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GEO agency in Portland

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 Portland 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
AI engines where we work on your brand: 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

Brands that already work with Vértigo

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

More than 200 companies have handed us their marketing so far.

AI search work in Portland 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

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

3

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

What we measure

1

time a month we repeat the same questions in each engine and compare them with the month before.

Follow-up

4

assistants we check every month: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI.

Where your customers ask

ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityGoogle AI

PortlandUSAWorldwide

AI answers and businesses in Portland

Home to 635,749 people on the 2024 Census Bureau estimates, Portland is the largest city in Oregon. That puts it 25th in the national ranking of cities. There are 6 cities in Oregon 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 9 hours ahead of Portland. Meetings are by video call and in English. The same service is available in Vancouver, Gresham and Hillsboro.

Population
635,749
State
Oregon
Rank among US cities
25th
Time difference with our office
Murcia is usually 9 hours ahead
Distance to our office
9,000 km (5,600 miles)

Source: US Census Bureau, 2024 population estimates.

AI search optimization in Portland, shown on the map
Portland

How people ask AI in Portland

  • 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.

  • Tutoring centers

    Parents and students compare tutors by asking AI. We publish results, timetables and prices clearly so it has something to recommend you with.

  • 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.

Everything we do for your GEO in Portland

Most of this work happens outside the chat window. An assistant builds its answer from web pages, reviews, listings and press, so we look at what it finds about you in each of those and fix what is missing or wrong.

  1. 01

    AI visibility audit

    We check what each assistant knows about your company and whether what it says is correct. Sometimes it does name you, but describes you badly or with old details.

  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

    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.

From absent in AI answers to first recommendation

Someone asking about a kitchen renovation company in Portland or a math tutor in Portland 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 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.

What working on GEO with Vértigo is like

  1. 01

    Baseline

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

  2. 02

    Status report

    You receive a document with the answers, the sources and the actions we propose, from most to least important.

  3. 03

    Delivery

    Content, structured data and media mentions, month by month, with tasks you know about in advance.

  4. 04

    We ask again

    Every month we put the same questions to each engine and compare. What works gets more time and what does not gets changed.

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

Frequently asked questions about GEO in Portland

Can't find your question? Write to us and we'll reply within 24 hours.

Talk to the team
How long does GEO take to show results?

Expect weeks for some answers and months for others. When an assistant looks things up online, a new page or a fresh mention can show quickly. When it relies on its training, nothing moves until the model is updated, and only the company that makes it knows when that will be.

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.

Does GEO work for a local business in Portland?

Yes. Plenty of people now ask AI for a dentist, a lawyer or a restaurant close to home. We work on your business profile, your reviews and the local sources an assistant reads, so that it recommends you when people ask in Portland.

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.

How do you know what AI says about my company?

We ask the questions a customer would ask, many times and on different days, because AI does not always answer the same way. From that set of answers comes a dependable figure for how often you appear, and you can read every saved answer yourself.

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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