Don't Just Rank.Become the Answer in ChatGPT, Perplexity & Gemini.
We engineer the exact citations, content, and authority signals that make LLMs recommend your brand, then tie every AI-sourced visit directly to revenue. Powered by our proprietary 6-dimension GEO Audit and F.I.N.D.S. methodology.
Citation share across LLMs
Inchcape Macau
300%
AI recommendation lift
The Japan Times
#1
Publisher cited by AI · 90 days
Proven Results
Trusted by Global Brands
Real AI visibility improvements for enterprises across APAC and beyond.
PCCW
Telecommunications
AI citation share increased across ChatGPT and Gemini
1O1O
Premium Mobile Services
Enhanced brand entity recognition in AI responses
SunLife
Financial Services
Improved AI-driven recommendation visibility
Inchcape Macau
Toyota & Lexus Automotive
300% increase in AI-driven recommendations within 90 days
The Japan Times
Media & Publishing
#1 publisher cited by AI · 90 days
2026 Outlook
The 2026 AI Search Landscape
AI search is no longer experimental. In 2026, it is the primary discovery channel for B2B decisions, consumer purchases, and brand trust.
Data Sources
The Shift
The New Search: From a List of Links to a Single Answer
For years, SEO meant getting your link on Page 1. That era is ending. Today, millions of users get their answers directly from AI. If the AI doesn't perceive your brand as the most authoritative source, it simply will not recommend you.
Fit Assessment
Who This Works For. And Who It Doesn't.
We would rather tell you now than waste both our time.
A Good Fit If You Are...
- A B2B company with product-market fit looking to capture AI-driven demand
- Running SEO but not showing up in AI answers or AI-sourced pipeline
- Looking to accelerate inbound visibility, not build from scratch
- In a category where most competitors still ignore LLM visibility
- Tired of agencies that hand you a 'strategy doc' and disappear
- An enterprise seeking a fully customised GEO audit based on industry needs
Not the Right Fit If...
- Pre-product-market fit and still figuring out your ICP
- Looking for vanity 'AI visibility scores' disconnected from revenue
- Expecting measurable results in under 60 days without doing the work
- Not willing to invest in content and authority as part of the program
- Unwilling to implement technical recommendations (schema, structured data)
Methodology
Our Proprietary F.I.N.D.S. Framework
A meticulously designed, five-stage process that guides the entire lifecycle of building AI-ready content and cultivating pervasive digital authority. Each stage builds upon the last, ensuring that every aspect of your digital presence is optimized not just for search engines, but for the sophisticated comprehension models of AI.
Fetchability
Ensuring AI Can Find You. Technical foundation ensuring AI crawlers can access, parse, and index your content perfectly. Schema markup, consistent business data, clean architecture, and machine-readable formats.
Information Structuring
Making Your Content Citable. Structure AI-extractable content into quotable blocks — definition-first paragraphs, comparison tables, cited statistics, and semantic markup that LLMs can confidently reference.
Notability & Verification
Proving Your Credibility. Build entity authority through co-citations, expert authorship, digital PR, third-party validation signals, and verifiable trust markers that AI systems weigh heavily.
Definitive Entity
Becoming an Unambiguous Source. Establish clear, unambiguous brand entity signals across the knowledge graph, wikidata, and authoritative directories so AI never confuses you with competitors.
Signal Synchronization
Maintaining Consistency of Truth. Track citation share across LLMs, monitor AI hallucinations, synchronize NAP and brand signals across all platforms, and measure the invisible influence of AI on your traffic.
GEO Audit Report
Our 6-dimension diagnostic: AI Citability, Content Quality, E-E-A-T, Technical GEO, Brand Authority, Platform Optimization. Each scored 0-100.
The 4 Pillars of Modern SEO
Technical Foundation
Schema markup, Core Web Vitals, clean architecture
Authoritative Content
Deep 'Answer Assets' with proprietary data and insights
Trust Layer (SEvO)
Co-citations, community engagement, third-party reviews
Strategic Intelligence
AI visibility audits and citation share tracking
Enterprise
Fully Customised Enterprise GEO Audits
For enterprise clients, Mercury provides fully customised GEO audits based on industry needs. Adjustable dimension weights, industry-specific query sets, regulatory compliance layers, expanded competitive benchmarking (up to 10 competitors), and executive board reporting.
Process
From Audit to AI Authority in 90 Days
A proven 4-phase process that transforms your GEO Audit insights into measurable AI visibility improvements.
GEO Audit & Discovery
We run our 6-dimension GEO Audit to establish your baseline AI visibility score, identify hallucinations, and map competitive gaps.
Strategy & Roadmap
Based on audit findings, we build a customised F.I.N.D.S. implementation plan with prioritised quick wins and long-term authority building.
Implementation Sprint
We execute technical fixes, content restructuring, schema deployment, citation building, and platform-specific optimizations.
Monitor & Optimise
Continuous citation share tracking, AI hallucination monitoring, and monthly GEO Score reporting with clear ROI attribution.
Early citation signals typically show within 60-90 days. Measurable pipeline impact within a full 90-day sprint.
Before You Book
Questions marketing leads always ask us
Can't find your answer? Book a 30-minute call. No pitch deck, just an honest conversation about whether LLM SEO makes sense for your category.
What is LLM SEO, exactly?
LLM SEO is the practice of engineering your brand to be recommended by AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude, and measuring that visibility against actual revenue impact. It is different from Google SEO. LLMs do not rank pages; they rank brands they have been trained to trust, based on citation frequency, entity clarity, source credibility, and content depth.
Why can't my current SEO agency just do this?
Most SEO agencies are built around Google signals: content volume, backlinks, technical health. LLM visibility requires a different approach: citation engineering, entity optimization, source-level PR, and cross-platform monitoring. Adding 'GEO' to a Google SEO retainer typically means rebranding the same deliverables. Our proprietary 6-dimension GEO Audit and F.I.N.D.S. framework were purpose-built for AI search since 2022.
How do you measure this in a way I can show leadership?
We provide a composite GEO Score (0-100) from our 6-dimension audit, citation share tracking across all major LLMs, AI hallucination reports, and pipeline attribution. Every recommendation ties back to measurable AI visibility metrics and business outcomes — not vanity scores.
How long until I can show results upstream?
Early citation signals (appearing where you previously did not) typically show within 60 to 90 days. For measurable pipeline impact, budget a full 90-day sprint. Our client Inchcape Macau saw a 300% increase in AI-driven recommendations within 90 days.
Do you replace our SEO program or add to it?
Either. Many clients run LLM SEO alongside their existing Google SEO. The citation content and authority signals we build often improve Google performance too. For clients without an existing program, we run the full stack. We will tell you what makes sense in the discovery call.
What is the commitment?
90-day sprint cycles. We do not lock you into 12-month contracts before proving results. If the first sprint does not show clear citation movement, we will not ask you to continue. That is the standard we hold ourselves to.
Is LLM SEO the same as GEO or AEO?
Overlapping terms for the same problem. GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) and AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) both describe optimizing for AI-generated answers. We use LLM SEO because the mechanics — citation engineering, entity optimization, source-level PR — are closest to how practitioners think. The goal is identical: get your brand recommended by AI tools, tied to pipeline.
Can you customise the GEO audit for our industry?
Absolutely. Our Enterprise GEO Audit Program offers fully customised audits based on industry needs. We adjust dimension weights, build industry-specific query sets, add regulatory compliance layers, benchmark against up to 10 competitors, and deliver board-level reporting. Talk to our team to configure an audit tailored to your industry.