AI SEO ServicesBe the source the answer cites
1Digital® takes your brand from invisible to cited across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Grok and Google AI Overviews. One program that covers AEO, GEO and the engine-specific work, run by senior strategists.
From our strategy team, not a chatbot.
Engines we track
Years in eCommerce
Of results, scale, and quality at the enterprise level.
Expert Team
Specialists across SEO, AI SEO, PPC, design, dev, and strategy.
US Core + Global Talent
US core team for clear communication; vetted global specialists for international client work.
Reputation Score
Rated 4.9/5 across 100+ verified client reviews.
How AI search picks a source
Be the Store the Answer Cites
When a shopper asks ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity what to buy, the engine writes one answer and lists a handful of sources. Our strategists structure your pages so you are one of them: direct answers, clean schema, and brand facts the models can confirm across the web.
- Answer-first copy written by human strategists
- Schema and entity signals AI engines can verify
- Brand mentions monitored across five AI tools
The program
Four stages, run in order
Audit, structure, publish, then track citations. Each stage feeds the next, and the tracking tells us where the next round of work goes.
Audit
Find where you are missing
We ask the engines the questions your buyers ask, see who they cite, and read which of your pages AI crawlers actually reach.
- Citations by engine and query
- AI crawler access in your logs
- A citation gap map, not a PDF
Structure
Make your brand one clear entity
Three spellings of your name become one entity, and the schema that describes it is shipped on your site.
- Organization, Product and FAQ schema
- Entity disambiguation
- llms.txt where it earns its keep
Publish
Write the answer first
Pages lead with a short, direct answer AI engines can lift. A strategist writes and approves every one before it goes live.
- Answer-first sections
- Author bios and dates
- Approved by a person, every time
Track citations
Watch every engine
Found in AI tracks which AI tools name you, tool by tool, and keeps a scan history of what you gained and lost. A strategist decides what to do about it.
- Mentions by AI tool
- A history of every scan
- A strategist on every change
Scroll the track or pick a stage above
HUMAN ROLE
What our strategists do
- ›Dedicated senior AI SEO strategist owns your account
- ›Designs the AEO/GEO strategy for your category
- ›Reviews every citation-share signal and decides what action to take
- ›Writes every public-facing content recommendation
AI Role
What AI accelerates
- ›Found in AI monitors brand mentions across five AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews)
- ›Compresses audit timelines from weeks to hours
- ›Validates content structure against AI-engine ranking signals
- ›Surfaces keyword and entity opportunities at scale
Start Here - Free Technical Pre-Check
Run the Free Scan First
This instant, free scan checks the technical signals AI needs to cite you - schema, crawler access, and answer-format readiness. The methodology below is how our strategists turn those findings into a citation-share program.
Free · no signup · scores the 15 signals AI uses to find you · ~20 seconds. We save the URL and score to improve the tool and may follow up - see our privacy policy.
The 1Digital® Difference
AI in our toolkit. Humans in the driver’s seat.
Our strategists, designers, developers, and writers are human. The proprietary AI we built makes them faster and sharper - not the other way around.
- Human strategy
- Human copywriting
- Our own AI tools
- Real growth
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In depth
How we run AI SEO, in detail
Open any section for the full detail.
Reviewed by the 1Digital® AI SEO TeamLast updated:
AI SEO, in one paragraph
Pair AI SEO with traditional SEO and CRO
AI SEO earns citations inside generative answers. Traditional SEO services still drive the SERP rankings that those AI engines retrieve from. CRO closes traffic to revenue. Treat them as one program, not three. Platform-specific: Shopify SEO, BigCommerce SEO, Magento SEO. Marketplace: Amazon SEO for Rufus. Selling on AI shopping surfaces: eCommerce AI optimization and agentic commerce.
MethodologyThe four phases, in full
The 1Digital® AI SEO Methodology
Four phases, in order. The discipline matters more than the deliverables list - most agencies skip phases 1 and 4, which is why their AI SEO work doesn't compound.
Discovery & audit
Found in AI pulls a baseline of which AI tools currently name the brand and where competitors appear. The output is a content gap list, not a generic audit PDF.Entity & schema groundwork
Organization, Service, Product/Offer/Review and FAQPage schema. Entity disambiguation (so AI engines map “your brand” to one knowledge-graph node, not three). llms.txt where it earns its keep. Author bios, dates, and visible E-E-A-T. This is the foundation both AEO and GEO sit on.Channel split
Decide which work goes to AEO (direct-answer surfaces - AI Overviews, voice, sub-60-word answers) versus GEO (long-form citation-as-source - RAG, query fan-out, multi-source corroboration). Then sequence the engine-specific pushes: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Grok. Stores selling through AI shopping get eCommerce AI optimization; transactions through agents get agentic commerce.Reporting
Found in AI tracks mentions across five AI tools on every scan. A scan history shows what you gained, what you lost, and which competitors moved. The reports don't bury the loss - if an AI tool drops you, you find out on the next scan.
About usTeam, coverage and pricing
About 1Digital® as your AI SEO agency
US-based, Google Partner, founded in 2012. 50+ specialists. 400+ brands. 4.9/5 across 100+ verified reviews. Senior strategist owns your account; Found in AI handles the monitoring at a scale humans can't.
Schema and indexing gains land in 4–8 weeks. Citation share compounds over 3–6 months.
Senior strategist on every account
Senior AI SEO strategist on every account - never a junior. Backed by 1Digital®'s in-house global team.Five AI tools monitored
Found in AI monitors mentions across five AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews).AI crawler log analysis
AI crawler log analysis for GPTBot, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, OAI-SearchBot, Meta-ExternalAgent.Schema graphs shipped
Schema graphs (Organization, Service, Product/Offer/Review, FAQPage, HowTo, Article) shipped, not just recommended.Entity disambiguation
Entity disambiguation and knowledge-graph alignment so AI engines map your brand to one node.llms.txt where it earns it
llms.txt drafting where it earns its keep.Share of Model tracking
Share of Model tracking by query cluster, with prompt-test diffs when an engine's answer about you shifts.$185/hr, 3-month minimum
Engagements start at $185/hour with a 3-month minimum. Pricing adjusts for 6- and 12-month commitments.
Found in AI: the monitoring layer
Found in AI, part of the 1Digital® family, runs the citation tracking behind every AI SEO engagement. Every scan asks ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews the same set of tracked questions and keeps a history of what you gained and lost. The strategist still owns the calls - Found in AI just makes sure they're acting on signal, not gut.
Go deeperEvery AI SEO specialist page
The umbrella ends here. The dedicated pages below carry the entity definitions, proof, and tactics for each lane - read whichever is closest to the work you need.
Pick a specialist page
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
Direct-answer surfaces. AI Overviews, voice, sub-60-word answers, FAQPage schema, snippet capture.Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
Citation-as-source in long-form synthesis. Princeton paper anchor, RAG, query fan-out, multi-source corroboration, Share of Model.eCommerce AI optimization
Shopify, BigCommerce, Magento and WooCommerce PDP schema, Merchant Center feeds, AI shopping surface eligibility.ChatGPT SEO
ChatGPT Search, ChatGPT Shopping, OAI-SearchBot, Custom GPTs.Perplexity SEO
Sonar, Focus Modes, Pages, Deep Research, PerplexityBot.Gemini / Google AI SEO
Gemini, AI Overviews, AI Mode, NotebookLM, Workspace, Circle to Search, Knowledge Graph, Google-Extended.Grok SEO
X integration, xAI-Bot, X-native digital PR.Claude SEO
Anthropic Claude, ClaudeBot, citation patterns, structured-extraction-friendly content.Microsoft Copilot SEO
Copilot + Bing-powered retrieval, ad placements, M365 surface eligibility.Google AI Overviews
AIO eligibility, query fan-out coverage, snippet-grade answer structure.ChatGPT Shopping
Shopping carousel eligibility, product schema, Merchant Center alignment.Perplexity Shopping
Perplexity Shop product surfacing, citation discipline, Sonar feeds.MCP for eCommerce
Model Context Protocol implementations for store data and agent workflows.llms.txt Implementation
Drafting, validating, and shipping llms.txt for AI-crawler routing.AEO Audit
Standalone audit of FAQPage schema, answer formatting, citation gaps.AEO vs SEO
Where they differ, where they overlap, and how to budget across both.GEO vs AEO vs SEO
The three-discipline split with deliverables and KPIs side-by-side.AI SEO Glossary
Terminology reference: crawlers, schemas, surfaces, citation mechanics.Agentic commerce
ACP, AP2, MCP, ChatGPT Agent checkout, Instant Checkout, agentic payment protocols.ChatGPT Ads
Paid placements (separate funnel from earned citations).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What's the difference between AI SEO, AEO, and GEO?
AI SEO is the umbrella. AEO owns the direct-answer surface lane - the full definition lives on the AEO page. GEO owns the citation-as-source-in-long-form-answers lane, with the November 2023 Princeton paper as the entity anchor - full definition on the GEO page. Most real engagements need both, sequenced.
How do we measure AI SEO progress?
Mentions across five AI tools (tracked on every scan by Found in AI), how often you are named by query cluster, prompt-test diffs when an engine's answer about you changes, server-log evidence of AI crawlers actually reading the right pages, and referral traffic from conversational platforms. Traditional SERP rank is still measured, but it's no longer the headline metric - citations move weeks before rank does.
What is Found in AI and which AI tools does it monitor?
Found in AI is 1Digital®'s own AI visibility product. Every scan asks ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews the same set of tracked questions, marks whether each answer names and links you or only competitors, and keeps a scan history. The strategist gets the signal; the brand gets an AI Visibility Score and report. More on Found in AI →
How fast does AI SEO show results?
Schema and indexing gains land in 4–8 weeks. Citation share compounds over 3–6 months as entity authority and topical depth grow.
Who owns the account - a strategist or an AI?
A dedicated senior AI SEO strategist owns every account. Found in AI handles the monitoring. Every content recommendation that ships is written and approved by a human; the AI never speaks for you. See our human-led, AI-infused model.
Ready to move forward? Browse our published SEO retainer packages - Local, National, and Onsite tiers from $899/mo - or talk to a strategist about a custom scope for your vertical. See what AI SEO looks like in practice in our eCommerce SEO case studies.
AI SEO That Gets Your Brand Cited in AI Overviews & ChatGPT
Schema, GEO, AEO & entity SEO - built for the AI-first search era.
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