Generative Engine Optimization
Generative engine optimization is the work of making your business a source that AI answers draw on and cite, in ChatGPT, Gemini and Google's AI Overviews. SEO Experts Ottawa does that work as part of the search strategy we run for owner-led businesses. We are based in Ottawa and work with businesses across Canada.
Apply for an engagement →How generative engines choose a source
A generative engine writes its answer from pages it can read, trust and quote. When it cites a source, it tends to pick one that states a fact plainly, comes from an entity it recognizes, and agrees with what other sources say. Generative engine optimization works on all three.
What the work covers
- Structure: pages with clear headings, short factual statements and specifics such as services, areas served, prices where you publish them, and credentials, so a passage can be quoted on its own.
- Entities: your business described the same way everywhere, with structured data that names the organization, its location and its services, so AI systems connect every mention to one business.
- Third-party sources: mentions in the directories, industry publications, local media and review sites that generative engines draw from, because a business named by others is easier to cite than one that only describes itself.
- Original material: facts only your business can state, such as how you work, what a project involves and what customers ask, written by people who know the work.
We find the sources AI answers already cite for your field and build your presence in them first.
How it fits an engagement
Generative engine optimization is part of every engagement, alongside Google and Maps. No one can promise a citation. You see what changed and which sources now name your business in your monthly briefing.
Engagements start at CA$4,800 a month with a six-month minimum.
Method
- 01Diagnose. Your market and competitors, reviewed before anything is prescribed.
- 02Strategy. Where the revenue sits in search, and which searches to win first.
- 03Build. Site, content, Business Profile and authority, built by our team.
- 04Compound. Monthly reviews, expansion, and a briefing tied to revenue.
A case study is added here once the first client for this service has results.
Start with an application.
You hear back the same business day with a link to book a strategy call. If we're a fit, a short recorded review of your market follows within two business days: where you rank, who outranks you, and what that position is worth.
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