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GEO agency in San Francisco

More than 200 clients trust us.

GEO, short for generative engine optimization, is the work of getting AI assistants to name your company in their answers. We do it for businesses in San Francisco, so that ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google mention you when someone asks about what you sell.

  • Looked at by a person, not a tool
  • We reply within one working day
  • No obligation

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
places your customers ask: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google
24h
is how long we usually take to reply to an inquiry
34
client reviews on Google, averaging five stars

Companies that trust Vértigo

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

And more than 200 clients who have already trusted Vértigo.

GEO for businesses in San Francisco: how we count progress

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.

2

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

How AI answers

3

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

What we measure

1

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

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

San FranciscoUSAWorldwide

GEO for businesses in San Francisco

Home to 827,526 people on the 2024 Census Bureau estimates, San Francisco is the fourth largest city in California. It is the 16th largest city in the United States. There are 76 cities in California with their own page here.

A large city produces a lot of written material about its businesses, from reviews to rankings and news. AI reads it, so the work is getting your company onto those pages and described correctly. We work from Murcia, in Spain, usually 9 hours ahead of San Francisco. Meetings are by video call and in English. We offer the same in Daly City, Oakland and Berkeley.

Population
827,526
State
California
Rank among US cities
16th
Time difference with our office
Murcia is usually 9 hours ahead
Distance to our office
9,700 km (6,000 miles)

Source: US Census Bureau, 2024 population estimates.

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

Three examples of GEO in San Francisco

  • Dental practices

    When someone asks ChatGPT for a dentist they can trust in San Francisco, the answer comes from reviews, health directories and your own website. We put all three in order.

  • Physical therapy 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 San Francisco.

  • 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.

GEO agency also in

Daly City Oakland Berkeley Richmond San Mateo Hayward Vallejo Concord

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How we work on AI search optimization in San Francisco

GEO starts with knowing what AI says about you today. Before we touch anything, we ask each engine about your sector and check whether it names you, who it recommends and where it gets its information.

  1. 01

    AI visibility audit

    The starting point, in writing: answers you are in, answers where your brand is missing and the sources AI used for each one.

  2. 02

    Question research

    We find out what your customers really ask AI about what you sell, in your city, nationwide or abroad.

  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 tidy up what AI knows about you: structured data, business profile and consistent listings, so it does not confuse you with anyone else.

  5. 05

    Mentions in the sources AI consults

    AI recommends whoever it sees recommended. We aim to get you into the articles, lists and publications it uses as references in your sector.

  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

More and more people ask AI before they search. It makes no difference if the question is about a dentist in San Francisco, a gaming laptop or luggage storage in New York. AI names a few companies and the rest go unmentioned.

  1. We measure what each engine says today about your sector.
  2. We turn your website into a clear source that can be cited.
  3. We put your brand data in order so AI has no doubts.
  4. We earn mentions in the sources it consults.

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

How our AI search optimization agency works

  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

    Content and sources

    We prepare the pages AI needs in order to talk about you and work on your presence in the places it consults.

  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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Frequently asked questions about GEO in San Francisco

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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.

What is the difference between GEO and SEO?

SEO works on your visibility in Google's list of results. GEO works on getting AI to name you in its answers. They share a foundation, which is a fast, clear website that other sites trust, so they complement each other and we usually work on both together.

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.

Does GEO work for a local business in San Francisco?

It does. For local questions, assistants draw heavily on map listings, review sites and neighborhood press, all things a business in San Francisco can improve. A national name is not required. Accurate details, recent reviews and pages that say plainly what you do and where are what count.

Do I need to change my website to do GEO?

Usually not. We work on the website you have: we improve the copy, add frequently asked questions and structured data. If something bigger were needed, such as a redesign, we would explain why before doing anything. Web design is handled by the same team.

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.

Shall we see what AI says about your company?

Tell us what you do and we will ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google about you. We send you the answers and what we would do to improve them.

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  • Nearly always in under a day
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