Glossary · GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation)
GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation)
The discipline of optimising content so that AI assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) cite a subject favourably and accurately when answering relevant queries.
Full Definition
In practice
- A founder's company page is rewritten to be AI-friendly: clean Organization schema, FAQ schema, llms-full.txt with full company narrative — three months later, ChatGPT and Perplexity both cite the company correctly when asked about it.
- A celebrity's Wikipedia page is updated with new career milestones; the next round of AI training runs absorbs these and the AI summary now reflects the new context.
Also known as
AI SEO · AEO · answer engine optimization
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llms.txt
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