What is AI visibility?
AI visibility is how often and how prominently your brand appears in AI-generated answers — from ChatGPT and Perplexity to Google AI Overviews and Gemini. Canadian buyers increasingly use AI tools to research vendors and services before they search Google. Appearing in those answers drives early-stage brand discovery, shapes the shortlist, and — because AI-referred visitors have already had your brand validated — converts at significantly higher rates than traditional organic traffic. AI visibility depends on entity authority, content structure, and citation signals. We measure it monthly across 12 AI engines.
What's the difference between AEO and GEO?
AEO (Answer Engine Optimisation) optimises your brand for citation in conversational AI tools — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude. GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation) optimises for Google AI Overviews and other AI-generated search summaries. The technical foundations overlap: entity authority, direct-answer content, and schema improve both. The difference is in the surface being optimised. Most Canadian businesses benefit from both, and we deliver them together as one integrated programme.
Which AI engines are most used in Canada?
Google AI Overviews is the highest-reach AI search surface in Canada — it appears on a growing proportion of Canadian Google searches and reaches any Canadian who uses Google. ChatGPT is the most widely used standalone AI research tool among Canadian professionals and B2B buyers. Perplexity is growing rapidly as a professional research tool. Microsoft Copilot reaches the enterprise segment through Microsoft 365, which has strong adoption in Canadian enterprise. Gemini has reach via Google Workspace. We track all five in our standard monitoring package, plus Claude, Grok, and emerging engines in our audit.
Can you guarantee my brand appears in ChatGPT?
No AI visibility agency can honestly guarantee specific placement. The models update continuously and aren't fully transparent. What we guarantee is completing all the measurable work that increases your citation probability: entity footprint across 25+ sources, direct-answer content, full schema implementation, and citation building. We track your AI share-of-voice monthly and report real data. Typical results: meaningful improvement in AI appearance rates within 3–6 months.
How do AI engines decide which brands to mention?
AI engines cite brands that are consistently documented across authoritative sources, have content that directly answers the question being asked, carry strong citation signals from trusted domains, and have schema that clearly identifies what the business does. For Canadian brands, this means consistency across Wikipedia, Canadian trade publications, industry directories, and sector-specific knowledge bases. The core signal is consistency — the same accurate information about your brand repeated across many trusted sources.
How do you measure AI visibility?
We submit 20 tracked queries monthly to ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overviews, and record whether your brand appears in the response. We report on brand mention rate, competitor mention rate, position within answers, and month-on-month trend. AI referral traffic tracked in GA4. You receive a practical monthly report with the numbers and the priorities for the next month.
How long does it take to see results?
Measurable improvement in AI presence typically begins within 3–6 months. Entity and schema work often shows faster early results — Google Knowledge Panel appearance within 4–8 weeks of entity building is common. AEO content takes 2–4 months before AI models reliably cite it. Consistent appearance across multiple AI engines for multiple target queries typically established within 6–9 months.
Do I need to drop my current SEO work to start AI visibility?
No. AI visibility and traditional SEO work better together than either does alone. SEO builds the domain authority and backlink profile that AI engines also rely on for citation signals. AI visibility work — entity building, schema, direct-answer content — also improves traditional SEO performance. Most clients run both in parallel. We can work alongside your existing SEO team or agency, or handle both as an integrated programme.