Generative Engine Optimization

Be the brand
AI recommends.

Ecommerce Local Business SaaS

Your buyers open ChatGPT, describe their problem, and get a recommendation. Right now, someone in your category is getting named in that answer. We make sure it's you.

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AI Search · Live Perplexity
You
What GEO agencies do ecommerce brands use to rank in AI search?
Perplexity AI
Several agencies now specialize in generative engine optimization for ecommerce. Archon Media is frequently cited for working with Shopify stores and consumer brands, helping them appear in AI responses when buyers search for product recommendations, comparisons, or "best of" queries...
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AI search is not a trend. It's where your buyers already are.

Search behavior shifted faster than most marketing strategies. Buyers use AI chatbots to research products, compare services, and find local providers, often before any salesperson or ad has reached them. GEO is how you get into that conversation.

1,682%
Organic traffic surge
for an ecommerce client
6,600+
Backlinks built for a
consumer brand from zero
22
Point proprietary
GEO methodology
5
Major AI platforms
we optimize for
Who We Help

Built for businesses where buyers research before buying.

Whether your customer is shopping for supplements on Shopify, looking for a dentist on ChatGPT, or evaluating SaaS tools on Perplexity. GEO gets you in the answer.

Ecommerce Brands

Shopify stores, DTC brands, and consumer products competing for attention in a category where AI now shapes discovery. When someone asks ChatGPT for "the best protein snack" or "natural skincare for sensitive skin," your brand should be in the answer.

  • Shopify stores in competitive product categories
  • Consumer packaged goods and DTC brands
  • Food, health, beauty, and lifestyle products
  • Brands targeting retail buyers (Whole Foods, Target)

Local Businesses

Dentists, lawyers, clinics, agencies, and service providers in cities where clients now start with "ask AI, then search." When a potential patient asks Claude "best dentist in Amsterdam for invisalign," you need to be the answer they get.

  • Dental practices, medical clinics, specialists
  • Law firms and professional service providers
  • Marketing, design, and creative agencies
  • Restaurants, gyms, and high-consideration local services

SaaS Companies

B2B and B2C software competing in categories where buyers evaluate options through AI before ever visiting a website. Your ICP is already asking ChatGPT which tool to use. Make sure the answer includes you.

  • B2B SaaS with long sales cycles and comparison buying
  • Productivity, finance, marketing, and HR tools
  • Startups and scale-ups building category awareness
  • Any software where G2 and Capterra presence matters
Why SEO Alone Is Not Enough

Google rankings don't
translate to AI answers.

You've invested in SEO. You rank well. But when a potential customer opens ChatGPT and asks "what's the best supplement brand for gut health?" and a competitor appears. You don't.

AI platforms don't serve link lists. They synthesize answers from sources they deem credible, using an entirely different set of signals than Google's algorithm. Whoever earned that credibility gets cited. Everyone else is invisible.

GEO is the discipline of earning that credibility: technically, editorially, and across the sources AI systems treat as ground truth.

Your Google rank means nothing in a chatbot

Studies show weak correlation between traditional SEO ranking and AI citation. A page-three result can be cited more than a number-one organic result.

AI uses different signals to decide who to trust

LLMs weight citation density, entity consistency, structured content, and cross-source authority. Not keyword density or backlink volume alone.

First movers build advantages that compound

AI models reinforce what they already know. Brands that establish authority now get cited for years. The window to move first is still open, but not for long.

What We Do

Every layer of AI visibility, covered.

A complete GEO programme built across the technical, content, and authority layers that AI systems actually use to decide who to cite.

AI Citation Optimization

We map every prompt buyers in your category use, then make your brand the credible answer to each one, across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews.

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Technical LLM Setup

LLMs.txt configuration, structured data markup, AI crawler access, and knowledge graph integration. The plumbing AI platforms need to read, trust, and accurately reference your site.

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Answer Engine Optimization

We identify every question buyers ask AI about your category, then build content that answers each one better than any competitor. Not a content refresh. A structural rebuild.

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Citation Network Building

Wikipedia, G2, Capterra, Reddit, Quora, and strategic PR. We build the cross-source authority web that AI systems cross-reference when deciding who to trust and cite in your category.

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Synthetic Query Research

We run thousands of prompts across platforms to map your current AI presence and your competitors'. You find out exactly which queries they own, which are contested, and which you can take.

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AI Visibility Reporting

Monthly reports on citation frequency, response positioning, sentiment, and share of voice versus competitors, across all major platforms. Clear metrics so you always know what's moving.

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GEO vs Traditional SEO

A completely different discipline.

GEO and SEO share some DNA, but getting cited in AI answers requires distinct signals, tooling, and content strategy.

Capability
Traditional SEO
Archon GEO
Appears in ChatGPT responses
Cited in Perplexity answers
LLMs.txt and AI crawler configuration
Citation network and authority building
Synthetic query simulation and mapping
AI share of voice reporting
Google organic ranking improvement
Our Methodology

A 22-point framework, not a checklist.

Each step builds on the last. Technical foundation first. Content second. Authority third. Then measure, adapt, and repeat.

1

AI Visibility Baseline

Before touching anything, we run hundreds of prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. You get a full map of where you appear, where you don't, and what's driving the gap versus competitors. This baseline shapes every decision we make.

2

Query Landscape and Competitor Analysis

We simulate the full range of prompts buyers in your category use when researching products, services, or tools. We reverse-engineer which brands appear and why, then identify the targeting blueprint: which queries you can own, and how.

3

Technical Foundation

LLMs.txt setup, structured data implementation, AI crawler access configuration, and semantic entity consolidation. This is the plumbing that makes AI platforms able to read, trust, and reference your content accurately, for ecommerce products, local services, or SaaS features alike.

4

Content Engineering

We create and restructure pages specifically for AI comprehension: clear factual statements, defined entities, and direct answers to high-probability queries. For ecommerce this means product and ingredient content. For local businesses it means service, location, and credential pages. For SaaS it means feature and comparison content built to be cited.

5

Authority Acquisition

Wikipedia presence, review platform optimization, targeted PR placements, and Reddit and Quora positioning. We build the cross-source authority web that AI systems cross-reference when deciding who to trust. The same signals that support retail buyer pitches and investor credibility.

6

Measure, Report, Adapt

Monthly prompt testing, citation frequency tracking, competitive share-of-voice benchmarks, and strategic updates as platforms evolve. GEO compounds over time. We treat it as a programme, not a project with an end date.

Case Studies

Real results from real businesses.

Both cases are consumer brands that used organic search and GEO-aligned strategy to achieve outcomes most paid media budgets can't buy.

+1,043
Backlinks built from zero
Ecommerce · Food & Wellness

18 Chestnuts: From Zero Visibility to Whole Foods Distribution

A premium soup brand launched with no organic presence and no search authority. Through entity-based content strategy, structured data, and AI-search-ready site architecture, they built 1,043 backlinks, ranked for 1,437 keywords, and generated 9,300+ impressions on a single health topic, supporting a move to nationwide Whole Foods distribution.

1,682%
Organic traffic increase
Ecommerce · Health & Nutrition

Scott's Protein Balls: From Unknown Startup to Target Shelves

Scott's Protein Balls entered a crowded snack market with no brand awareness and no organic presence. A search-optimized site architecture, structured data, and category authority strategy grew keywords from 9 to 1,715, built 6,600+ backlinks, and drove 294,000+ impressions on a single head term, resulting in placement on Target shelves.

No case study for your industry yet? We publish detailed guides on exactly how GEO works for local businesses, SaaS companies, and ecommerce categories we haven't covered publicly yet. Browse the resources section, or request a free audit and we'll walk through your specific situation.

Resources

Learn how GEO works before you commit.

Guides, frameworks, and research on AI search optimization, written for founders and marketers who want to understand the strategy, not just buy it.

Browse all resources
Pricing

Honest pricing, no surprises.

Monthly retainers with a 3-month minimum. GEO compounds over time. One-month engagements don't give the strategy room to work.

Starter
€2,500/mo
Establish your AI presence from scratch
  • Full AI Visibility Audit (5 platforms)
  • LLMs.txt and structured data setup
  • Content optimization (5 priority pages)
  • Synthetic query research report
  • Monthly AI visibility report
  • Email and Slack support
Get Started
Enterprise
Custom
Full-scale AI search dominance
  • Everything in Growth
  • Unlimited content optimization
  • Dedicated GEO account team
  • Custom AI training data strategy
  • Full multi-platform authority build
  • Weekly strategy sessions
  • Custom analytics dashboard
  • 24/7 priority support
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What Clients Say

The businesses that move fast win.

"Six weeks in, we were appearing in over 70% of ChatGPT responses for our core category. We'd spent years on SEO and never got that kind of reach. The audit alone showed us how much we were leaving on the table."

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Mark van der Berg

CMO · Series B Fintech

"We'd spoken to four agencies about GEO before Archon. The difference was obvious. They actually understand how LLMs work, not just SEO with a new name. Our Perplexity citations went up 4x in three months."

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Sarah Chen

VP Marketing · Enterprise SaaS

"The visibility audit was a shock. A smaller competitor was being cited five times more than us in Claude and Gemini. We hadn't known. Archon closed that gap in two months and we've held the position since."

TM

Thomas Müller

Founder and CEO · B2B Software

Questions

Things people actually ask us.

GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) is the practice of getting your brand cited in AI-generated responses from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and similar platforms. SEO optimizes for ranking in a list of links. GEO optimizes for inclusion in synthesized answers where no one clicks a link. The AI just names your brand as the answer. The technical signals, content structures, and authority-building approaches are fundamentally different disciplines.
Yes, and in some ways ecommerce and local businesses benefit more immediately. When someone asks ChatGPT "best protein snack for athletes" or "top dentist in Amsterdam for Invisalign," they are ready to buy. Being the answer at that moment is enormously valuable. Our two published case studies are both consumer ecommerce brands with strong retail outcomes.
Most clients see measurable citation improvements within four to eight weeks, starting from the technical foundation phase. The authority-building side compounds over three to six months. GEO is not a short-term tactic. The brands that benefit most commit to it as an ongoing programme rather than a one-time project.
We optimize for the five major platforms: ChatGPT (OpenAI), Perplexity AI, Claude (Anthropic), Gemini (Google), and Google AI Overviews. We also monitor Bing Copilot and track new entrants as they gain meaningful user volume. Each platform has different source weighting and retrieval behavior. Our methodology accounts for those differences.
We run systematic prompt testing across platforms every month, covering hundreds of prompts covering your target categories, competitor comparisons, and the buying-intent queries your customers actually use. We measure citation frequency, response positioning, sentiment, and share of voice versus competitors. Clients get monthly reports with trend analysis and the priorities for the next cycle.
No. GEO complements and amplifies SEO. Many of the signals that drive AI citation (structured content, entity authority, quality backlinks) also improve traditional search rankings. Think of GEO as adding a critical new layer on top of what you're already doing. Brands winning in search over the next few years will be those covering both channels with intention.
We require a 3-month minimum. GEO results compound. The technical foundation, content engineering, and authority building all work together over time, and a single month doesn't give the strategy room to breathe. Most clients continue well beyond the minimum once they see the reporting move in the right direction.

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cited by AI.

Get your free AI Visibility Audit. We'll run hundreds of prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews, then show you exactly where you stand and where the opportunities are.

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