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GEO agency in Chico

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 Chico appear in answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google.

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Featured in the Spanish press

  • Cadena SER
  • COPE
  • El Español
  • La Opinión de Murcia
  • La 7 Televisión Región de Murcia
  • Murcia Plaza
  • Murcia Diario
  • Murcia.com
  • Murcia Economía
  • Élite Murcia
  • Madridiario
  • El Periódico de Ceuta
200+
clients across SEO, GEO and web design
4
places your customers ask: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google
24h
and you usually have a reply from someone on the team
34
Google reviews with an average rating of 5.0

Who we work with

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

And more than 200 clients who have already trusted Vértigo.

AI search work in Chico with results you can count

Here the result can be counted: how many times AI names your brand and how high up in the answer.

2

paths lead to an answer, live search and the memory of the model. Each one calls for different work.

How AI answers

3

checks on each question: does it name you, who does it put first and where does it get that from.

What we measure

1

monthly report with the saved answers, so you can see with your own eyes what has changed.

Follow-up

4

answer engines: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and the AI results in Google. We work on your brand in all of them.

Where your customers ask

ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityGoogle AI

ChicoUSAWorldwide

AI answers and businesses in Chico

The Census Bureau puts the population of Chico at 102,911 in 2024. It is the 72nd largest city in California. Nationally it ranks 322nd among US cities by population. In California we cover 76 cities.

A smaller city means fewer articles and fewer reviews for an assistant to read. Each good source that mentions your company counts for more here than it would in a big city. Vértigo is based in Murcia, Spain, usually 9 hours ahead of Chico. We work with clients abroad by video call, in English. Nearby, we also cover Roseville, Sacramento and Elk Grove.

Population
102,911
State
California
Rank among US cities
322nd
Time difference with our office
Murcia is usually 9 hours ahead
Distance to our office
9,500 km (5,900 miles)

Source: US Census Bureau, 2024 population estimates.

AI search optimization in Chico, shown on the map
Chico

GEO, sector by sector

  • Real estate agencies

    AI gets asked about neighborhoods, prices and agencies people can trust. Good area guides, written with your own data, make you a source it can quote.

  • Accounting firms

    AI answers tax questions every day and needs sources it can rely on. A firm that explains each step well can be one of the sources it cites.

  • 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.

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How we work on AI search optimization in Chico

We measure before we change anything. The starting picture shows the answers you appear in and, for the ones that leave you out, who is there in your place.

  1. 01

    AI visibility audit

    We ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google what your customer would ask, and we measure if you appear, how you are described and who gets recommended in your place.

  2. 02

    Question research

    People do not write to AI the way they type into Google. They use long sentences with context, and you need to know which ones your customers use.

  3. 03

    Content AI can cite

    We rewrite your key pages with clear answers, your own data and a structure that engines can read and use as a source.

  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

    Press, rankings and trade directories. The more reliable sources talk about you, the more often your name comes up in the answer.

  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.

What it takes to be named by AI

A page of Google results lists around ten sites. An AI answer has room for a handful of companies. That holds for a question about a real estate agency in Chico and for one about an accountant for small businesses in Chico.

  1. We see which answers your brand is missing from.
  2. We publish the content AI needs in order to name you.
  3. We correct what the engines have wrong about you.
  4. We add mentions in reliable sources.

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

From the first analysis to the first mention

  1. 01

    First call

    You tell us by video call what you sell and to whom, and we prepare the questions we are going to track.

  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

    Down to work

    We rewrite pages, put your brand data in order and seek mentions in reliable sources. Whatever carries most weight goes first.

  4. 04

    Report and adjust

    We review mentions, links and visits from AI, and decide the next step with you.

Reviews from our clients 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

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GEO and AI SEO in Chico: questions we get

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What is GEO, or generative engine optimization?

Think of it as SEO for answers instead of lists. A search engine shows a page of links and lets you choose. An AI assistant writes a reply and mentions a handful of companies in it. Generative engine optimization, GEO for short, is the work of getting your company into that reply.

How much does GEO cost in Chico?

It depends on your starting point and on how much competition your sector has. We do the visibility audit first, which tells us how much work there is, and then send you a quote based on it. It does not commit you to anything.

What is the difference between GEO and SEO?

With SEO you aim to appear near the top of the results page. With GEO you aim to be included in the answer an assistant writes. They are different jobs resting on the same things: a good website, good content and other people speaking well of you.

Do you guarantee that ChatGPT will recommend my company?

We cannot, and nor can anyone else. OpenAI, Google and the rest decide how their models answer, and those answers vary each time. Our commitment is to the work and to honest measurement: the same questions every month, with the results in front of you.

Can you do GEO for a business in Chico from Spain?

Yes. We are based in Murcia, Spain, and work with clients abroad remotely, in English, by video call. You do not need to be in a place to ask AI about its businesses. Each month you receive the report with the answers and the tasks completed.

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.

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