SEO & Local Search7 min read
How to Rank in ChatGPT and Google AI Answers (2026)
How to rank in ChatGPT and appear in Google AI Overviews: a five-step method with crawler checks, fact clean-up and a monthly question test. No guarantees.
Read
AEO & GEO
AEO and GEO services in India: be the business AI search can describe
We make your business easy for ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI answers to find, understand and describe correctly.
Baseline in about 2 weeksTell us your budgetTell us your budgetTell us your budget
- Price agreed upfrontWritten scope, one price, milestone payments.
- You own everythingCode, accounts and content stay in your name.
- Every call is freeNo charge, no pressure. We reply within 12 hours.
- Senior people onlyThe ones you meet are the ones who build.
Overview
AEO services India: what this is, in plain words
AEO services in India help your pages give one clear answer to one clear question, and GEO helps AI assistants describe your whole business correctly. AEO is answer engine optimisation. GEO is generative engine optimisation. Both sit on top of ordinary SEO: if Google cannot index a page, no AI feature built on Google Search will show it.
Here is what is documented. Google's page on AI features in Search says there are no extra requirements to appear in AI Overviews or AI Mode, and no special schema is needed. OpenAI's bot documentation says a site that blocks OAI-SearchBot will not appear in ChatGPT search answers. Beyond that, nobody outside the model companies knows how sources are chosen, and we do not pretend to. We work on the parts you can control: what your pages say, how consistent your facts are, and who else talks about you.
As a GEO agency in India with clients in Delhi NCR, Dubai and the US, we start with a simple test. We ask the assistants the questions your buyers ask, write down what comes back, and repeat it every month. That log is your honest scoreboard. It shows what is said about you, what is wrong, and which sources the assistants cite instead of you.
Who it is for
- Service businesses whose buyers ask an assistant for a shortlist before they search
- Brands that find AI tools describe them wrongly, or leave them out
- Companies with solid SEO that want the next layer done properly
- Clinics, schools, agencies and firms in Delhi NCR and the UAE competing on local trust
What you get
- A saved log of what AI assistants say about your business today, and each later round to compare against
- Key pages that open with a direct answer and state your facts the same way everywhere
- Markup and listings that agree with each other and with your website
- A plain list of the third-party sources worth pursuing, in priority order
Our toolkit
Technologies and tools we use for AEO and GEO services
We choose tools to fit your project, not what is trending, and we tell you why. Everything is set up in accounts you own.
Core: we use it regularly on client work Also work with: used when a project needs it
Visibility testing
We ask the questions your buyers ask and write down what comes back.
ChatGPT- Google Gemini
- Perplexity
- Google AI answers
Technical
Pages built so an answer can be lifted straight from them.
- schema.org JSON-LD
- Google Search Console
Bing Webmaster Tools- Answer-first content with structured FAQs
Entity and trust
AI answers lean on who else says you exist and are good.
Google Business Profile- Wikidata
- Review platforms
- Brand mentions
Choosing between options? Appear in ChatGPT and Google AI answers
Signs you need it
Problems our AEO and GEO services work fixes
If one of these sounds familiar, you are in the right place.
- An assistant gets your services wrongOld directory entries and vague pages feed old answers. We find where the wrong fact comes from and fix the source.
- Competitors are named and you are notWe run your buyers' questions, read which pages the assistants cite, and show you what those pages do that yours do not.
- Your best answers sit under long introductionsWe move the direct answer to the top of each section, so a reader and a machine find it in the first two sentences.
- You have no way to check any of itSearch Console cannot split out AI traffic. We keep a dated prompt log so you can see change over months.
Not sure which part you need?
Tell us the goal in two lines. We reply within 12 hours with an honest answer and a budget range.
Astrafolio vs a typical agency
| Topic | Typical agency | Astrafolio |
|---|---|---|
| Who you talk to | Usually an account manager who passes messages on | The person building your project |
| Meetings | Often a status call every week or two | Every 2–3 working days, plus milestone reviews |
| Ownership | Often held in the agency's own accounts | Code and accounts always in your name |
| After launch | Usually fixes billed by the hour | 30 days of fixes included |
Typical = common practice, which varies by agency. Indicative rates.
See the full comparisonHow we work
A transparent process from first call to launch
You always know what is happening, what it costs and what comes next.
Discovery call
We learn your goals and constraints, then give a straight answer on fit, budget and timeline.
30 minutesProposal and agreed price
Scope, milestones and price in writing, shaped around your budget, with the named team who will do the work.
2 to 4 daysDesign
Wireframes and Figma designs reviewed together. Nothing gets built until you approve it.
1 to 3 weeksBuild in weekly sprints
Working software every week on staging, with a walkthrough and a shared channel.
2 to 12 weeksLaunch and handover
QA, performance and accessibility checks, then deployment into accounts you own.
1 weekSupport and growth
30 days of fixes included, then optional retainers so the work keeps compounding.
Ongoing
Pricing
Packages for AEO and GEO services
Flexible on scope. Firm on price. Prices are indicative starting points: we shape the plan around your budget, and once we agree in writing, the price does not change.
AI Search Check
A one-off look at where you stand. Good if you want facts before you decide on a longer plan.
Tell us your budgetTell us your budgetTell us your budget
Price agreed in writing before work starts
- 20 to 30 buyer prompts tested across four AI tools
- Saved answers and a list of cited sources
- Check of crawl access, Bing indexing and schema
- Written findings and a ranked fix list
- A call to walk through it
AI Search Foundation
For businesses that want the fixes done. We rebuild the pages and facts the assistants read.
Tell us your budgetTell us your budgetTell us your budget
Price agreed in writing before work starts
- Everything in AI Search Check
- Answer-first rewrite of up to 5 key pages (scope agreed in writing)
- Brand fact sheet applied across site and listings
- Schema markup and FAQ sections
- Google Business Profile clean-up and review routine
- One re-test of the full prompt set
AI Search Monthly
For teams that want steady work and a regular read on how the assistants treat them.
Tell us your budgetTell us your budgetTell us your budget
Price agreed in writing before work starts
- Monthly prompt test with a saved log
- New answer-first pages or updates each month
- Third-party mention outreach, genuine only
- Review and Business Profile upkeep
- Monthly written note and a short call
What we do not promise
We cannot promise that ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity or Google will name you, link to you or rank you. You cannot buy a place in an AI answer, answers differ by person and by day, and the systems change without notice. We promise the work: the tests, the fixes, the schedule and an honest report of what moved and what did not.
Quick answers
About cost and timing
The things people ask right after they see a price.
AEO is about a single question: your page gives the direct answer, so it can be lifted into a snippet, a voice reply or the first line of an AI answer. GEO is about the whole picture: what an assistant knows and says about your business when it writes a paragraph. Most of the work overlaps, so we plan them together and report on both.
It depends on how many pages and locations are involved and how much clean-up your listings need. The three packages on this page are indicative, and we agree one fixed price in writing before starting. We can shape the scope around your budget, for example by starting with the check only.
How we contract
Clear terms, before you spend anything
The commercial side in plain words. The full wording is in our terms, and your proposal sets the details.
- A written proposal comes firstScope, deliverables, milestones, price and timeline, in writing. Work starts when you accept it.
- The price does not moveOnce agreed, the number in the proposal is the number on the invoice. Changes to scope are quoted as a written change request and only built once you approve them.
- You pay by milestoneProjects are paid in milestones set in your proposal. No project is billed in full upfront. Invoices are payable within 14 days unless your agreement says otherwise.
- You own the workCode, designs and accounts are registered to your company from day one. We keep our own pre-existing tools and methods.
- No lock-inEither side can end a project with written notice, and you pay for the work done up to then. Retainers run month to month with 30 days written notice.
- 30 days of fixes after launchDefects in what we delivered are fixed for 30 days after launch. New features and third-party changes are quoted separately.
AEO & GEO FAQ
Questions about AEO and GEO services
The things people ask before they book. If yours is missing, ask us on a call or on WhatsApp.
Still have a question?
Thirty minutes with us usually answers everything, including whether we are the right fit.
You cannot rank in the way you rank on Google, because ChatGPT writes an answer and chooses its own sources. What you can do is make sure OAI-SearchBot is not blocked in your robots.txt, as OpenAI's bot documentation says blocked sites will not appear in ChatGPT search answers. Then make your pages specific and quotable, keep your facts consistent, and earn mentions elsewhere.
No. Google's documentation on AI features in Search says there are no additional requirements and no special schema.org markup for these features. A page has to be indexed and eligible to show with a snippet. We still add schema, because it helps Google understand the page, but we never sell it as an AI shortcut.
We agree a fixed list of 20 to 30 questions your buyers ask, then run the same list in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI answers on a set schedule. Each answer is saved with the date, whether you were named, what was said and which sources were cited. A fixed list matters: it lets us compare month to month instead of reacting to one lucky answer.
You own the rewritten pages, the schema code, the fact sheet, the prompt-test log and every saved answer. Your Google Business Profile stays in your name and we only ask for manager access. If we stop, the tracking sheet keeps working and your team can re-run the same prompts without us.
Yes, and local is where we start. Many assistants answer local questions from your Google Business Profile, reviews and directory listings, so those get fixed first. We write local prompts the way people phrase them, such as a request for a clinic or an agency near a named area, and test those in particular.
Ready to start your AEO & GEO project?
Thirty minutes is enough to tell you the approach, the budget range and the timeline.
Also from us
Other services
AEO & GEO work is most often combined with SEO & search visibility, web development, personal branding and social media management & brand growth.
Guides
Guides on AEO and GEO services
Plain-English answers to the questions people ask before they hire. Each one links back here.
- SEO & Local Search7 min read
AEO Checklist for Small Businesses: 15 Fixes (2026)
An AEO checklist for small businesses: 15 fixes across pages, facts, markup, Google Business Profile and proof, so one clear answer can be lifted.
Read
Contact
Tell us about your AEO & GEO project
Share the goal, the constraints and any deadlines. We reply within 12 hours with a clear next step.
- Emailhello@astrafolio.com
- WhatsAppChat with us
- Phone+91 86302 44504
- HoursMonday to Saturday, 09:00–21:00 India time. That's 07:30–19:30 in Dubai, so we're online for your whole working day. Every message gets a reply within 12 hours.
Prefer to talk first?
Pick a 30-minute slot in your time zone. No preparation needed.
Book a discovery callLet's build it together
Book a call, message us on WhatsApp or ask for a project estimate. Whichever is easiest.