Frequently asked questions
Straight answers on pricing, timelines, and how I work. Still unsure? Book the free audit and ask me directly.
What is GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)?
GEO is getting your business recommended and cited inside AI answers: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude, and Gemini, the same way SEO gets you into Google's blue links. When a UAE customer asks AI who the best provider in Dubai is, GEO is the work that makes your brand the cited answer. As buyers shift from scrolling Google to asking AI, being the recommended answer is becoming as important as ranking number one.
How is GEO different from traditional SEO?
SEO optimizes to rank a page in Google's list of links; GEO optimizes to be the answer an AI model quotes and recommends. They share foundations like entity authority, structured content, schema, and technical health, but differ in tactics: GEO rewards self-contained quotable statements, clear factual claims with numbers, consistent entity signals across the web, and content structured so a model can lift it cleanly. I run both together, because a strong SEO base makes GEO far easier.
How much does GEO or AI SEO cost in Dubai?
My GEO work runs as a fixed monthly retainer, typically AED 3,500 to AED 9,000 depending on how much entity-building, content restructuring, and schema work your site needs, or as a fixed-price initial GEO audit and setup. Because GEO is new the first phase is usually heavier, fixing entity signals and structure, then it settles. You get the exact number on the free audit, with no lock-in.
Can you actually get my business cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity?
I can materially improve your odds, but nobody can guarantee a specific AI will cite you on a given query, because model outputs vary and shift month to month. What I do control: your entity authority, consistent name-address-details across the web, structured self-contained content that models lift easily, schema density, and unlinked brand mentions. Across real UAE clients this measurably raises how often a brand appears in AI answers over 2 to 4 months.
How do you measure GEO results?
I track how often your brand is mentioned or cited across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews for a set of real buyer queries in your niche, plus branded-search volume in Search Console, which is a strong leading signal that AI and organic discovery are working. AI-visibility readings swing 40 to 60 percent month to month, so I trend it over time rather than trusting a single snapshot, and report it in a monthly summary.
Does llms.txt or schema get me cited in AI answers?
Schema helps indirectly by grounding your entity so models understand who you are, but it is not a direct citation dial, and llms.txt does not currently drive citations on its own. Real GEO gains come from entity authority, consistent brand signals across the web, genuinely helpful content structured as self-contained answers, and being the brand people actually search for. I set up schema and llms.txt as hygiene, then spend the effort where it moves the needle.
Is it too early to invest in GEO in the UAE?
No, and that is exactly why it is worth doing now. Most UAE competitors have not started, so the entity and content signals you build today compound while the space is uncrowded, the same first-mover advantage early SEO had. AI search referrals are already a growing share of how buyers discover providers. Starting now means you are the cited answer before your competitors realize the channel exists.
Why hire you for GEO instead of a traditional SEO agency?
Because I run GEO live for UAE clients, not as a bolt-on buzzword. Most agencies are still selling 2020 SEO and treat AI search as an afterthought. You get 12 years across paid, organic, and AI, one operator building your entity authority and structured content directly, accountable to a real metric: how often AI recommends you. No layers, no lock-in, and honest reporting on a channel that is genuinely volatile.