Found on Google, named by AI

When someone searches for what you do, or asks ChatGPT or Google's AI who to call, the answer comes from sites that cover the subject properly and that search engines can read. Compound SEO & GEO looks after that every month: the technical side, your service pages, new articles, and what the AI assistants say about your business. The three articles below are from this site.

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Where it
shows up

In Google results, in the answers people get from AI assistants, and on your own site under your name. Every page and article is built for all three, and the monthly report tracks which of them it has reached.

Perplexity example
Asked "what geo costs an australian business in 2026"
Cited Ccompound-co.com.au/blog/generative-engine-optimisation-pricing-australia/
Among 2 of 4 sources

Quoted by the assistants people ask

When someone asks ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google's AI who to call, the answer is assembled from a handful of pages and names them. A page written to be lifted, on a site the crawlers can read, is what gets picked. The examples above use this site's latest articles.

Fig 1.1

Indexed by Google

Plain HTML, the schema underneath, internal links already in place. Google usually indexes it within days and ranks it as the coverage around it grows.

Fig 1.2

Quoted by AI assistants

Assistants lift passages, not pages. Headings phrased as the question is asked, paragraphs that stand on their own, and a named author underneath.

Fig 1.3

Yours, on your site

Published straight to your domain and linked into your service pages, so the authority builds where you sell. Nothing to license, nothing that leaves with us.

SEO,
looked after

Each month starts from your Search Console data: which searches you show up for, which pages get seen but not clicked, and which are slipping. The work goes where that data points, across the site and your Google Business Profile.

  1. 01A site Google can readSpeed, indexing, crawler access, broken links and structured data.
  2. 02Pages that win the clickTitles and descriptions, service and suburb pages, internal links.
  3. 03Local signalsGoogle Business Profile posts and details, and the same business details everywhere you are listed.
this monthsearch consoleexample month
site  local electrician · Cairns
a site google can read
01 2 broken links repaired✓
02 business schema fixed, licence number added✓
03 new suburb page submitted for indexing✓
pages that win the click
04 titles rewritten on 3 pages seen but not clicked✓
05 suburb page added for Edge Hill✓
06 service pages linked from 4 articles✓
local signals
07 Google Business Profile post✓
08 opening hours matched on 3 directories✓
→ next · rebuild the switchboard page opening

Named when
people ask AI

Each month we ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI the questions your customers ask, in their words, and record who gets named and which pages get cited. Where the answers leave you out, that is where the next article or page goes.

  1. 01The questions, not the keywordsWhat people in your area actually ask, from Search Console, Google and local forums.
  2. 02Who gets named todayWhich businesses the assistants recommend, and which pages they quote.
  3. 03What closes the gapA page, an article, a fix to how your business is described, decided on that evidence.
ai checkcitationsexample month
asked  "switchboard upgrade cost cairns"
ChatGPT  names 3 electriciansyou: no
Perplexity  cites a directory and 2 sitesyou: no
Google AI  quotes a price rangeyou: cited
no answer gives a price for a full switchboard
asked  "emergency electrician edge hill"
ChatGPT  names 2 electriciansyou: named
Perplexity  cites 2 sitesyou: no
Google AI  lists 3 businessesyou: named
asked  "who installs ev chargers in cairns"
ChatGPT  names 2 installersyou: no
Perplexity  cites a council pageyou: no
Google AI  lists 2 businessesyou: no
→ next · switchboard page with price ranges and FAQs

Coverage of
a subject

A body of linked articles on one subject, worked through in order, is what search engines and AI assistants treat as authority. Each new piece strengthens the ones already there. The topic plan sets that order: which subjects your business can own, and what comes next.

This is this site's own plan, live from the blog. The last column shows which service pages each article links into.

topic planclusters● live
articlepublishedstatuslinks into
Is Local SEO Worth It for an Australian Business in 2026? 19 Oct ✓ live —
What GEO Costs an Australian Business in 2026 13 Oct ✓ live geo
How to Choose an AI Agency in Australia: What to Ask First 12 Oct ✓ live ai
Is Your Business Ready for an AI Agent? What to Check First 05 Oct ✓ live ai
Which AI Agent Platform Should Your Business Build On? 28 Sept ✓ live ai
How to Choose an AI Agent for Your Business 21 Sept ✓ live ai
next in rotation · automation—researching—

Written to be read,
built to be cited

AI assistants quote passages, not pages. Every article and page we write has headings that match how the question is asked, paragraphs that stand on their own when lifted, and structured data saying who wrote it and what it covers.

  1. 01H2s match the question as askedSo the passage under each one can be lifted as an answer.
  2. 02Schema underneathBlogPosting and FAQ data naming the author, the date and what it covers.
  3. 03Plain HTMLAI crawlers read it without running anything.
/blog/how-to-measure-your-ai-search-visibility/html · 6 min

SEO + GEO · 10 Sep 2026 · Joshua Schubert

How to Measure Your AI Search Visibility

Most businesses have no idea whether ChatGPT or Google's AI Overviews mention them. Here is how to measure it, and when a tool is worth it.

H2Checking it by hand in twenty minutes

Ask the assistant the question your customers ask, in their words, and note which businesses it names and which pages it cites. Do it once a month with the same ten questions, and you have a measure you can track over time.

stands on its own when lifted
H2When a tool is worth paying for
schema BlogPostingFAQPagePersonBreadcrumbList

What moved,
what comes next

Each month, a short report: what was done, which pages Google has indexed, where you rank for the searches that bring work, what the AI assistants said about you, and what comes next. The plan follows the evidence.

Three months is the floor before there is much to look at, because that is how long indexing and trust take.

monthly reportpagescitationsseptember · month 9
indexed by Googleappearing in AI answers
2published this month
2 of 2indexed by Google
1appearing in AI answers
18 of 18total indexed
NextThe automation pillar is thin, two articles there before returning to GEO.

One plan,
SEO and GEO

Everything listed below is included every month, for one price. What gets done first follows your search data and the monthly AI check.

Compound SEO & GEO
$1,500per month

Search and AI visibility looked after for one business and its service area.

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  • Technical SEO: speed, indexing and crawler access
  • Titles and descriptions rewritten where pages are seen but not clicked
  • Service and suburb pages built and improved
  • New articles on the questions your customers ask
  • Internal links and structured data across the site
  • Google Business Profile kept current, with regular posts
  • Business details kept consistent across directories
  • A monthly check of what ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI say about you
  • Older articles refreshed when they slip
  • A monthly report and the plan for next month

AUD, excluding GST. Three-month minimum, then 30 days notice either way. Google and Meta ads are Compound Marketing, from $1,490 a month, or from $2,990 a month together with SEO & GEO.

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Be the one that gets cited

Before you commit to anything monthly, we check where your business stands: what Google shows for your main searches, and what the AI assistants say when someone asks for what you do. That check sets the first three months.

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