Does being cited in an AI Overview actually send traffic?+
Less than a classic blue link, but meaningfully more than being absent from it. The bigger effect is downstream: cited brands get named in follow-up questions and in other assistants, and they hold their brand-search volume. Uncited brands watch impressions grow while clicks decay.
Our impressions are up hugely but clicks are near zero. Is that this?+
Usually yes, in part. Wide impression growth with flat clicks typically means you are surfacing on informational queries where an Overview answers the question. The fix is two-sided: get cited on those queries, and build commercial-intent pages where the click still has to happen.
Do we need to change the whole site?+
No. In most engagements 20–40 templates and pages account for nearly all the AIO-triggering impressions. We rebuild those first and leave the long tail for later.
Is this the same as AI Mode optimisation?+
Overlapping but not identical. AI Mode runs a broader fan-out of sub-queries and rewards depth across a topic cluster, while AI Overviews reward a single clean passage. We cover both, and the shared work is most of the effort.
How do you measure success?+
Citation count on the tracked query panel, CTR recovery on AIO-triggering queries, and assisted revenue from those landing pages. Implement our 90-day plan and if you don't see movement in 3–6 months, we refund our fees in full.
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.