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GEO agency in San Jose

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 Jose, 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+
companies have already worked with Vértigo
4
places your customers ask: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google
24h
is how long we usually take to reply to an inquiry
34
Google reviews with an average rating of 5.0

Brands that already work with 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 Jose: how we count progress

We ask the same questions every month and write down, for each answer, if your company is in it, how high up and which source is cited.

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

San JoseUSAWorldwide

AI search optimization for companies in San Jose

San Jose has 997,368 residents according to the US Census Bureau estimates for 2024, which makes it the third largest city in California. That puts it 12th in the national ranking of cities. We have pages for 76 cities in California.

In a city this size AI has plenty of companies to choose from, and it names only a few in each answer. Getting into that group takes content of your own and mentions in the press. We work from Murcia, in Spain, usually 9 hours ahead of San Jose. Meetings are by video call and in English. We offer the same in Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and Fremont.

Population
997,368
State
California
Rank among US cities
12th
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 Jose
San Jose

GEO, sector by sector

  • 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 San Jose.

  • 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.

  • Hotels

    Trips are now planned by asking AI. Whether it names your hotel depends on what guides, reviews and your own website say about you.

We also do AI search work in

Santa Clara Sunnyvale Fremont Hayward San Mateo Tracy Oakland Daly City

GEO agency in California GEO agency in the US

Everything we do for your GEO in San Jose

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

    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

    Fewer adjectives, more facts. We reorganise your website so that each page answers one specific question and answers it well.

  4. 04

    Structured data and brand

    Name, address, services and opening hours, the same everywhere. If every site says something different, AI hesitates and names someone else.

  5. 05

    Mentions in the sources AI consults

    We work to get your brand talked about in the media, comparison articles and directories that engines draw their recommendations from.

  6. 06

    Tracking mentions and citations

    A short monthly report: mentions, links, visits from AI and what we plan to do the following month.

How a company gets into the AI answer

Someone asking about an employment lawyer in San Jose or a real estate agency in San Jose does not get pages of results. They get a short reply with a few company names in it. The simulation here follows one company from absent to first recommendation.

  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

    Baseline

    We check what each engine says today about your company and about your competitors.

  2. 02

    Work plan

    We decide with you which questions to go after first and what has to change on the website to win them.

  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

    Follow-up

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

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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What people ask us most about GEO in San Jose

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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 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.

Does GEO work for a local business in San Jose?

It does. For local questions, assistants draw heavily on map listings, review sites and neighborhood press, all things a business in San Jose 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?

You rarely have to rebuild it. The usual work is rewriting some pages, adding the ones that are missing and marking up your data properly. We only propose a new website when the current one is hard for search engines and AI crawlers to read.

What happens if AI says something false about my company?

It happens more often than you would think. We look for where it got the wrong detail, correct it at the source and publish the right information in a way that leaves no room for doubt. Then we keep asking until the answer changes.

Is GEO the same as AI SEO or AEO?

More or less. GEO, AI SEO, AI search optimization and AEO (answer engine optimization) are names for the same aim: being cited and recommended in answers written by AI. The industry has not settled on one term. We say GEO, but the work is identical whatever you call it.

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