Optimisation for AI-powered search results โ Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and Microsoft Copilot โ where your answer appears above the blue links, or not at all.
Indian brands grown
Starting monthly retainer
To first AI Overview appearance
Across 187 client reviews
AI search optimization is the practice of structuring content so it gets pulled into AI-generated search results โ Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode and Microsoft Copilot โ which appear above traditional blue links. It differs from chatbot-focused GEO in one key way: these surfaces sit inside search engines and draw heavily from existing search rankings, so strong traditional SEO is a prerequisite rather than an optional foundation.
“AI search” and “AI chatbots” are different problems with different solutions. This page covers the first.
| Surface | Where it appears | Draws from | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google AI Overviews | Above organic results | Google index, favours pages already ranking | Strong Google rankings |
| Google AI Mode | Dedicated conversational tab | Google index + live retrieval | Google rankings + structure |
| Microsoft Copilot | Bing results and sidebar | Bing index | Bing indexation |
| Perplexity | Standalone app and site | Bing index primarily | Bing indexation |
| ChatGPT Search | Inside ChatGPT | OAI-SearchBot + Bing | Crawler access + Bing |
A complete generative-search stack โ built to make your brand the answer AI tools give, and the link Google ranks.
AI Overviews select from pages Google already trusts. We work the traditional SEO fundamentals โ technical health, Core Web Vitals, internal linking, content depth โ because without top-10 rankings there is nothing for the AI layer to pull.
AI Overviews extract passages, not pages. We restructure so every H2 section contains a self-contained, 40โ60 word answer that reads correctly when lifted out of context.
Google AI Mode breaks a query into multiple sub-questions and retrieves for each. We map the sub-questions around your core terms and make sure a page of yours answers each one.
Full Bing indexation and Bing-specific technical checks. Copilot and Perplexity cannot surface what Bing hasn’t indexed โ a gap most Indian agencies ignore entirely.
Organization, FAQPage, HowTo, Product and LocalBusiness JSON-LD, validated through Google’s Rich Results Test. Structured data helps AI systems parse your content without ambiguity.
Monthly checks of whether your target queries trigger an AI Overview, and whether you’re cited in it. Plus GA4 monitoring for the click-through decline that AI Overviews often cause โ so you can see the trade-off honestly.
Most agencies won’t tell you this. When Google shows an AI Overview, a share of users get their answer without clicking anything โ including from your page, even when you’re cited.
| Query type | Being cited is | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Informational ("what is X") | Mixed | Answer resolves in the Overview, clicks drop |
| Comparative ("X vs Y") | Good | Users still click to verify |
| Commercial ("best X in Bangalore") | Very good | Brand exposure drives direct and branded search |
| Transactional ("buy X", "book X") | Rarely triggered | AI Overviews appear less on these |
A repeatable system that gets Bangalore brands from invisible to cited.
Which of your target queries currently trigger an AI Overview, who's cited in them, and where you rank. Free.
AI Overviews pull from pages already ranking. Anything outside the top 10 gets ranking work before AI work. Weeks 1โ6.
Restructure priority pages so each section stands alone as a citable answer. Weeks 3โ12.
AI Overview citation rate and click-through rate, reported together. One without the other is misleading.
Different surfaces, different tactics. Agencies that treat them as one problem underperform on both.
AI Overview citation sometimes costs clicks. We show you the trade-off rather than celebrating a vanity metric.
If your site isn't ranking, we'll tell you AI search optimization is premature and fix the foundation instead.
Transparent retainers from โน45,000/month, no dollar-pegged markup.
Start with our 42-point AI SEO checklist. Then follow OpenAI’s crawler documentation and Schema.org directly โ primary sources beat second-hand blog posts.
GEO focuses on chatbot citation โ ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity. AI search optimization focuses on AI results inside search engines. The technical foundation overlaps heavily, but AI Overviews additionally require existing top-10 Google rankings.
Rarely. Google’s AI Overviews draw predominantly from pages it already ranks well. If you’re on page three, ranking work comes first.
Sometimes, yes. Informational queries see the biggest click-through decline because users get the answer without clicking. Commercial and comparative queries hold up better. We track both citation and CTR so you see the real picture.
Search them manually and record what appears. Trigger rates vary by category and change frequently, so this needs monthly re-checking rather than a one-time audit.
Yes. Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity both draw from Bing’s index. Most Indian sites are heavily under-indexed in Bing โ usually a same-day fix.
If you already rank in the top 10, AI Overview appearances can follow passage restructuring within 4 to 6 weeks. If ranking work is needed first, add 3 to 6 months.
โน45,000 to โน1,80,000+ per month depending on scope, plus GST. Local-only businesses start at โน25,000.
Yes. Bangalore HQ, clients across India, remote engagements with global brands.
Get a free AI search audit. We’ll check which of your target queries trigger AI results, who’s being cited, and what it would take to be one of them.
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