# AI search optimization: your business in the answers AI gives Source: // ai search optimization AI search optimization, also called generative engine optimization (GEO), is the work that makes a website readable, clear and quotable for AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Google's AI Overviews. With NFW Web Studio, a small AI SEO agency based in Verona, Italy, it starts at €320 including VAT as a one off pass on a page, delivered in 2 to 4 days, or it comes with Active SEO Development from €550 a month. We measure the result with the same AI score we use in our web observatory. from €320 one off pass from €550 / mo ongoing SEO and GEO 10 checks in the AI score [Request a quote](https://www.nfw.run/contact-us) [All services and pricing](https://www.nfw.run/en#services) ## What is AI search optimization? AI search optimization is the set of changes that help an AI assistant read your site, understand what business you are and quote you when someone asks a question you can answer. It also goes by generative engine optimization, answer engine optimization or LLM optimization: the names differ, the work is the same. An assistant does not show ten links: it reads a few pages and writes an answer. To be part of it, a site has to be readable without running code, has to state plainly who you are, where you work and what you offer, and has to contain sentences that can be quoted as they are. ## What do our AI SEO services include? Our AI SEO services cover three things: making the site readable for AI crawlers, describing the business with complete structured data, and rewriting the content so it answers questions before it explains them. - Content visible without JavaScript: pages arrive already written in the HTML, because many AI crawlers do not run scripts. - A robots.txt that opens the site to the AI crawlers you want (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google Extended and the others), by choice rather than by a theme default. - An llms.txt file, the index meant for assistants, and markdown versions of the main pages. - Complete schema.org structured data: LocalBusiness with name, address, phone and opening hours, Organization, services, FAQ and breadcrumbs. - A consistent entity: the same name, address and contacts on the site, the Google Business Profile and external profiles, linked to each other. - Content written to answer: the answer in the first lines of every section, headings phrased as questions, figures and dates that can be checked. - The result measured with our audit and Search Console, before and after the work. ## How is AI search optimization different from SEO? Generative engine optimization does not replace SEO: it extends it. The foundations are the same (fast pages, clear titles, sitemap, canonicals), and a site Google does not index rarely ends up in an assistant's answer. What changes is the goal: not only appearing among the results, but being the source the assistant quotes. That is why we sell GEO together with SEO work and at the same price: our [SEO services](https://www.nfw.run/seo-services) cover the part about Google, this page covers the part about AI. ## How do you measure AI visibility? We measure it with an AI score out of 100, built on ten weighted checks: content without JavaScript, llms.txt, robots.txt open to AI crawlers, structured data, sitemap, title, meta description, canonical, HTTPS and Lighthouse's SEO score. The method is public: every check and its weight are on the page [how the AI score is calculated](https://www.nfw.run/state-of-the-web/ai-score). It is the same score we measure Italian cities with in our observatory: in Verona, across 4,640 working sites, the average is 69.8 out of 100, only 26.6% have an llms.txt file and just 4.1% of businesses describe themselves in full in their structured data. The detail is on the page about [AI search optimization in Verona](https://www.nfw.run/ai-search-optimization/verona). For your own site, start with the [free SEO audit](https://www.nfw.run/seo-audit), which computes the same score in a few minutes. ## How much does AI search optimization cost? GEO on one page costs €320 including VAT, as part of the same pass as the SEO optimization, delivered in 2 to 4 days. To work on the whole site and keep it current month after month, it comes with Active SEO Development, from €550 a month. On the sites we build, the GEO foundations are there from day one: server rendering, structured data, llms.txt and robots.txt already configured. In that case the work is on the content alone. | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | | SEO and GEO optimization of one page, Delivered in 2 to 4 days | €320 | | [Active SEO Development, GEO included](https://www.nfw.run/seo-services), Content, structured data and measurement month by month | from €550 / month | Prices include VAT. The monthly price is set on the agreed workload. ## Not quite what you're after? [Web design servicesA custom website, live in a week. For businesses with several products or services to explain.](https://www.nfw.run/website-design) [Landing page designOne page, built around a single goal. Perfect for local or niche businesses.](https://www.nfw.run/landing-page-design) [SEO servicesA one-off SEO pass, or a monthly plan with new content, local SEO and Google Ads campaigns.](https://www.nfw.run/seo-services) [Website redesignIf you already have a website but it's slow or doesn't convert, we'll take care of that.](https://www.nfw.run/website-redesign) [GDPR compliant websiteCookie banner, consent, privacy and cookie policies: your website GDPR compliant, without vague legal consulting.](https://www.nfw.run/gdpr-compliant-website) ## Projects built to be read Sites we built with server rendering, complete structured data and llms.txt from day one. [SEO case study: Ricerca Perdite 1972Google clicks from 6 to 40 in 42 days, first calls in month three](https://www.nfw.run/case-studies/ricerca-perdite-1972) [BI-K EnergyMulti-language, Technical SEO, Demo Booking](https://www.nfw.run/portfolio#bikenergy) ## Frequently asked questions about AI search optimization ### Can you guarantee ChatGPT will mention my business? No, and nobody can honestly do so: what an assistant answers depends on the question, the model and the sources it picks at that moment. What we can guarantee is the work that makes the site readable, clear and quotable, measured with a public score before and after. ### What is an llms.txt file, and does it matter? It is a text file at the root of the site that lists the main pages with a line of description each, meant to be read by AI assistants. The format is recent and not every assistant reads it yet, but it costs little and removes ambiguity: that is why it weighs 15 points out of 100 in our score. ### Should I block AI crawlers to protect my content? It depends on what you sell. If your content is the product, like a newspaper or a course, blocking them can make sense. For a business that wants customers, the opposite is almost always true: a site closed to AI crawlers cannot be quoted in answers. We tell you case by case and set the robots.txt accordingly. ### What are Google's AI Overviews? They are the AI written summaries Google shows above the results for some searches, with links to their sources. The same rules apply to appearing as a source: an indexed page, content that answers directly and a business described without ambiguity. ### How long does it take to see results? Technical fixes show at once: the AI score changes as soon as the work is live. Presence in assistants' answers follows SEO timelines, because many assistants search the web before answering: count on about 4 to 6 months for concrete results on contested searches. ### Do you work on sites you did not build? Yes. We start from an audit of the site as it is today, tell you what can be fixed on the platform you have and what cannot, and send a written quote before touching anything. ## Let's see how AI reads your site. Half an hour on a call about your site and its AI score, then a written quote within 24 hours. No commitment. [Request a quote](https://www.nfw.run/contact-us) [See our work](https://www.nfw.run/portfolio)