Gemini & AI Mode Optimization
for your brand

Gemini & AI Mode optimization gets your brand cited, quoted, and recommended inside Gemini & AI Mode answers, where buyers now research before they ever open Google. We structure your content, entities, and off-site presence so the model pulls you into the response, not your competitor.

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  • Cited, not buried

    We get your brand into the answer Gemini and AI Mode return, not page two of the results.

  • Entity-first

    We build the entity signals models use to trust and quote a source.

  • Measured

    We track how often Gemini & AI Mode names and recommends you, before and after.

  • Full funnel

    From prompt research to content to citations, one team owns the outcome.

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Gemini & AI Mode Optimization

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1,800
Google AI Mode citations for one client, from zero Delta Medical Labs case study
18
Semrush AI Visibility score in July 2026, above every other private lab measured in the category Delta Medical Labs case study
1,186
keywords ranked #1 in Saudi Arabia, because AI answers are assembled from pages that already rank Delta Medical Labs case study

Why Classic SEO No Longer Delivers Full Results

Now users are finding answers without ever visiting websites

AI systems are taking a share of search traffic

Even ranking #1 in Google or Bing no longer guarantees clicks

Businesses lose the audience that's moving to AI

To keep and grow your traffic, you need to work not only with search but also with AI results, where users already make their decision

What Is GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)?

GEO, also written as AIO or LLMO, is the practice of optimizing your website for AI assistants and large language models. Where buyers used to click through a list of links, they now read one assembled answer that names only the sources the model chose.

SEO

Classic SEO

  1. The user enters a query

  2. Gets a list of websites

  3. Compares results manually

  4. Clicks through a link

GEO

GEO

  1. The user asks a question

  2. Gets a ready-made answer

  3. The AI chooses the sources itself

  4. Your brand needs to be inside the answer

Conclusion: if AI systems don't use your site as a source, users won't see it at all, even with strong rankings in regular search results

Gemini & AI Mode optimization is the practice of getting your brand named, quoted, and recommended inside Gemini & AI Mode’s answers. When a buyer asks Gemini & AI Mode for the best option in your category, it replies with a short list of specific brands, not ten links. The whole game is being on that list. That takes a playbook built on top of your SEO, not instead of it.

How Gemini & AI Mode decides who to cite

Gemini & AI Mode runs on Google’s index and Gemini writes the answer over it. Ranking earns you eligibility, structure earns you the citation. AI Mode also fans a single question out into many sub-queries, so a page that answers only the headline question loses to one that answers each part cleanly. Two things drive whether you show up: how clearly the web describes who you are and what you are best at, and whether your content is written so a model can lift a clean, factual answer from it. We work on both.

  • Entity clarity: a consistent, well-sourced identity across the web
  • Answer-ready content: direct, factual, easy to quote
  • Third-party trust: mentions and reviews on sources the model respects
  • Structured data: schema that states your facts in machine-readable form
  • Crawler access: llms.txt and clean indexation so AI can reach you

Signs your brand is losing ground inside Gemini & AI Mode

If several of these are true, start with our breakdown of the six reasons a site does not appear in AI search.

A quick gut check before the deeper breakdown below:

  • Your brand never comes up when someone asks Gemini & AI Mode about your category
  • Outdated or inaccurate details about your business show up in AI answers
  • A competitor gets named instead, even when you outrank them on Google
  • Pages written for search engines fall apart when a model tries to quote them
  • Signals outside your own site aren’t strong enough yet for the model to trust you

Where this matters most

This shows up hardest in categories where buyers compare options before they buy:

  • D2C and ecommerce brands
  • Enterprise organizations with multiple product lines
  • SaaS and technology companies
  • Brands with long, research-heavy buying cycles
  • Marketing and growth teams tracking share of voice in AI

The problems we fix most

Most brands are invisible to Gemini & AI Mode for the same few reasons. Knowing where to look is what turns months of guesswork into a focused plan.

Your brand is not a clear entity

If the web describes you inconsistently, or barely at all, the model has nothing solid to cite. We build your entity: consistent names and descriptions, Wikidata and profile signals, and credible mentions that confirm what you do and who you serve.

Your content cannot be quoted

Long, vague, and buried answers do not make it into a synthesized response. We restructure key pages answer-first, with clear definitions, direct claims, and FAQ and comparison sections a model can lift in one clean passage.

The sources Gemini & AI Mode trusts do not mention you

Models lean on reputable third-party sources. We earn mentions, reviews, and listings on the sites and communities that carry weight in your category, so the model sees you confirmed by more than your own website.

What is included

Research and audit

  • Gemini & AI Mode visibility audit against real buyer prompts
  • Entity and citation baseline for your brand
  • Competitor citation analysis
  • Prompt and query map for your category

Content and entities

  • Answer-first rewrites of priority pages
  • FAQ, definition, and comparison sections
  • Entity building on Wikidata, LinkedIn, and profiles
  • Schema and structured data

Authority and tracking

  • Mentions and reviews on trusted sources
  • llms.txt and AI crawler configuration
  • Citation and recommendation tracking over time
  • Refreshes to hold and grow your position

Who Gemini & AI Mode optimization is for

This service fits brands whose buyers now start their research inside AI assistants: SaaS and B2B software, healthcare, finance, e-commerce, professional services, and local businesses. If you are winning on Google but never named by Gemini & AI Mode, you are losing the buyers who ask the assistant first. That gap is exactly what this work closes.

How we work

You get a dedicated strategist, not a ticket queue. We run the audit, agree a baseline and priorities, do the entity and content work, earn the off-site signals, and track your citation rate against real prompts. Every task is logged, and you get a clear monthly report on where Gemini & AI Mode names you and where we are still pushing.

  • Audit and baseline against real prompts
  • Priorities agreed with you before work starts
  • Entity, content, and authority work delivered
  • Citation rate tracked and reported monthly

Results you can expect

The goal is a measurable rise in how often Gemini & AI Mode names and recommends you, and a matching lift across the other AI answer engines that use the same signals. Clients see their brand move from absent to mentioned, then from mentioned to recommended, on the prompts that matter to their pipeline.

  • Higher citation and recommendation rate in Gemini & AI Mode
  • Spillover visibility in ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews and Claude
  • A defensible entity that compounds over time
  • Clear reporting instead of guesswork

AI assistants are becoming the first place buyers ask. If Gemini & AI Mode is not naming your brand yet, the fix is deliberate, and it starts with knowing your baseline. Send us your site and we will run a free Gemini & AI Mode visibility audit.

Everything we measure is visible to you in the VOCTOS client portal, included in the engagement.

How Gemini and AI Mode actually work

What is specific to Gemini, and not true of the other engines

Every AI visibility page says the same things. These are the parts that only apply here.

How it works
What that means for your site
The control token
How it worksGoogle-Extended is a robots.txt token, not a crawler. Googlebot still crawls your site for Search either way.
What that means for your siteYou can be excluded from Gemini grounding while ranking perfectly well in Search, and nothing in Search Console will tell you it happened.
Where the answer comes from
How it worksGoogle’s index — the same one Search uses — plus the model’s own knowledge.
What that means for your siteIf a page is not indexed it cannot ground an answer. Indexation is the entry ticket here, not an optimization.
How it cites
How it worksLinks surfaced beside or beneath the generated answer, from the pages it grounded on.
What that means for your siteBeing in the ranking set is necessary and not sufficient. Being the clearest answer inside that set is what gets picked.
What it rewards
How it worksContent it can ground a specific claim in, from a page already trusted enough to rank.
What that means for your siteClassic SEO does the heavy lifting here. This is the engine where ignoring rankings costs you the most.
How to check
How it worksRun the query in AI Mode and note which sources it grounds on.
What that means for your siteIf competitors appear and you outrank them in the blue links, the gap is structure and clarity, not authority.

Gemini is the engine where the old discipline still decides the outcome. Rank first, then earn the grounding.

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Gemini & AI Mode is recommending your competitor.

When a buyer asks ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity who to hire in your category, one name comes up, and it's rarely yours. A free audit shows exactly where you stand and the three moves that put you in the answer.

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Gemini & AI Mode · today

Gemini & AI Mode recommends A competitor
Your brand Not cited

Gemini & AI Mode · after VOCTOS

Gemini & AI Mode recommends Your Brand Name
Your brand Cited ✓

↑ Same question, two outcomes

What’s Included in Our Gemini & AI Mode Optimization Services

VOCTOS' Gemini & AI Mode optimization services provide the strategy, technology, and ongoing support businesses need to improve their visibility in Gemini & AI Mode. As a leading Gemini & AI Mode optimization agency, we help clients increase citations, generate referral traffic, and track performance across AI-powered search experiences.

Improve your brand’s presence in Gemini & AI Mode responses through content optimization, technical SEO, digital PR, and authority-building strategies designed to increase citations and recommendations.

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Our process

How we get your brand cited in Gemini & AI Mode

Ranking and being cited are two different jobs. Our C.I.T.E.D. process works backwards from the answer itself — we find the prompts your buyers actually type, measure who Gemini & AI Mode names today, then rebuild your entity and off-site footprint until the model reaches for you instead of your competitor.

Step 01

We start from the prompts, then from the sub-queries behind them

AI Mode breaks one question into many sub-queries before it answers. We map both layers: what your buyers type, and what Google fans that out into. That combined set becomes the scoreboard.

  • Buyer-intent prompt research
  • Commercial vs. research prompt split
  • Baseline answer capture and archive

Start with step one: we'll run your brand through the prompts your buyers use and show you exactly where Gemini and AI Mode names you — and where it names someone else.

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What You Get from Gemini & AI Mode Optimization

Gemini & AI Mode optimization adds a new layer of visibility on top of your SEO, right where buyers ask for recommendations before they ever type a search query.

  1. 1

    Visibility inside Gemini & AI Mode

    Your brand shows up when buyers ask Gemini & AI Mode for recommendations in your category, not only when they search Google.

  2. 2

    More qualified mentions

    Gemini & AI Mode starts naming you as a trusted source instead of defaulting to whichever competitor already holds the citations.

  3. 3

    Traffic that arrives sold

    You gain visitors who already got their answer from Gemini & AI Mode and are checking you out because the model pointed them your way.

  4. 4

    Instant credibility

    Being the brand Gemini & AI Mode recommends carries more weight with buyers than a search result ever could.

  5. 5

    Coverage across more prompts

    We map the real questions your buyers ask and get you cited across that whole range, not just your top keyword.

  6. 6

    Works with your existing SEO

    Gemini & AI Mode optimization builds on your SEO foundation instead of competing with it, so nothing you've already invested gets wasted.

Case study · Healthcare · Saudi Arabia ChatGPT Same question, re-run monthly

“Which medical labs in Saudi Arabia can I actually trust for a full blood panel?”

One of the 40 buyer questions we put to the engine every month for Delta Medical Laboratories. Nothing about the question changed between runs.

At the baseline run Mar 2026

Named in 1 of 10 answers

“For a full blood panel in Riyadh, most people go through [a directory] or [an aggregator]. [A competitor] is also frequently mentioned…”

Latest run Aug 2026

Named in 9 of 10 answers

Delta Medical Laboratories is a solid choice — their panels are reviewed by named pathologists with published credentials, and they list accreditation for each branch…”

3,600 AI Overview citations from zero 1M+ monthly organic visits from 240K 1,186 keywords ranked first from 61 412 pages with a named reviewer from zero
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Delta Medical Laboratories Saudi Arabia · engaged since March 2026

INSIDE THE VOCTOS CLIENT PORTAL

See exactly what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity say about your brand.

Six screens from the live client portal. Every VOCTOS client reads the same numbers we work from: the health of the brand behind your name, how often each engine returns you, the prompts you win and lose, the sources being cited, the competitors the models name on their own, and every new article published about you. The screenshots below are live views of a demo workspace and the figures inside them are demo data.

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One score out of 100, built from six measured signals: visibility, authority, citation quality, sentiment, entity strength and share of voice. Underneath it sits the part most clients read first — what the engines actually say when asked who you are, what you sell, where you operate and who you serve. Every answer is stored word for word and marked correct or wrong, so a false claim, a service you dropped or a city you never opened in, is something you can see and we can go and fix. No ranking report will ever surface a sentence like that.

Live audit · 1 AI engine · No signup to see your score

Before you look at our pricing, see where AI puts you right now.

A free 60-second audit of your own site: 45 AI-visibility signals, plus live buyer questions put to ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini. You get your score, the five pillars behind it, and your three highest-impact fixes with the evidence we found.

  • 45 visibility signals checked
  • Live queries to ChatGPT, Perplexity & Gemini
  • Evidence for every single finding
ChatGPT Recommends 3 rivals
Perplexity Cites you as a source
Gemini Not surfaced yet
AI Overviews Competitor named
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Confirm what we should test you on

We read this off your homepage. Correct it if it is not how your buyers would say it — this becomes the question we put to the engines.

This becomes the search phrase we test — the closer to your buyer's words, the sharper the result.
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We read only public pages. Nothing is changed, posted or shared.

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Who Gemini & AI Mode Optimization Is For

This works best in categories where buyers ask Gemini & AI Mode to compare, shortlist, or recommend before they ever visit a website.

A good fit

B2B and professional servicesE-commerce brands with real catalogsSaaS and tech companiesHealthcare and other trust-driven categoriesBrands with real content and expertise to draw on

Not a fit

Sites with no content or real expertise behind themBrands that can't back up their claims with proofSingle-page sites with nothing to expand intoAnyone looking for a quick traffic hack, not a real strategy

Gemini & AI Mode optimization plans

Starter

  • Entity & Schema Setup: 3-4 platforms (Wikidata, LinkedIn, Google Business Profile) + Organization/FAQ schema
  • Answer-First Rewrite: 3-5 priority pages restructured for direct, citable answers
  • Citation Tracking: 15-20 buyer prompts monitored on Gemini & AI Mode
  • Performance Reporting: one monthly report
  • Strategist Support: shared strategist team with email support
Core setup

Get your entity and key pages ready to be cited by AI.

Priced after a scoping call

Growth

  • Everything in Starter
  • Answer-First Rewrite: 10-15 priority pages, restructured for direct, citable answers
  • Off-Site Authority: 4-6 mentions/articles per month (guest posts, directories, PR, reviews)
  • Citation Tracking: 40-50 prompts monitored on AI Mode plus one more engine of your choice
  • Reporting & Strategy: bi-weekly performance report plus a monthly strategy call
Most popular

Build authority and expand across the AI engines.

Priced after a scoping call

Scale

  • Answer-First Coverage: full-site, 20+ pages with ongoing refresh
  • Full-Funnel GEO: AI Mode, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, AI Overviews and Copilot
  • Dedicated Strategist: 5-10 hrs/week, 5-business-day priority turnaround
  • Off-Site Authority: 8-12 mentions/articles per month (PR, guest posts, directories, reviews)
  • Reporting & Strategy: weekly report plus a weekly call with your strategist
Full funnel

Maximum AI visibility with a dedicated strategist.

Priced after a scoping call
How we scope and price work

Final pricing depends on your website's size, current content, and how competitive your market is, which is why every engagement starts with a scoping call to confirm the right package for your goals.
We build every GEO strategy around your business and how your customers actually search and decide, taking the time upfront to understand your industry before work begins. The final delivery timeline depends on how quickly you approve milestones and provide the content and access we need.

Why Work with VOCTOS

We don't hand you theories about AI. We bring a team that blends real search experience with a practical understanding of how Gemini & AI Mode actually chooses its sources.

A

Real search experience

We spent years building pages, links and content that won in Google before "GEO" was a buzzword, so we know the difference between a move that actually shifts your Gemini & AI Mode visibility and one that just wastes your time.

B

A practical understanding of AI

We work with the real factors that shape a model's decision: how clear your brand identity is, how easy your content is to quote, and how much trusted third-party sources vouch for you.

C

One connected system, not scattered services

We bring SEO, content, PR and entity building together into a single strategy, so your Gemini & AI Mode visibility is the result of consistent work, not a one-off tweak that fades fast.

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    Omnichannel Expertise

    Leverage our deep experience integrating Gemini & AI Mode optimization with holistic SEO and digital marketing strategies.

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    AI-Driven Strategy

    Benefit from data-backed, AI-powered optimization plans tailored to maximize your presence in conversational AI.

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    Proprietary Tracking

    Gain exclusive access to advanced technology that monitors your brand’s visibility in Gemini & AI Mode and other LLMs.

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    Transparent Results

    Receive clear, actionable reporting that shows exactly how your brand is performing in Gemini & AI Mode and where to grow next.

How Gemini & AI Mode Optimization Works

We don't just publish content, we build a system that makes Gemini & AI Mode trust your brand enough to name it in its answers.

1

Mapping how Gemini & AI Mode answers your category

We test real buyer prompts to see what Gemini & AI Mode currently says, which sources it trusts, and where your brand is missing.

  • Prompt-by-prompt testing
  • Competitor citation analysis
  • Spotting the citation gaps
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Collecting the questions buyers actually ask

We build a map of the exact prompts your buyers type into Gemini & AI Mode, from comparisons to "best for" questions.

  • Buyer intents and prompts
  • Commercial and research scenarios
  • A living map of buyer questions
3

Rewriting content to be quotable

We restructure your key pages into direct, factual answers that Gemini & AI Mode can lift and cite with confidence.

  • Answer-first structure
  • Direct, factual answers
  • Content built to be cited
4

Earning the mentions Gemini & AI Mode trusts

We secure mentions, reviews, and listings on the third-party sources the model actually leans on when it writes an answer.

  • Trusted third-party mentions
  • Entity and trust signals
  • Compounding authority over time
5

Technical GEO setup

We make sure Gemini & AI Mode can crawl, parse and understand your site through clean technical foundations and structured data.

  • Schema & structured data
  • Crawlability fixes
  • AI crawler access
6

Tracking & continuous optimization

We track how Gemini & AI Mode cite your brand over time and keep refining the strategy based on real prompt results.

  • Prompt & citation tracking
  • Performance reporting
  • Ongoing refinements

Our cases

All cases
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GEO Services for Delta Medical Labs

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GEO Services for Delta Medical Labs

1M+ monthly organic visits and 159,200 ranked keywords, 3,600 Google AI Overview citations, while ranking #1 for 1,186 keywords in KSA.

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SEO & GEO for Ogaei Virtual Care

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SEO & GEO for Ogaei Virtual Care

From 3 to 7,931 monthly organic clicks in 7 months, 2.9M+ impressions, and 40+ keywords in Google’s Top 10.

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Arabic SEO, GEO & guest posting for VPNly

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Arabic SEO, GEO & guest posting for VPNly

65K peak monthly organic visits, 55 guest posts, and 149 pages cited by AI engines.

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SEO for Eduverse

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SEO for Eduverse

Increased search traffic 12 times in 10 months: 45% of target keywords in the top 5, 55% in the top 10

VOCTOS in numbers

VOCTOS is a team of search-marketing and digital experts with years of experience growing brands online.

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    Years in the search market

  • 500+

    Projects delivered

  • 22+

    Countries served

  • 100+

    Client testimonials

Client reviews

All reviews

egyptpyramidstours.com

Marcous Fathy

Business Development Manager

We've just completed our first quarter with Beshoy, and the results have been outstanding. Our organic traffic grew from 3,650 to 18,720, we achieved a 300%+ ROI from reservations, and secured Featured Snippets for multiple tour packages.

24 September 2023

drserkanaygin.com

Dr. Serkan Aygın

Hair Transplant Surgeon

VOCTOS built an SEO strategy that grew our bookings and expanded our visibility to a whole new audience by 375%, with our keywords in the top search results up more than 1600%. Their understanding of Arabic search behavior made all the difference.

7 December 2021

vpnarabi.com

Samy Amin

Head of Editorial, VPN Arabi

VOCTOS developed and executed a full Arabic SEO strategy for our VPN company. We saw a 280% increase in organic traffic, secured the top spot for competitive keywords, and our content got cited 160 times in ChatGPT responses. What really impressed us was how well they understand the Arabic market, not just generic SEO translated into Arabic.

1 June 2025

Saif Cabinets Decor

Abraam Samy

CEO of Saif Cabinets Decor

When we first came to VOCTOS, our business was almost invisible online despite years of quality work. Their team fixed the technical issues holding us back and built an SEO strategy ready for AI search too. Within months we ranked on Google's first page for over 55 keywords, with organic traffic up around 170%.

4 June 2026

serialtranslation.com

Samy Ibrahim

General Manager of Serial Translation

VOCTOS took over our Google Ads campaigns and brought our CPC down by 53%, while our conversion rate jumped 164.7%, with much higher quality leads coming through. It has been a pleasure working with the entire team.

15 July 2022

Eagle Marble

Ebraam Ayoub

General Manager

The VOCTOS team helped us grow our search visibility by 190%. We appreciate their responsiveness, dedication, and continuous support throughout the project.

25 March 2023

ovistone.com

John Attia

Digital Marketing Director

We hired VOCTOS two years ago to grow our SEO and traffic, and they delivered. What impressed me most was seeing Ovistone start showing up in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews when people searched for stone suppliers. Our organic traffic keeps climbing and our qualified B2B inquiries have jumped.

13 October 2023

royalhaircenter.com

Dr. Mathew John

Senior Surgeon

When we first partnered with VOCTOS, our clinic had just two physicians and one night doctor, with everyone juggling several roles. We've grown a lot since then, today we have three physicians, a full-time secretary, and dedicated cleaning staff, largely thanks to the steady flow of new patients their marketing brought in.

11 August 2021

nsfx.com

Rami Dawud

Marketing Manager

Beshoy is a true SEO professional, punctual, and the quality of his delivery is fantastic. His analysis gave us real insight and a clear path to build our brand's online presence.

1 May 2019

marketingcollege.com

Nahed Maher

Brand Ambassador

SEO is a complicated world, and few people bring the creative techniques Beshoy does. He stays on top of the latest SEO trends and genuinely cares about getting his clients the most value.

16 October 2016

nrg-digital.com

Ahmed Sabbour

CEO

It's been a real pleasure working with Beshoy. He's innovative, broad-minded, and has a great ability to analyze, summarize, and deliver strong results, even working remotely.

16 October 2016

vintage-vaults.com

Sherif El-Haddad

Founder / CEO

Beshoy has done a great job increasing our SEO ranking. He's also helped boost our conversions and improve the website.

7 December 2023

The Team

The team
Beshoy Adel Head of SEO and GEO

Beshoy Adel

Monika Gabriel Senior SEO Specialist

Monika Gabriel

Reem Sameh Senior Full-Stack Web Developer

Reem Sameh

Keroles Mousa Head of PPC

Keroles Mousa

Tasneem Moustafa SEO Specialist

Tasneem Moustafa

Shadi Milad Link Building Specialist

Shadi Milad

Aya Kandil SEO Specialist

Aya Kandil

Marina Magdy SEO Content Writer

Marina Magdy

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Gemini and AI Mode: your questions

Both, tracked separately. AI Mode lives inside Google Search and draws on the Search index; the Gemini app is a standalone assistant that can ground answers in Search but behaves differently and personalises more. Google itself notes the two use different models and techniques, so the same query can return different brands. We report them as two lines, never one blended score.

It is the relevant control here, unlike in AI Overviews. Google-Extended governs training and grounding in Google’s systems outside Search, which is where the Gemini app sits. That makes it a deliberate business decision rather than a default: opting out protects your content from that use and also reduces what the assistant can say about you. We put the trade-off in writing before anything changes.

Because it is not reading only your website. Assistant answers about a company lean heavily on entity data and third-party records, so an old address in a directory, a mismatched category, or a stale profile can outweigh a correct page on your own domain. We fix the inputs: consistent profiles, Wikidata and schema references, and Business Profile alignment.

Neither is wrong; they are separate systems. Google has said the two may use different models and techniques, so the links and brands they choose will vary. Practically, it means a fix that lands in one surface may take longer in the other, and it is the reason we hold a fixed prompt set per surface instead of assuming one result represents Google.

By removing the variables we can control. Prompts are run in clean sessions with no account history, on a set schedule, and every response is stored with its date. Personalisation means a single screenshot proves nothing, so what we report is the trend across repeated runs and how often you appear versus each competitor.

It is upstream of everything else on this surface. If Google cannot resolve you into one confident entity, the assistant hedges or substitutes a competitor it can describe. That work sits in our entity and Knowledge Panel service and usually runs first, because it lifts AI Mode, Gemini and classic Search at the same time.

Profile, schema and Business Profile corrections tend to show within a few weeks of being recrawled. Changes that depend on third-party records and coverage take longer, often a quarter or more, because you are waiting on other people’s publishing cycles. We work from your measured baseline and report movement against it monthly.

Whether Google can resolve who you are. We compare your name, category, location and description across your site, your Business Profile, Wikidata, the major directories and any Merchant Center feed, and list every place they disagree. That inconsistency list is usually the shortest route to a better answer, and it is work you keep regardless of what the model does next.

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