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AEO · GEO · SEO
SEO, AEO And GEO Are Three Different Jobs. Most Agencies Still Do One.
Search has split into three jobs that used to be one. SEO still wins you the shrinking share of clicks Google hands out, by independent estimates around 60% of Google searches now end without a click at all, with AI Overviews cutting click-through further on the ones they appear on. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) is the separate job of getting directly quoted inside those AI answers instead of ranked below them. GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) is the job of making sure ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity describe your brand accurately when someone asks about you by name, not just about your category. We run all three as one coordinated retainer, because treating them as one job, which is what most "AEO add-ons" quietly are, is exactly how brands end up invisible in two out of three places buyers now look.
In short
DigiPlinth's AEO, GEO & SEO service runs three related but distinct disciplines as one retainer: SEO (ranking in traditional search, still worth roughly 40% of clicks by independent estimates), AEO (getting directly quoted inside AI-generated answers), and GEO (shaping how ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity describe your brand by name). Plans start at ₹24,999 ($299) per month, and every engagement opens with a free audit that scores all three separately.
The uncomfortable truth
“Industry research into AI-search agencies has a name for this: a white-label partner shipping schema tags and keyword-stuffed blog posts and calling it "AEO" isn't providing AEO. It's providing SEO with a new invoice line.”
That's not us being dramatic, it's a warning that's started showing up in trade coverage of the GEO/AEO agency space itself: plenty of agencies are simply relabelling the same technical-SEO checklist as "AEO" without changing a single deliverable, because AEO and GEO are newer, less understood, and easier to bill at a premium for doing the same old work. The honest version is harder to fake: AEO needs content written and structured to be directly quotable (different from content written to rank), and GEO needs your brand's entity data, reviews and citations managed as their own discipline, not bolted onto a keyword report. We'll show you, line by line, which deliverable is which, and you're welcome to ask any agency quoting you "AEO" to do the same.
Our edge
The Edge: Three Honest Scores, Not One Blended One
Most "AEO/GEO" retainers report a single, flattering number and hope you don't ask what's behind it. We score SEO rankings, AEO citation rate and GEO brand-accuracy separately, every month, and hand you the raw transcript of what ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity actually said about your brand, not just a dashboard colour. Content strategy, local/Google Business Profile visibility and topic clusters, each sold as its own SKU by most competitors, are deliverables inside this one retainer, not three more invoices.
// What we actually do
AEO/GEO/SEO, Run Like Your Revenue Depends On It.
SEO: Technical & Core Web Vitals
Crawlability, indexation, site speed, schema and the boring engineering that quietly caps everything else, including whether Google's and AI crawlers can even read your content properly.
SEO: Intent-first keyword strategy
We cluster keywords by buying stage and click-worthiness, not raw search volume, so effort lands on queries people still click through for.
AEO: Answer-first content architecture
Content restructured, not just reworded, around direct, quotable answers near the top of the page. This is genuinely different work from writing to rank, and it's the part most relabelled "AEO" retainers skip.
AEO: Structured data & citation markup
FAQ, HowTo and speakable schema so ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews have a clean, unambiguous answer to lift, instead of having to guess which paragraph to quote.
GEO: Entity & brand-perception management
Consistent naming, linked official profiles, and the structured "who we are" signals that decide whether an AI model describes your brand accurately when asked by name, not just whether it knows your category exists.
GEO: AI-citation tracking
We check, by name, what ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity actually say about your brand today, and track whether that changes, the same way we'd track a keyword ranking.
// How we measure it
We Report The Right-Hand Column.
What agencies reportWhat we report
- Keywords rankedRevenue from organic search
- "We do AEO too" (unchanged deliverables)Tracked AI citations, by name, month over month
- Total impressionsCost per acquired customer, across all three channels
Honest note
SEO, AEO and GEO all compound over 3 to 6 months, sometimes longer, and they compound at different speeds, SEO rankings are the slowest, AI citations can shift faster but also swing back faster. Anyone promising page-one rankings or guaranteed AI citations in 30 days is either gaming something that will get penalised or quoting you a number nobody can actually back up yet. We'd rather under-promise the timeline and show you three honest scores instead of one inflated one.
// What it costs
Transparent Pricing For AEO/GEO/SEO.
from₹24,999/mo
One retainer, three disciplines. SEO, AEO and GEO compound over months, this isn't a one-off.
Indicative starting price. Your exact scope and quote follow the free audit. Every plan is month-to-month with no lock-in.
// Straight answers
AEO/GEO/SEO Questions, Answered Honestly.
What's actually different between SEO, AEO and GEO?+
SEO earns you a ranking in traditional search results. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) earns you a direct quote inside an AI-generated answer, ChatGPT, Gemini, Google's AI Overviews. GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) is broader still: it's whether those same AI models describe your brand accurately when someone asks about you by name, not just about your category. They overlap in the content work but need genuinely separate strategy, which is why we track and report them as three distinct scores, not one blended number.
How do I know I'm not just getting relabelled SEO?+
Ask to see the deliverable list, line by line, and ask which specific items are AEO- or GEO-specific versus standard SEO. If an "AEO retainer" is just your old SEO checklist with a new name, that's worth knowing before you pay a premium for it. Ours is itemised exactly that way, on this page, for that reason.
How long until I see results?+
Early technical wins can show in weeks; meaningful ranking and citation movement typically takes 3 to 6 months as authority compounds. We report leading indicators monthly, including AI-citation tracking by name, so you're never relying on a single lagging number.
Do you guarantee rankings or AI citations?+
No, and be sceptical of anyone who guarantees either, AI citation behaviour especially is too new and too model-specific for honest guarantees. We guarantee a defensible strategy across all three disciplines, honest reporting, and effort aimed at revenue.
Is this worth it if most of my traffic still comes from traditional search?+
Yes, because that's exactly the transition period this service is built for. Traditional SEO still earns the majority of clicks today, by independent estimates roughly 40% of searches still result in one, so we don't deprioritise it. We just refuse to leave the other two disciplines unmanaged while that share keeps shrinking.
Do you also handle content marketing and local/Google Business Profile SEO, or is that a separate service?+
Both live inside this retainer, not as a separate line item. Content strategy and topic clusters are how AEO-ready pages get built in the first place, and local/Google Business Profile optimisation is part of the same technical-SEO work, so you're not paying three agencies to coordinate what should be one plan.
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