Generative Engine Optimization · DACH

Generative Engine Optimization for German-language AI answers.

When a buyer in Germany asks an AI in German, it answers from German sources. Your English rankings don't decide that. We make your brand the one it names — and we measure it per engine.

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AI Visibility Index · 30D

63/100 17 of 31 tracked prompts cite the brand

0 leads pulled in

ChatGPT

41% +14 pts

Named + cited

Gemini

29% +6 pts

Named

Perplexity

22% +3 pts

Named

Core = your brand
Inner layer = SEO pages
Outer orbits = one per AI engine
Dots = prompts, green = cited
Gold = buyers searching

40+ Companies run on our systems

Official Google Partner

SEO, GEO and AEO in one report

01 · The gap

A German prompt pulls German sources.

Answer engines reply in the language they were asked in, from sources in that language. That single mechanic is why global authority does not transfer into the DACH answer layer.

28.3%

of ChatGPT's most-cited pages have zero organic visibility in Google. Ranking and being cited are two different games.

Source: Ahrefs, 2026

58%

citation probability in Google AI Overviews at position 1 — dropping to 14% at position 10. The gap between list and answer keeps widening.

Source: AI Overviews study, 2026

2028

is when McKinsey expects nearly every second search query to run through generative AI. The shift is a timeline now, not a forecast.

Source: McKinsey

01

Translation isn't optimization.

German buyers phrase questions differently and weigh different proof. Translated content carries your words, not their search behaviour.

02

Your entity isn't defined in German.

If no German-language source states clearly who you are and what you sell, the engines have nothing to cite you for.

03

Nobody is measuring it.

Most reporting stops at rankings. Without a tracked prompt set per engine, German AI visibility is a guess.

02 · The stack

SEO. GEO. AEO.
Three layers, one system.

Classic search, generative engines and direct answers score different signals. We build all three off the same content base — in German.

Comparison of the three optimization layers: target metric, signals and moment of visibility.
Criterion	Classic SEOThe results list	GEOGenerative Engine Optimization	AEOAnswer Engine Optimization
Target metric	Ranking in Google's results list	Named & cited inside the AI answer	The direct answer and Google AI Overviews
Success means	Clicks to your website	Visibility without a click (zero-click)	Citation-ready passages
Signals	Keywords, technical, backlinks	Structured data, entity signals, mentions	Clean schema, trusted entity signals
Visible when	someone searches	someone asks the AI	nobody has scrolled yet

03 · Any platform

We work inside the stack you already run.

No migration, no replatforming. Your site stays where it is — we optimise in place and report in English while working in German.

WordPress
Shopify
Webflow
ALL ONE
TYPO3
Wix
Custom / Headless

04 · Machine-readable

Don't take our word.
Ask the engines.

This is the markdown context of this page — the same version an AI reads first. Copy it, or hand the URL straight to a model and have it check the SEO and GEO of this landing page.

/seo-geo-en.md

As a file: /seo-geo-en.md /llms.txt

Each button opens the model with an audit brief for this URL only: fetch first, then show what it read, then score SEO and GEO and name the three highest-impact fixes.

Ask ChatGPT → Needs browsing enabled Ask Claude → Needs web search enabled Ask Perplexity → Fetches the page directly

2×

A client's revenue doubled in one year. Visibility as a system, not by chance — the same method that makes this page machine-readable.

05 · Free & no obligation

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We check where you stand in German-language AI answers and on Google, then come back with concrete starting points. No pressure.

Whether German AI answers name your brand
Where you stand on google.de — and where you don't
The 3 biggest levers for the DACH market

06 · FAQ

German-market AI visibility — frequently asked.

Why does German-language AI visibility need its own work?

Answer engines respond in the language of the prompt, drawing on sources in that language. A German prompt pulls German sources. English-only content, however authoritative, is far less likely to be cited in a German answer — so ranking in the US tells you very little about whether you are named in Germany.

Do you work with companies outside Germany?

Yes. Most of our English-speaking clients are international brands that sell into Germany, Austria and Switzerland and want to be present when buyers there ask an AI in German. We work in English with your team and in German on your content.

Is translating our existing content enough?

No, and this is the most common mistake. Translation carries the words but not the search behaviour: German buyers use different phrasing, ask different questions and weigh different proof. Content that gets cited in German is researched for the German market, not translated into it.

How do you measure AI visibility?

We define a fixed set of prompts your buyers realistically ask, then check per engine, on a schedule, whether your brand is named and whether it is linked as a source. That produces an answer share per engine over time. Classic rankings from Google Search Console and rank tracking run in the same report.

What is the difference between SEO, GEO and AEO?

SEO optimises for placement in Google's results list and the click that follows. GEO optimises for being named and cited inside a generated answer. AEO focuses more narrowly on direct answers and Google AI Overviews. They share a content base but score different signals, which is why a page can rank first and still be absent from AI answers.

Which platforms can you work on?

WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, ALL ONE, TYPO3, Wix and custom or headless setups. Your site stays where it is — we optimise inside your existing stack.

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