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GEO agency in Thunder Bay

More than 200 clients trust us.

GEO (generative engine optimization) means making sure AI assistants know your company well enough to recommend it. If ChatGPT never names you, the person asking never hears of you. We help businesses in Thunder Bay appear in answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google.

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  • Murcia.com
  • Murcia Economía
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  • El Periódico de Ceuta
200+
clients have trusted our team
4
places your customers ask: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google
24h
is our usual time to get back to you
34
Google reviews with an average rating of 5.0

Some of our clients

  • PcComponentes
  • Locking
  • Destaco.es
  • PentestingTeam
  • Legitec
  • Mudanzas Grupo Unión

And so on, past 200 clients.

AI search work in Thunder Bay with results you can count

There are no rankings as there are in Google, but there are numbers: answers you appear in, links to your website and visits that arrive from AI.

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routes need looking after: what AI reads live and what it already knows about your brand.

How AI answers

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things we note for every answer: whether you appear, in what position and with which source.

What we measure

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review a month of every question we track, with before and after screenshots.

Follow-up

4

places where we measure your brand: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and the AI answers in Google.

Where your customers ask

ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityGoogle AI

Thunder BayCanadaWorldwide

AI search optimization for companies in Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay is home to around 110,000 people. It is part of Ontario. There are 26 cities in Ontario with their own page here.

In a smaller city hardly anyone has worked on their presence in AI answers yet. The first company in each sector to do it often keeps the recommendation. We work from Murcia, in Spain, usually 6 hours ahead of Thunder Bay. Meetings are by video call and in English. Nearby, we also cover Winnipeg, Greater Sudbury and Windsor.

Population
About 110,000
Province
Ontario
Time difference with our office
Murcia is usually 6 hours ahead
Distance to our office
6,800 km (4,200 miles)

Population figures: GeoNames.

AI search optimization in Thunder Bay, shown on the map
Thunder Bay

How people ask AI in Thunder Bay

  • Physiotherapy clinics

    People ask AI about symptoms before they ask about clinics. If your pages answer those questions under a named, registered practitioner, you have a better chance of being the clinic it names in Thunder Bay.

  • Car repair shops

    With the car broken down, people ask in a hurry. If AI finds your services, opening hours and reviews neatly laid out, it is more likely to include you in the answer.

  • Restaurants

    More and more visitors ask AI to plan where to eat. What it says comes from reviews, guides and local press, and that is where you need to appear.

What our GEO service in Thunder Bay includes

Most of this work happens outside the chat window. An assistant builds its answer from web pages, reviews, listings and press, so we look at what it finds about you in each of those and fix what is missing or wrong.

  1. 01

    AI visibility audit

    Dozens of real questions from your sector, put to each engine. The result is a table showing where you appear and, where you do not, which competitors are there instead.

  2. 02

    Question research

    We collect the doubts your customer settles before buying: prices, comparisons, who to go to. Those are the questions you want to appear in.

  3. 03

    Content AI can cite

    We create the pages that are missing: guide prices, comparisons, frequently asked questions. That is the material answers are made from.

  4. 04

    Structured data and brand

    We make it clear who you are, what you do and where. It sounds minor, but it is the most common fault when an assistant describes a company badly.

  5. 05

    Mentions in the sources AI consults

    We look at which pages each assistant cites when it answers about your sector and work to get your company onto them.

  6. 06

    Tracking mentions and citations

    We repeat the same questions every month and compare. That way you see, with screenshots, which answers you have won and which are still pending.

From absent in AI answers to first recommendation

Try it yourself. Ask ChatGPT about a physiotherapist in Thunder Bay and it will give you a handful of names. The same happens with a car repair shop in Thunder Bay. If you are not on that short list, you are not in the running.

  1. We ask each assistant about your sector and save the answers.
  2. We rewrite the pages that should answer those questions.
  3. We make your company details match on your website and your profiles.
  4. We work to get the press and listings in your sector to cite you.

Illustrative simulation. AI answers change every time a question is asked and nobody can guarantee a specific recommendation.

What working on GEO with Vértigo is like

  1. 01

    We listen to AI

    We ask each engine about your sector and your brand to find out where we are starting from.

  2. 02

    Mention map

    We compare what AI says with your website and with the sources it cites. You get it in writing: what is missing and where to begin.

  3. 03

    Delivery

    Content, structured data and media mentions, month by month, with tasks you know about in advance.

  4. 04

    Follow-up

    AI answers change often. We keep watch and react when your brand moves up or down.

How clients rate us on Google

5.0

34 Google reviews

“Friendly, effective and quick to sort things out. 100% recommended.”
Marta G. · Google review, translated from Spanish
“Without a doubt the best marketing decision I have made.”
Imelda · Google review, translated from Spanish
“I am really happy with the guys at Vértigo, Jesús and Raúl.”
NP · Google review, translated from Spanish

Common questions about AI search optimization in Thunder Bay

Can't find your question? Write to us and we'll reply within 24 hours.

Talk to the team
What is GEO, or generative engine optimization?

It is what you do so that AI talks about your company. When someone asks ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity about a product or a service, the answer names a few brands and leaves the rest out. GEO is the work of making yours one of the few that get named.

Do you guarantee that ChatGPT will recommend my company?

No, and be wary of anyone who promises it. The same question asked twice can give different answers, and no engine sells that spot. What we can do is show you, month by month, how many answers you appear in and which ones we have gained.

Does GEO work for a local business in Thunder Bay?

Yes, and it is where competition is still lightest. AI answers questions about local businesses every day and takes its facts from business profiles, reviews and local media. If yours are up to date, a good part of the work is already done.

Which AI engines do you cover?

We track four as standard: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI answers. They do not all work the same way, so we test each one separately and never assume one result applies to the others. Copilot or any other assistant can be added if your customers use it.

How do you know what AI says about my company?

By asking it. We prepare a list of questions from your sector, put them to each engine several times and save the answers. That shows us what repeats and what was a one-off. The same list is run again every month, so the comparison is fair.

Do I need SEO for GEO to work?

It is not compulsory, but it shows. If your website does not appear in search engines, assistants that read the web live have a hard time finding you. A site with sound SEO gives GEO something to build on, and we handle both in the same team.

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