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what is Geo or generative engine
optimization Geo is one of the terms
used to describe getting AI chat tools
like chat GPT Gemini Claude or
perplexity to recommend your business
product services or brand previously if
we wanted to find something out we'd go
straight to Google every time but more
and more these days people are going to
these AI chat tools instead for example
if I ask Claude what are the best value
skincare Brands Claude will recommend
exposure ninja friend and client the
ordinary now we're going to look at why
and how you can influence these results
AI-generated overview
Exposure Ninja positions GEO as the future evolution of SEO, explaining three distinct methods AI tools use to generate recommendations: (1) Underlying web search—ChatGPT/Gemini run background searches on Bing/Google and pull data from ranking websites, requiring traditional SEO optimization; (2) AI Overviews optimization—ranking well in organic search doesn't guarantee AI Overview inclusion, requiring specific optimization Exposure Ninja pioneered before Google launched the feature; (3) Large language model training—AI systems build neural networks by reading vast amounts of online content, requiring extensive content marketing and digital PR so brands are "talked about all over the Internet." The video demonstrates real examples: The Ordinary skincare ranking in Claude, Golf Course Lawn appearing in Gemini fungicide searches, Patino Law cited by Perplexity for Texas accident lawyers—all due to strong underlying SEO. However, Exposure Ninja's own featured snippet for "sponsored tag" doesn't appear in AI Overviews because they optimized specifically for that placement. The core message: good SEO forms the foundation, but GEO requires additional tactics including multiplatform presence, consistent brand mentions, and being connected to relevant topics in the AI's 4D neural network web. This represents the biggest shift in search in 15 years.
AI tools use three distinct recommendation methods: underlying web search (requiring traditional SEO), AI Overviews (requiring specific optimization), and LLM neural network training (requiring extensive content marketing and digital PR across the internet).
Exposure Ninja claims to be the first agency in the world to share a process for ranking in AI Overviews before Google had even launched them, demonstrating they optimized content specifically for this placement type.
Zoo.org ranks #1 with a featured snippet for "what is a sponsored tag" in organic search but doesn't appear in Google AI Overview for the same query, proving that ranking well in traditional search doesn't automatically translate to AI Overview inclusion.
Large language models build 4D neural network webs connecting concepts, businesses, brands, keywords, and topics together by reading vast amounts of online content, meaning brands need to be discussed everywhere to be recognized.