GEO / AEO · AI-Native Service

Be the answer AI gives.

Salient is the operating system of a generative-engine-optimization agency. We track and grow your brand’s citations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Google AI Overviews — and turn AI visibility into a number you can manage.

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Visibility tracked across

  • ChatGPT
  • Perplexity
  • Google AI Overviews
  • Gemini
  • Claude
  • Copilot

Citations, not positions

The 2026 metric is whether the engine names you — measured per prompt, per surface, against your competitors.

Ground-truth measurement

Official vendor APIs for real citation checks, aggregators for historical share-of-voice. No scraping, no guesswork.

A repeatable system

Six phases from discovery to monitoring, run by specialized agents with a human approval gate on everything that ships.

How Salient works

A clear path from “invisible to AI” to “the cited default” in your niche.

  1. PHASE 0

    Discovery

    We map where you stand today — which prompts already cite you, which cite competitors, and where the gaps are.

  2. PHASE 1

    Technical hygiene

    Crawlability for AI agents, rendering, schema, IndexNow. If the engines can’t read you, nothing else matters.

  3. PHASE 2

    Content

    Answer-first, E-E-A-T-backed pillar and supporting pages built to be extracted and cited, not just ranked.

  4. PHASE 3

    Outreach

    Earning the third-party mentions and discussions that LLMs lean on when they form an opinion.

  5. PHASE 4

    Schema & structure

    Structured data that makes your facts machine-legible and quotable across every surface.

  6. PHASE 5

    Monitor

    Continuous tracking of citations and share-of-voice, with refresh cycles that compound the gains.

Frequently asked

What is GEO / AEO?
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) are the practice of making your brand the cited, trusted source inside AI answers — in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Google AI Overviews — rather than just a blue link in classic search.
How is this different from SEO?
Classic SEO optimizes for ranked positions on a results page. In 2026 the metric that moves revenue is citation status: whether the AI names you when it answers. Salient measures and grows that directly, surface by surface.
Which AI surfaces do you track?
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Claude and Copilot — via official vendor APIs for ground-truth citation checks, plus aggregators for historical share-of-voice trends.
How do you measure results?
Two numbers: citation status (does the engine cite you for the prompts that matter) and share-of-voice (how often, versus competitors). Every engagement starts from a discovery baseline so progress is measurable.

See where you stand in AI search

Start with a discovery baseline: which prompts cite you, which cite your competitors, and what it takes to close the gap.

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