Services · SEO + GEO

Win the click today, and the AI answer beside it.

Search engine optimization that fills the showroom, plus generative engine optimization that makes your store the answer when shoppers ask ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity which dealer to trust.

The Case for Organic

Why SEO still wins, and why most dealer SEO doesn't.

68%
of U.S. Google searches end without a click (Jan to Apr 2026)
360
clicks per 1,000 U.S. Google searches go to organic results; about 10 go to ads
8%
of searches with an AI summary get a click on a result, vs. 15% without one
Sources: SparkToro, U.S. zero-click study, Jan to Apr 2026 (Similarweb clickstream) (68%); SparkToro and Datos, 2024 zero-click study (360 organic vs. about 10 paid clicks per 1,000 searches; paid clicks undercounted by ad blockers in the panel); Pew Research Center, July 2025, 900 U.S. adults (8% vs. 15%).
Where dealer SEO fails

Cookie-cutter content

Most providers ship templated pages that swap in a local term but never differentiate your store.

Where dealer SEO fails

Too few new pages

Most vendors publish one or two pages a month, not enough to move rankings. We publish up to 15.

Where dealer SEO fails

A secondary offering

For most agencies, SEO is a side service. Our SEO partner built their company on it.

Generative Engine Optimization

Shoppers still Google. Now they ask AI, too.

The search results page still matters. But more and more, the answer is written before shoppers reach it, and most dealers are invisible in that answer.

25%
of new-vehicle buyers used AI sites or AI overviews to shop (19% of all buyers)
83%
of consumers say the rise of AI will change how they buy a car
138%
year-over-year growth in AI-referred traffic to retail sites (May 2026)
54%
higher conversion rate from AI-referred visitors than from non-AI sources
Sources: Cox Automotive, 2025 Car Buyer Journey Study, 2,300 consumers, published Jan 2026 (25%, 19%, 83%); Adobe Analytics, May 2026, U.S. retail sites (138%, 54%).
Traditional SEO
Objective: rank on a results page
Unit of work: keywords and pages
Content model: volume wins
Measurement: rankings and clicks
Generative Engine Optimization
Objective: be the answer AI engines give
Unit of work: entities, citations, and structured data
Content model: authority wins. Humans write, AI researches
Measurement: citation rate and share of voice, engine by engine
Proof

From invisible to cited by every engine.

A case study from one dealership's GEO program. Before launch, the store did not appear in AI answers for the questions shoppers ask before a visit. Within months it was cited across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews, alongside gains in traditional search.

+109%
AI citation growth for the dealership in this case study
+321%
content impression growth across engines
Google AI Mode
98%
AI Overviews
95%
ChatGPT
81%
Share of tracked shopper questions where the client is cited, by engine.
GEO Lifts Paid Media Too
Paid-search conversions+44.6%same budget
Cost per conversion−23%
New search terms12,653
Conquest conversions+267%
Measured after 44 GEO assets went live, with zero changes to campaign structure, bidding, or creative.
Paid media stops when you stop paying. Every page, citation, and review here compounds.
Next Step

Find out what AI says about your store.

We'll run a free visibility scan: how often ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google's AI recommend your store, and your competitors, for the questions shoppers actually ask.