AI search optimisation for small businesses
AI search optimisation, also called AI SEO, GEO or AEO, is the work that gets your business named and cited when somebody asks ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini or Google's AI answers a question you can help with. It comes as one plan with SEO, from £500 a month.
Has this worked on a real site?
Yes. Each figure is from a site Fixr built.
What does AI search optimisation involve?
Six jobs, all inside the same monthly plan as your SEO. You may know it as AI SEO, GEO or AEO, and it is the same work.
We make sure the assistants can read your site
We let each AI search crawler in and get your pages indexed.
We check that each AI search crawler is allowed in, that your pages are indexed, and that the site is set up in Bing Webmaster Tools as well as Google Search Console. Google's AI answers only link to pages that are indexed and eligible to appear in Search, so this comes first. It is the first stage of The Fixr Method, the set of more than 600 checks for Google and AI search that every Fixr site is built to.
We build pages that are the answer
One question per page, answered in the first lines.
Each page answers one question, with the answer first and the detail underneath. UK Homesteading is built this way, and it makes up 78% of the sources Copilot cites for how to make bramble jelly.
We publish facts nobody else has
Your prices, your figures, local data and your results.
An assistant has plenty of pages saying the same thing to choose from, so we give yours something of its own. The area guides on Asbestos Specialists UK carry data nobody else publishes, and its citations rose from 267 a week to 2,307 a week across August and September 2026.
We state your prices and plain facts
What it costs, how long it takes and who it is for, in plain words.
A page that says what something costs, how long it takes and who it is for can be quoted. So your prices, or a from price, go on the page.
We keep one consistent record of your business
The same name, service and area on your site, your Google Business Profile and your listings.
We set up your directory and profile listings and keep them matching your website and your Google Business Profile. Wherever an assistant reads about you, it reads the same facts.
We measure it and show you every month
AI citations, visits from assistants and the enquiries behind them, in one report.
Your monthly report shows how often Microsoft's AI answers cited your site and which pages, taken from the AI Performance report in Bing Webmaster Tools. It also shows the visits sent by ChatGPT and the other assistants, and the enquiries that followed.
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One we built
UK Homesteading
Media brandUK Homesteading is 382 pages, each written to answer one question.
What we did
- Cited 12,900 times in 3 months, counted in Bing Webmaster Tools
- 78% of the sources Copilot cites for how to make bramble jelly, and 73% for piccalilli
- Named alongside Mary Berry as a trusted source in Copilot's piccalilli answer
Built with the same methods we sell.
See the full case studiesAI assistants quote pages that give a straight answer and show where the numbers come from. That is how I build every page, and every month you see how many times your site was cited.
Ben Criddle, owner of Fixr Systems
What happens next
Tell us about the business
What you sell, where, and what customers ask you most.
A fixed monthly figure
The plan and the price in writing before anything starts.
Month one
Crawler access, the research and the first answer pages.
Every month after
New pages, original data and your report.
Google says the best practices for SEO remain relevant for its AI features, and that a page must be indexed and eligible to show in Search to appear as a link in AI Overviews or AI Mode. Google Search Central, AI features and your website
What it costs
AI search optimisation is part of the SEO plan, which starts from £500 a month, rolling monthly, with no contract.
You get a fixed monthly figure before anything starts, and it does not change unless you ask for more.
What if AI search changes?
- It rests on the same foundations as SEO, so the work keeps its value as the assistants change.
- We will not promise you a citation, and we show you every month what was cited.
- It is rolling monthly, with a fixed figure agreed first.
Before you ask
What is an AI SEO agency?
An AI SEO agency does AI search optimisation: the work that gets a business named and cited by ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini and Google's AI answers. Fixr Systems does it as one plan with SEO, and shows the citation counts from its own builds, such as 12,900 for UK Homesteading in three months.
How much does AI SEO cost?
With Fixr, SEO and AI search are one plan from £500 a month, rolling monthly with no contract. You get a fixed monthly figure for your site before anything starts, and we respond to enquiries within two working days.
Is AI SEO the same as GEO and AEO?
Yes. AI SEO, generative engine optimisation (GEO) and answer engine optimisation (AEO) are different names for getting a business cited in AI answers. Whether you were looking for an AI SEO agency, a GEO agency or an AEO agency, Fixr calls it AI search optimisation and does it alongside SEO.
Is SEO still worth it with AI?
Yes. Google says the best practices for SEO remain relevant for its AI features, and a page has to be indexed in Search before an AI answer can link to it. That is why Fixr sells SEO and AI search as one plan.
How long does AI search optimisation take?
It varies by site. On Woodwork UK, ChatGPT sent its first visitor 7 days after launch and Copilot cited the site from day 19. On SV Autos the first ChatGPT visitor came on day 27, and on day 35 one filled in the enquiry form.
Which AI assistants do you optimise for?
ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode. The work is the same for all of them: pages an assistant can read, that answer the question and show where the figures come from. Microsoft reports citations to site owners through Bing Webmaster Tools, which is where the counts in your report come from.
How do you know it is working?
The monthly report shows citations from the AI Performance report in Bing Webmaster Tools, visits sent by ChatGPT and the other assistants, and the enquiries that followed. Those checks are part of The Fixr Method, which every build follows.
Ready when you are.
Written and kept up to date by Ben Criddle, owner of Fixr Systems.