// Industry_03

    Marketplaces & publishers. Index management at scale.

    Too many URLs, not enough authority per URL. We audit crawl-budget allocation, content quality thresholds, and the long-tail strategy that keeps your moat.

    At marketplace scale, every SEO decision is a portfolio decision. The wrong quality threshold deindexes 100K useful pages. The right one earns crawl budget. We audit the systems — not the URLs — that govern your index.

    // Crawl

    Crawl budget at 1M+ URL scale

    Log-file analysis, parameter sprawl audit, internal link distribution, and the surgical noindex strategy that recovers crawl budget.

    // Quality

    Quality threshold gating

    User-generated and programmatic pages need quality gates. We audit the signals that earn or lose index inclusion at scale.

    // Editorial

    Editorial vs programmatic balance

    The hybrid that wins: programmatic depth for long tail, editorial depth for high-revenue queries.

    // Architecture

    Internal linking architecture

    At marketplace scale, internal links are the only authority distribution mechanism that scales. We rebuild the architecture.

    // The_Contract

    The 180-day money-back guarantee.

    We can promise this because our methodology already works. Hundreds of pages now sit in position #1 across our clients' catalogs. The risk shouldn't be on you — it's on us.

    • 01We run the full 10-stage audit and deliver a sequenced 90-day plan.
    • 02You implement our recommendations (or hire us to implement them).
    • 03If you don't see measurable ranking and revenue improvement in 3–6 months — we refund you. In full.
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    // Frequently_Asked

    Questions about this engagement.

    Can you audit a site with 5M+ URLs?+

    Yes. Our largest audit to date covered ~12M URLs across multiple subdomains. Pricing scales with crawl size and complexity.

    How do you balance editorial pages vs programmatic at scale?+

    Editorial pages win head queries and earn external links that fund the rest of the domain. Programmatic pages capture long tail. The hybrid that wins concentrates link equity from editorial into the top programmatic clusters — we audit and rebuild the internal link architecture that makes that happen.

    Do AI engines deprioritize marketplace pages?+

    Sometimes — they often prefer brand-owned and editorial sources over UGC marketplaces. We audit which of your URLs already get cited and which categories need editorial layering to enter the AI candidate pool.

    How do we make sure our company shows up on AI platforms like ChatGPT and Gemini?+

    Three layers, in order. First, entity clarity: one canonical Organization with @id anchors, sameAs links to authoritative databases, and knowsAbout coverage of your real expertise. Second, extractable content: atomic answer blocks, comparison tables, transparent pricing and specs, and FAQ blocks on every commercial page. Third, corroboration: mentions in the roundups, directories, review platforms, and trade publications those engines retrieve. Measure it by probing a fixed set of buying questions monthly and tracking citation frequency per engine.

    What actually makes a page get cited by AI instead of just ranked?+

    Citability. AI engines lift passages that answer one question completely in 40–80 words, in plain language, with a concrete number, definition, or list. Pages that bury the answer under narrative rarely get quoted. We rewrite key pages so every important question has a self-contained answer block, wrapped in schema that labels what it is.

    Is SEO still worth investing in now that AI answers so many queries?+

    Yes, because AI answers are built from indexed pages. Every major assistant retrieves from a crawled index, so pages that aren't crawlable, renderable, or structured never enter the candidate pool. Classic SEO is now the entry requirement for AI visibility, and the two programs share almost all of the same work.

    How quickly can we expect results from an Arise GEO engagement?+

    Technical recovery and on-page work typically show movement in 30–60 days. AI citation lift on long-tail and comparison queries usually lands in 30–90 days. Category-level authority and head-term rankings are a 6–12 month curve. Every engagement ships a sequenced 90-day plan so early wins fund the long work.

    What do we get, and what does it cost?+

    You get a forensic audit, a prioritized 90-day execution plan with effort and impact scoring, and optional done-for-you implementation by our engineers and editors. Pricing is scoped per engagement based on catalog size, locale count, and whether you want execution included. Implement our 90-day plan and if you don't see results in 3–6 months, we refund you in full.

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    Audits scoped within 24 hours. Results within 90 days, or your money back.

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