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GEO agency in Richmond

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 Richmond 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 have trusted our team
4
assistants where we track your brand: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI
24h
and you usually have a reply from someone on the team
34
reviews on Google and a 5.0 average

Companies that trust Vértigo

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

And so on, past 200 clients.

GEO for businesses in Richmond: how we count progress

A mention is easy to check. Either the answer names your company or it does not, and we keep the screenshots from each month so you can see the change.

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

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

RichmondUSAWorldwide

GEO for businesses in Richmond

The Census Bureau puts the population of Richmond at 115,353 in 2024. It is the 56th largest city in California. That puts it 263rd in the national ranking of cities. 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. Murcia, where our office is, lies about 9,600 km (6,000 miles) away, usually 9 hours ahead of Richmond. We arrange calls at a time that suits you. The same service is available in Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco.

Population
115,353
State
California
Rank among US cities
263rd
Time difference with our office
Murcia is usually 9 hours ahead
Distance to our office
9,600 km (6,000 miles)

Source: US Census Bureau, 2024 population estimates.

Map of the area where we do AI search optimization for businesses in Richmond
Richmond

Three examples of GEO in Richmond

  • Law firms

    Many people describe their case to an AI assistant before they call a firm. If your site explains each practice area clearly, you are easier to cite when the question is about Richmond.

  • Beauty clinics

    People ask a lot before a treatment: does it hurt, how long does it last, what does it cost. If those answers are on your site, AI can use them and name you.

  • Therapists

    Many people talk to AI first. Whether your practice appears when it suggests professional help depends on your profiles, your reviews and how you present yourself on your site.

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Everything we do for your GEO in Richmond

The first job is to listen. We put the questions your customer would ask to each assistant and note which companies come up and which pages it uses as sources.

  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

    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

    AI cites what it can summarize without getting it wrong. We turn your pages into direct answers, with your own figures and the name of whoever stands behind them.

  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 measure the visits that come from ChatGPT, Perplexity or Gemini and what those visitors do on your website, to find out whether the mentions bring customers.

What it takes to be named by AI

Try it yourself. Ask ChatGPT about an employment lawyer in Richmond and it will give you a handful of names. The same happens with a beauty clinic in Richmond. 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.

From the first analysis to the first mention

  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

    Diagnosis

    We work out why it recommends others: what their websites have and where they are mentioned. Out comes a task list, in order.

  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.

What our clients say 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 Richmond: questions we get

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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.

What is the difference between GEO and SEO?

SEO earns you a position in a list and the click that follows. GEO earns you a mention inside an answer, sometimes with a link and sometimes without. Much of the groundwork is shared, but GEO puts more weight on what third-party sources say about your company.

How long does GEO take to show results?

It depends on the assistant. Those that read the web at the moment of answering pick up changes soon, sometimes in a few weeks. Those that answer from memory need a new version of the model. That is why we work on both routes at once.

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.

Can you do GEO for a business in Richmond 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.

Is GEO the same as AI SEO or AEO?

They overlap almost completely. Different agencies and tools use GEO, AEO, LLM optimization or AI SEO for the same job, which is getting a company named in AI answers. If you are comparing proposals, look at what each one measures and delivers, since the label tells you little.

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