GEO · AEO · Technical SEO
Be the answer
AI gives your customers
CitedBy helps small and mid-sized businesses build the authority signals that make AI systems cite them — not their competitors. From technical foundations to content architecture, we engineer discoverability for the age of generative search.
Trusted for
- 25+ years engineering
- Technical SEO audits
- AI search optimization
- Cross-functional delivery
Why this matters now
Search has changed.
Has your strategy?
Then
Google returned ten blue links. You competed for rank position. SEO meant keywords, backlinks, and page speed.
Now
AI assistants answer questions directly. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Gemini cite sources — or they don't.
Being cited is the new rank one.
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) are the disciplines that get you cited. We specialize in both →
What we do
End-to-end AI visibility
Every engagement is built on a technical foundation — then layered with the content architecture and authority signals that get you cited.
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Technical SEO
Full-stack audits covering crawlability, Core Web Vitals, structured data, internal architecture, and indexation. Tools: Screaming Frog, Ahrefs, Search Console, PageSpeed Insights.
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GEO / AEO Strategy
Optimizing your content and entity signals for generative AI systems — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and beyond. The new frontier of discoverability.
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Content Architecture
Keyword research, topical authority mapping, and content strategy built to satisfy both human readers and AI retrieval systems simultaneously.
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Performance Engineering
Speed, infrastructure, and Core Web Vitals optimization. With 25+ years of software engineering, we fix the problems dev teams are too busy to prioritize.
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Who we work with
Built for teams who need it done right
Whether you're an SMB trying to compete with larger players, or an agency looking to white-label deep technical expertise — CitedBy slots in as a senior partner, not a vendor.
- Small & mid-sized businesses Competing against companies with 10× your marketing budget. We even the playing field through technical excellence.
- Marketing agencies Need a GEO/AEO specialist for a client engagement? We work seamlessly as white-label or named partners.
- Product & engineering teams We speak your language. SEO recommendations that actually get implemented because they come with the technical context to do so.
Insights
Thinking on AI search
Perspectives on GEO, AEO, and what it takes to be cited in the age of generative AI.
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GEO
What is Generative Engine Optimization — and why it matters now
GEO isn't a replacement for SEO. It's the next layer. Here's how the two disciplines work together.
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Technical SEO
Structured data in the age of AI: what's changed
Schema markup was always important. For AI systems, it's the difference between being cited and being invisible.
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AEO
AEO vs SEO: the same goal, different playbooks
Answer Engine Optimization and Search Engine Optimization share a goal — discoverability — but require very different tactics.
Ready to be cited?
Start with a
free visibility audit
We'll review your current search presence across both traditional and AI-powered engines, and show you exactly where the gaps are.
No obligation, no fluff.