I'm Mansoor Bhanpurawala. I've done SEO since 2012. Generative engine optimization makes your brand easy for AI systems to find, understand and name. That includes Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, which I treat as part of GEO.
AI Overview impressions in three months for a UK jewellery retailer. 117K AI-feature impressions in the UK against 1.78K in the US.
AI Overview inclusions across 726 pages, and 6.3K AI responses across 2K pages, for an Indian fintech platform (AI visibility dashboard, Feb 2026).
Visits from AI assistants for an accounting SaaS within four months, alongside 0 to 445 non-branded clicks.
AI Overviews shown for four "ecommerce seo consultant" phrasings in my September 2026 test. The named agencies changed with the wording.
Monthly clicks for an AI-search content site in three months (Jul to Sep 2025).
Clients since 2012, across fintech, SaaS, healthcare, home services, jewellery, education and B2B.
I started in SEO in 2012 and went fully independent in 2020. I hold the Google Analytics (GA4) certification and the Microsoft Advertising Certified Professional credential. Read the full story on my About page.
I do this work myself. For scope and cost, message me on WhatsApp or call +91 90331 72192.
Where you are named today.
Make it obvious who you are.
Write passages an AI can quote.
AI systems lean on what others say about you.
Google runs on its index and its snippet rules.
Let in the bots you want, block the rest on purpose.
Machine-readable facts.
Prove that visibility turns into visits.
When AI gets you wrong.
GEO is measured by repeated tests. A single screenshot proves nothing.
We write 30 to 60 prompts that buyers use, then test them across engines and record every answer.
Output: Baseline with citations
I read which pages and sites the engines cite for your category, and why they fit.
Output: Citation source map
Indexing, crawler access, schema, entity pages and wrong facts come first.
Output: Technical and entity fixes
Answer-first pages, comparison pages, data and proof written for your buyers.
Output: Priority page list and drafts
Digital PR, reviews, listings and expert commentary on sites the engines already cite.
Output: Mention plan and results
Same prompts, same method. Wording variants added. Changes logged.
Output: Month-on-month comparison
GA4 referrals, branded search, Search Console and prompt results in one report.
Output: Monthly report
This is the working list. It covers AI Overviews and the other assistants.
| Surface | Draws on | What I focus on | How I measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google AI Overviews and AI Mode | Google index and Google systems | Indexing, snippet eligibility, answer quality, product data | Search Console, SERP checks |
| ChatGPT search | Web retrieval with citations | Crawler access, clear pages, third-party mentions | Prompt tests, GA4 referrals |
| Perplexity | Live web retrieval with cited sources | Citable passages, authority, freshness | Prompt tests, GA4 referrals |
| Gemini and Copilot | Their search indexes and models | Entity clarity, structured data, reviews | Prompt tests, referrals |
In my September 2026 test, Google showed an AI Overview for four of four "ecommerce seo consultant" phrasings. The named agencies changed with the wording, and Google AI Mode named a different set again. That is why I test several phrasings and several engines instead of reporting one screenshot.
There is no secret markup. AI answers draw on content that is clear, accurate and widely corroborated.
No major AI search engine has confirmed it uses llms.txt for ranking or citation. I add it as cheap hygiene, not as a lever.
AI answers vary by wording, day and model. One screenshot proves little. Use a fixed prompt set and repeat it.
Decide which bots serve you. Blocking Googlebot-adjacent or search bots by accident removes you from answers.
AI systems lean on what other sites say. Your own claims about yourself count for less.
ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google differ. Foundations help all of them.
If an assistant states a wrong price or service, find the source and fix it.
Google AI Overviews draw on Google's index. Weak SEO weakens AIO.
Prompt tests show visibility. GA4 and Search Console show visits.
These are client properties I worked on personally. Figures come from Google Search Console, an AI visibility dashboard or the client. Clients agreed to show the data and asked me to keep their names out.
AI Overview impressions measure visibility, not sales. The AI visibility dashboard counts for the fintech platform have no earlier baseline, so they show scale, not growth. AI referrals from assistants are still small for most sites. I report them anyway because they are the early signal.
Each chart draws the confirmed start and end values from Search Console as bars. They are not daily data and show no curve in between. Exact monthly values come from the CSV exports. Search Console measures clicks and impressions, not revenue. Each property had several kinds of work running at once, so no chart isolates one service. Client names are withheld at their request. Screenshots available on a call.
Each started with finding where AI answers already named the brand.
Found: an e-commerce store selling to the UK.
Did: site speed, schema, Merchant Center feed, buying guides.
Result: 65,500 AI Overview impressions in three months, 117K AI-feature impressions in the UK against 1.78K in the US.
Found: 3,980 clicks a quarter, zero non-branded.
Did: non-branded content, use-case pages, two free calculators, a comparison page, five directory listings.
Result: 0 to 445 non-branded clicks, 52,300 impressions, 104 AI-assistant visits.
Found: a footer hidden from crawlers and 302 redirects where 301s belonged.
Did: fixed both first, then a news section, hub-and-spoke blog, gold and silver rate pages, programmatic stock pages.
Result: Gold-rates page reached 53.2K clicks in about 3 months and silver-rates 47.2K in about 2.
Nobody can promise a date. These ranges come from my own projects.
Crawler access, schema and wrong facts can be fixed fast.
An accounting SaaS saw 104 AI-assistant visits within four months.
A UK jewellery retailer reached 65,500 AI Overview impressions in three months.
Third-party mentions and authority take longest to build.
Engines update often. Plan for monthly testing, not a one-off fix.
Share of prompts where your brand is named, against competitors.
Impressions in Google generative features where available.
GA4 visits from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot.
Branded impressions and clicks in Search Console.
Share of AI answers about you that are correct.
If a KPI does not move, I say so and change the plan. I will not hide behind "rankings improved."
I do not publish a price list, because the same budget buys different work depending on these factors. Message me on WhatsApp or call +91 90331 72192. I quote after I see your site.
Crowded categories need more mentions and better pages.
Google only, or five engines.
Thirty prompts and three hundred need different effort.
Brands with mentions respond faster.
Monthly testing costs more than a one-off audit.
| Solo consultant (me) | SEO agency | Task-based freelancer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | The person you talk to. I do the prompt testing, entity work and content myself. | A team, with an account manager as your contact. | One person, often alongside a job or other clients. |
| Accountability | One person owns the strategy and the result. | Shared across a team and an account manager. | Owns the task, often not the outcome. |
| Speed of decisions | Same day. No approval chain. | Passes through account manager, strategist and executor. | Fast, but limited to the brief. |
| Reporting | Monthly from Search Console and GA4, written by me. | Dashboard plus a call with the account manager. | Varies from none to a spreadsheet. |
| What you pay for | Expert time. | Expert time plus management and overhead. | Task time. Quality varies the most. |
GEO moves quickly and changes without notice. One accountable person who tests every month adapts faster than a hand-off chain.
I work with clients across India and abroad over video calls, WhatsApp and email.
Phone and WhatsApp: +91 90331 72192. Email: me@digitalmansoor.com.
We wanted to understand how our brand could become more visible in AI-powered search. Mansoor helped us review our website content, brand information, and online presence. We now have a clearer plan for improving our visibility.
Our focus was to build a stronger online presence beyond traditional search rankings. The recommendations covered useful content, brand mentions, and credible sources. We appreciated the practical approach to AI search optimization.
AI search was a new area for our team. Mansoor explained the difference between traditional SEO and generative search optimization and helped us identify areas worth improving. The guidance was useful and easy to follow.
We wanted our website content to communicate our expertise more clearly. Mansoor recommended improvements to author information, supporting sources, and content structure. The suggestions helped us make our pages more useful and transparent.
The content review helped us identify ways to strengthen the credibility of our website. We received practical advice on demonstrating our experience, reviewing information for accuracy, and improving the overall quality of our content.
We were exploring ways to make our content easier for search engines and answer platforms to understand. Mansoor explained the process clearly and helped us focus on useful, well-structured information.
GEO is the practice of making your brand visible and citable in AI-generated answers from tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Claude and Google AI Overviews. It combines indexable, answer-first content, clear entities, third-party mentions and repeated testing.
AI Overviews are Google's AI-generated summaries at the top of some search results. "AIO" is shorthand for optimising to appear in them. I cover it inside GEO because it relies on the same foundations.
AEO targets direct answers in search features such as snippets and voice. GEO targets being named in generative tools. They share content foundations. See my AEO page.
It builds on SEO. Google AI Overviews draw on Google's index, and other assistants retrieve from the web. Weak SEO weakens GEO. GEO adds entity work, citable passages, third-party mentions and prompt testing.
No. Nobody controls these systems. I raise the odds, test with a fixed prompt set and report what changes.
No major AI search engine has confirmed that it uses llms.txt for ranking or citation. I add it on request as low-cost hygiene.
It depends on your goals. If you want to appear in AI answers, you need to let the relevant search bots in. I review each bot and decide with you.
I run a fixed set of prompts monthly across engines, log who is named, then compare with GA4 AI referrals, branded search and Search Console.
Google counts clicks and impressions from AI features in the web search totals. There is no clean separate report, so I combine Search Console with SERP checks and third-party tracking.
Foundation fixes can land in weeks. Citations from new mentions usually take months. The UK jewellery retailer reached 65,500 AI Overview impressions in three months.
Yes. Wording, model updates and retrieval change results. That is why I use repeated tests.
Your URL, your top competitors, ten questions your buyers ask and access to Search Console and GA4.
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