Be the brand
AI recommends.
AFFiNCO is an AI SEO agency for brands that want to show up inside ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot, not just under them. Our own sites already appear in more than 240 ChatGPT answers and are cited in 31 Google AI Overviews. We use the same playbook to get your brand mentioned, cited and recommended when buyers ask AI what to choose.
What your free AI visibility audit covers
A 30-minute call and a written findings report. No pitch deck.
What AI says about you today
Your brand in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and AI Overviews
Competitor share of voice
Who AI recommends instead of you, and how often
Citation sources
The sites AI trusts most in your category
Entity and schema check
Does AI understand who you are and what you sell?
Content gaps
Questions buyers ask AI that your site doesn't answer
AI crawler access
Can ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google reach your pages?
ChatGPT answers that mention our AffMaven site
ChatGPT answers that mention affinco.com
Google AI Overviews citing our two sites as a source
in SEO and publishing across 65+ websites
AI mention data: DataForSEO LLM Mentions, United States, October 2026.
Search is becoming an answer, not a list of links
When a buyer asks ChatGPT or Google for the best option in your category, they get a short answer with a handful of sources. If your brand isn't one of them, you're invisible, even if you rank on page one.
AI engines build those answers from pages that are easy to quote, from brands that are mentioned across sites they already trust, and from entities they clearly understand. A page that ranks but buries its answer, or a brand nobody else talks about, rarely makes the cut.
That's why generative engine optimization isn't a replacement for SEO. Google's AI answers lean on pages it already ranks, and ChatGPT search uses third-party search engines, including Bing. GEO is SEO plus three new jobs: write pages AI can quote, earn mentions where AI looks, and make sure AI knows exactly who you are.
Our AI search optimization services cover all three, on top of the SEO foundations that make them work.
Be quotable
Answer-first pages with clear facts, sources, tables and FAQs. See our guide to ranking in AI Overviews.
Be mentioned
Brand mentions on the reviews, lists, publications and communities that AI already cites in your category.
Be understood
Entity signals, schema and consistent brand facts, so AI describes you accurately every time.
Our AI search optimization services
Generative engine optimization (GEO), answer engine optimization (AEO) and LLM SEO, run as one programme. Most clients start with an AI visibility audit, then move to monthly optimisation and tracking.
AI visibility audit
Buyer prompts tested across ChatGPT, AI Overviews, Gemini and Perplexity, showing where you appear, where competitors win and why.
Prompt and question research
The questions buyers actually ask AI in your category, grouped by intent and mapped to the pages that should answer them.
Answer-first content
Key pages rewritten so the answer comes first, facts carry sources, and comparisons sit in tables AI can lift cleanly.
Entity, schema and brand facts
Organization, product and FAQ schema, author pages and consistent brand facts across the web, so AI gets your details right.
AI crawler access and technical SEO
Robots rules for AI search crawlers, server-rendered content, speed and indexing, so engines can actually read your pages.
Digital PR and brand mentions
Earned mentions on the publications, review sites and comparison lists that AI already quotes in your category.
Reddit, YouTube and community presence
AI leans heavily on Reddit and YouTube. We help you show up there honestly, with useful answers rather than spam.
AI Overviews and AI Mode
Pages structured to be pulled into Google's AI answers, built on the rankings our SEO services protect.
AI citation tracking
Monthly tracking of buyer prompts, mentions, citations and sentiment, plus AI referral traffic measured in GA4.
AI visibility for brands buyers research before they buy
As a generative engine optimization agency, we do our best work where buyers ask AI to compare options before they ever visit a website.
SaaS and AI tools
“Best tool for” and “X vs Y” questions, where AI shortlists three or four products and everyone else disappears.
eCommerce and DTC brands
Product recommendations in ChatGPT shopping answers, AI Overviews and AI shopping assistants.
B2B and professional services
Vendor shortlists, “who should I hire” questions and category explainers that shape long buying journeys.
Publishers and media brands
Getting articles, data and reviews cited as sources. The game we play every day on our own sites.
From AI visibility audit to steady citations
Baseline first, foundations second, content and mentions third. Most clients have their audit, fixes and first rewrites done within four weeks.
Baseline
Buyer prompts tested across every major AI engine to record where you appear today, and who wins instead.
Access and entity
AI crawler rules, schema, brand facts and author pages fixed, so engines can read and trust your site.
Rewrite priority pages
The pages that should answer your top buyer prompts rewritten answer-first, with sources and tables.
Mentions plan
Source gaps mapped and outreach started on the sites, lists and communities AI cites most.
Track and expand
Prompts re-tested, citations and AI referral traffic reported, and the next pages and mentions planned.
Our own sites are already in the answers
We publish across more than 65 websites, and we track how AI engines use them. In DataForSEO's LLM Mentions data for the United States, affinco.com appears in 117 ChatGPT answers and our AffMaven site in 124. Together, they're cited as sources in 31 Google AI Overviews.
We got there by doing what we now sell: answer-first pages, original data, clear entities and a real presence in the communities AI reads. For one eCommerce client, the same approach also won 23 featured snippets.
ChatGPT answers mentioning our two sites
Google AI Overview citations
featured snippets won in our eCommerce case study
Answer first, then explain
AI quotes the clearest sentence on the page. Put it at the top, in plain words.
Facts need sources
Numbers with a named source get cited. Vague claims get skipped.
Mentions beat self-praise
AI trusts what other sites say about you more than what you say about yourself.
Rankings still count
Pages that already rank well are far more likely to be cited. GEO sits on top of SEO, not instead of it.
AI tracks the answers. People earn the citations.
AI answers change from week to week. Our agents test your buyer prompts on a schedule. Strategists decide what to write, fix and pitch.
What our AI agents handle
What stays human
Real answers, saved
Screenshots and logs every month
No fake AI scores
Citations and traffic you can check
Plain-English reports
What changed and why
Direct senior access
No account-manager relay
AFFiNCO vs a typical AI SEO agency
Every SEO agency now says it does AI search. Here's how to tell a real GEO agency from a rebrand.
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What to ask |
Typical AI SEO agency |
AFFiNCO |
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What are they selling? |
A rebranded SEO package |
A distinct AI visibility programme built on SEO |
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How is success measured? |
Rankings, or a made-up “AI score” |
Citations, share of voice and AI referral traffic |
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Do they track real answers? |
A screenshot or two |
Buyer prompts re-tested every month |
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How do they get mentions? |
Buying links |
Earning mentions where AI already looks |
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Do they rank in AI themselves? |
Rarely shown |
Our own sites in 240+ ChatGPT answers |
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How long is the contract? |
6 to 12 months, locked in |
No long-term lock-in |
What AI search optimization costs, in the open
Most AI SEO work starts with a one-off visibility audit, followed by a monthly programme. Here's what US agencies typically charge, and how we price.
Typical AI SEO agency pricing
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Engagement |
Typical cost |
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AI visibility audit (one-off) |
$1,500 to $5,000 |
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Small business retainer |
$1,500 to $5,000 a month |
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Mid-market retainer |
$5,000 to $25,000 a month |
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Enterprise retainer |
$25,000 to $50,000+ a month |
Ranges from Qoulomb's 2026 AI SEO agency cost guide, including a June 2026 review of 20 US agencies for audit pricing.
Our AI search packages
AI Visibility Audit
For brands that want to know exactly where they stand in AI answers.
Delivered in about two weeks
GEO Growth
For brands ready to win more AI citations every month.
No long-term lock-in
SEO + GEO
For brands that want classic search and AI search run as one programme.
Custom scope after your audit
Prices in USD. Want classic SEO on its own? See our SEO services.
Run by a publisher whose sites AI already quotes
AFFiNCO is led by Aliakbar Fakhri, who has spent more than a decade in SEO, publishing and affiliate marketing. His network of more than 65 websites lives or dies on search, so he watched AI answers start taking clicks long before most agencies noticed.
That's why we test every AI search tactic on our own sites first, then bring what works to clients. Ali stays hands-on with every client engagement.
AI search and SEO guides from our team
What we learn getting our own sites into AI answers, written up so you can use it too.
AI search questions, answered straight
Something else on your mind? Ask us directly on a free call.
Find out what AI says about your brand
Book a free 30-minute AI visibility audit call. We'll show you how ChatGPT, Gemini and Google's AI answers describe you today, who they recommend instead, and the three fastest ways to change that.
