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GEO agency in Chicago

More than 200 clients trust us.

GEO, also called AI SEO, is how a company gets named when people take their questions to ChatGPT or Gemini instead of Google. For businesses in Chicago, we measure what AI says about your brand today and do the work needed for it to cite you.

  • 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 across SEO, GEO and web design
4
assistants where we track your brand: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI
24h
is our usual time to get back to you
34
reviews on Google and a 5.0 average

Companies that trust Vértigo

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

They are among the more than 200 clients the agency has worked with.

AI search work in Chicago 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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ways an assistant can answer: by searching the web at that moment or from what it learned months ago. We work on both.

How AI answers

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numbers sum up each month: answers you appear in, links to your site and visits that arrive from AI.

What we measure

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

Follow-up

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

Where your customers ask

ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityGoogle AI

ChicagoUSAWorldwide

AI search optimization for companies in Chicago

With 2,721,308 residents in the 2024 Census Bureau estimates, Chicago is the largest city in Illinois. That puts it 3rd in the national ranking of cities. There are 8 cities in Illinois with their own page here.

National brands and neighborhood businesses compete here for the same answer. The ones that get named tend to be the ones AI can describe with specific facts. We work from Murcia, in Spain, usually 7 hours ahead of Chicago. Meetings are by video call and in English. The same service is available in Naperville, Joliet and Elgin.

Population
2,721,308
State
Illinois
Rank among US cities
3rd
Time difference with our office
Murcia is usually 7 hours ahead
Distance to our office
7,100 km (4,400 miles)

Source: US Census Bureau, 2024 population estimates.

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

How people ask AI in Chicago

  • Renovation companies

    Before asking for a quote, many people ask AI what a renovation costs and who to call. We publish your guide prices and your finished jobs so it has something to work with.

  • 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.

  • Architecture firms

    People about to build ask AI about timings, permits and firms. Your projects explained with facts are the best source you can give it.

We also do AI search work in

Naperville Joliet Elgin Aurora South Bend Rockford Milwaukee Madison

GEO agency in Illinois GEO agency in the US

What our GEO service in Chicago includes

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 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

    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

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

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 kitchen renovation company in Chicago, a gaming laptop or luggage storage in New York. AI names a few companies and the rest go unmentioned.

  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.

Our GEO method, step by step

  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

    Measurement

    Same questions, same method, every month. We show you the new answers next to the old ones.

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 Chicago

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How long does GEO take to show results?

Engines that search the web live, such as Perplexity or the AI results in Google, can reflect changes within weeks. Models that answer from what they learned in training take longer. In the audit we give you a realistic estimate for your case.

Which AI engines do you cover?

ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and the AI results Google shows above its listings. Those four are our standard set. If another assistant matters in your sector, such as Microsoft Copilot, we add it to the tracking and report on it with the rest.

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 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.

Can visits from AI be measured?

For the most part, yes. When AI links to your website and someone clicks, the source is recorded. What leaves no trace is the person who reads the answer and looks you up by name afterwards, which is why we also watch searches for your brand.

Do I need SEO for GEO to work?

It helps a great deal. Several assistants run a web search before they answer, so a website that ranks well in Google or Bing has more chance of being cited. That is why we usually work on the two together.

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