San Francisco · AI search (GEO)
GEO agency in San Francisco for the vendor shortlists AI writes
Your buyers ask AI tools to compare vendors. We help make sure your product is on the list, and described correctly.
- The real AI answers, word for word
- The competitors named instead of you
- Most fixes are one-time jobs
Businesses we work with today
Your buyers ask AI to compare vendors for them
Technical buyers in the Bay Area increasingly ask AI tools questions like “what are the best alternatives to a given product” or “which tools integrate with our stack”. The answer is a short list with reasons, and many buyers only look closely at the names on it.
Those answers come from two places. Some is what the model learned during training, which changes slowly. The rest comes from pages the tool retrieves live, such as comparison articles, documentation, reviews and forums. We work on both, starting with the sources you can change quickly.
What we fix in your AI visibility
AI crawlers blocked by accident
Some sites block crawlers such as GPTBot or PerplexityBot in robots.txt, or hide key pages behind scripts. We check what each tool can actually read and open up what should be public.
Missing from comparison sources
AI answers about alternatives lean on review sites, comparison articles and community threads. We find the ones cited in your category and work to get your product represented fairly.
Your name never comes up
Buyers ask for a shortlist and get three names. If yours isn’t one of them, you never even hear about the deal you lost.
AI gets what you do wrong
Old services, the wrong location, a product you dropped years ago. We trace where each mistake comes from and correct it at the source.
Pages AI can’t quote
Long, vague pages give AI nothing useful to repeat. We add clear answers, specific facts and names that it can pick up and use.
No way to see AI traffic
Most analytics setups lump AI visits in with everything else. We set up tracking so you can see exactly who arrives from AI tools.
AI search services in San Francisco: what the work includes
Some call it GEO and some call it AEO, but the goal is simple: when a buyer asks an AI tool who to hire, it names you. More on our AI search approach.
AI visibility audit
We ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude the questions your buyers ask, and save every answer along with its sources.
A clear business description
Your pages say plainly what you do, who you help and where you work, so AI tools don’t have to guess.
The same details everywhere
Your name, services and locations made consistent across your website, your profiles and every business listing.
Listed where AI looks
We get you onto the directories, review sites and publications that these tools pull their answers from.
Pages that answer the question
Clear, direct answers to what your buyers ask, written in a way that AI tools can quote accurately.
Schema markup
Structured data that tells machines what your business is, what it sells and who stands behind it.
Monthly answer tracking
The same questions asked again every month across four AI tools, with your results shown next to your competitors.
AI visits in your analytics
GA4 set up to show which visitors arrived from an AI tool. More on analytics and tracking.
Why Bay Area teams choose Oneskai for AI search
We explain the mechanism, not magic
You get a clear view of which answers depend on live retrieval and which on training data, so your team knows what can change this month and what takes longer.
You read the real answers
We send you what each AI tool actually said, word for word, so you can judge the gap yourself rather than rely on our summary of it.
No promises we can’t keep
Nobody can make an AI tool say your name. We change what it finds about you, and we measure the result every month.
Built on solid SEO
Much of the groundwork is shared with SEO in San Francisco, and we plan both together so you never pay for the same work twice.
How we work: ask, fix, publish, track
- A few days
Ask
We put your buyers’ real questions to four AI tools and save every answer, together with the sources behind it.
- Month 1
Fix the basics
Your business description, profiles, listings and schema are made clear and consistent everywhere.
- Months 2–3
Publish and get listed
We add answer pages to your website and win mentions on the lists and review sites that AI tools trust.
- Every month
Track
We ask the same questions again, so you can see how often you are named compared with your competitors.
Some answers change within weeks of a fix, while others take months, because each AI tool updates what it knows at a different speed. We tell you which is which as we go.
Get your free AI visibility reportWhat you’ll see in your monthly report
We ask the same questions in the same way every month, so a change in the numbers really means a change in the answers.
| Metric | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| How often you’re named | Out of every answer we collect, how many mention your business. |
| Where you appear | Whether you are the first name in the answer, or an afterthought at the end. |
| Accuracy | Whether AI describes your services, location and prices correctly. |
| Sources | The pages and websites each answer came from, so you know what to change. |
| Competitors | Who gets named instead of you, and how often it happens. |
| Visits from AI tools | Traffic and enquiries from ChatGPT, Perplexity and others, taken from GA4. |
Rated by clients on public review sites
These scores come from public profiles you can open and check yourself. The reviews below are quoted word for word from GoodFirms, where clients post them directly.
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Who we help in San Francisco
We are the best fit for tech companies whose buyers research and compare vendors before they talk to sales.
- B2B SaaSProducts compared in “best tools” and “alternatives” answers. See SaaS AI search.
- AI and developer toolsProducts developers discover by asking AI assistants which library or platform to use.
- FintechFinancial products where accurate AI descriptions protect both trust and compliance.
- Health tech and life sciencesWhere incorrect AI answers carry real risk. See pharma AI search.
- B2B servicesAgencies and consultancies that tech companies shortlist through AI tools.
Who we’re not right for
If your product is so new that nobody has written about it yet, there is little for AI to find. We would suggest building your first reviews and coverage before GEO work.
Global questions, tested properly
Most Bay Area companies sell worldwide, so we test the questions your buyers ask in each main market, not only questions that mention San Francisco. We work with Bay Area teams remotely, with video calls whenever you need them.
How much does GEO cost in San Francisco?
Most of the work is a one-time job: fixing how your business is described and getting you listed where AI looks. It is not a monthly content bill.
We quote the work in writing after your free report, before you agree to anything. If you want us to keep asking the questions each month, we quote that separately.
If the report shows that your buyers don’t ask AI for recommendations, we will tell you, and suggest where your budget would do more good.
Get your free AI visibility report
Send us your website. We ask four AI tools the questions your buyers ask, and send you:
- Every question and answer, word for word
- How often you were named, and where
- The competitors named instead of you
- The sources behind each answer
- Anything AI gets wrong about you
- What to fix first
It’s yours to keep, whatever you decide next.
Not sure about budget? Choose “Not sure yet”, and the report will help you decide.
AI search questions from San Francisco businesses
What is generative engine optimization (GEO)?
GEO means making sure AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity can work out what you do, so they name you when someone asks for a recommendation. SEO fights for a place in a list of links, while GEO is about whether AI trusts what it finds about you enough to say your name.
How much does GEO cost in San Francisco?
It depends on how many products, categories and markets you need covered, and how much needs fixing. Most of the work is a one-time project, quoted in writing after your free report.
How do AI tools decide which vendors to recommend?
Partly from what the model learned during training, and partly from pages it retrieves when you ask, such as reviews, comparisons and documentation. The more consistent and credible those sources are about you, the more likely you are to be named.
Should we let AI crawlers access our website?
For public marketing pages, documentation and pricing, usually yes, if you want AI tools to describe you accurately. You can still block private areas. We review your robots.txt and explain each choice.
Can we track traffic from ChatGPT and Perplexity?
Partly. Some AI tools pass referral information that GA4 can capture, and we set up reports for it. Many people read the answer without clicking, which is why we also track how often you are named.
Is GEO the same as AEO?
Mostly. Answer engine optimization (AEO) began with featured snippets and voice search, and GEO is the newer name for AI tools that write their own answers. The work overlaps heavily: clear answers, clear facts and mentions on trusted websites.
Can anyone really change what AI says about me?
Not directly, and don’t trust anyone who says they can. What you can change is what AI finds when it looks you up: how your business is described, whether that description matches everywhere, and which trusted websites mention you.
How do you measure AI search visibility?
We ask the same questions on a schedule and save every answer. You see how often you are named, where you appear in the answer, and whether AI describes you correctly, month after month, next to your competitors.
Should we fix our normal SEO first?
Usually it is best to do both together, because much of the groundwork is the same. If your website has serious problems, fix those first, and we will tell you if that is where you are.