff.

The questions founders and marketing leads ask us before signing anything, answered plainly.

It is the work of getting your brand named when someone asks ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Perplexity a question you should be the answer to. You may also see it called GEO, AEO or AI SEO. Same job.

We make your site easy for these tools to reach, easy to understand, and worth quoting. Then we track whether they name you.

You still need SEO. A lot of the same work feeds both, and Google's AI answers run on Google's own index, so good technical SEO carries straight into them.

What is new is the measurement and the brand identity work. Rank tracking will not tell you whether ChatGPT names you, so we run the questions directly. And because an AI tool has to decide who a claim belongs to, being a clearly defined brand matters more here than it does for a ranking position. We run both together on one report.

Your real buying questions run live on every AI tool in scope, with the answers recorded and dated. You get where you show up, where a competitor shows up instead, the page they were pulled from, and the reason behind each gap.

Then a fix list in priority order, written clearly enough for your own developers. The raw answers come attached so you can check any finding yourself. It is free, and it is yours to keep whatever you decide.

Two ways at once. Some of it is what the model already learned about your industry, which is why big names get mentioned even without a search. The rest comes from pages the tool fetches while it answers, and those are the ones that get linked.

You win a mention when the answer is clearly on your page, the page makes it obvious who is saying it, and something outside your own website backs you up. That is the work.

We do the work. Schema into your templates, pages rewritten and restructured in your CMS, crawler rules into your config, proof pages built where your claims need backing.

Our own engineers ship it, the same people who work on production code. You approve the plan first, every change is documented, and we rerun your questions afterwards so you can see what moved.

It depends on the tool and the fix, so here is the honest version. Tools that fetch pages while they answer, Perplexity most obviously, can pick up a change within days of a recrawl. Google's AI answers move on Google's timeline, so think weeks.

What the model learned during training only shifts when the model itself updates, which is slower. That is why we start with brand clarity and outside proof: those keep paying off across every tool and every update.

Yes, and we will be precise about why. No AI tool publishes a rule saying good schema earns you a mention. What schema does is remove doubt about what your page is, who published it and which company the claims belong to.

On Google surfaces the benefit is most direct, because they run on Google's own index and entity data. Everywhere else it works by making your brand unmistakable. We build it, validate it, and check it agrees with what the page actually says.

Yes to the first, no to the second. Plenty of clients keep content and strategy in-house and use us for the technical, schema and brand identity work. We fit your ticketing process and document everything as we go.

There are no lock-in contracts. Start lean, scale when the numbers justify it, and if you leave we hand over the question set, the tracking setup and the documentation so your team keeps what was built.

One last thing

Find out where you stand. It costs nothing.

Send us your website and the questions your buyers ask. We will run them through ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews and send back exactly where you show up, who is taking your place, and what to fix first. Build it with us or take the list and run it yourself. Either way the report is yours.

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Free · no lock-in contracts · report yours to keep