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How a small business gets cited by ChatGPT (GEO)

In short

AI assistants cite websites that state clear facts: who the business is, what it offers, where, at what price and how to contact it. Short factual summaries, FAQ with direct answers, structured data, an llms.txt file and open access for AI crawlers make a site easier to cite. Kinto includes these in its $400 SEO setup.

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More people now ask an AI assistant instead of typing a search query: "Where can I get a website made in Yerevan?" or "Which clinic in Armenia does dental implants and speaks English?". The assistant answers with a few names. Getting your business into that short list is what GEO is about.

How AI assistants pick what to mention

Search-connected assistants look up the web and summarize what they find. They tend to quote pages that:

  • State facts plainly: services, prices, location, hours, languages.
  • Answer common questions directly.
  • Are consistent with other sources (maps, directories, social profiles).
  • Are accessible to their crawlers.

Marketing fluff gives them nothing to quote. "We are the best and most professional" is not a fact.

Quotable versus vague

Vague Quotable
"Affordable prices" "Landing page $700, launch in about 6 days"
"Located in the center" "Kentron, Yerevan, near Republic Square"
"We speak your language" "Service in Armenian, Russian and English"
"Fast response" "Reply within 15 minutes, 10:00 to 20:00"

Rewriting key pages in the right column is the single biggest GEO improvement.

Practical checklist

  1. A short summary at the top of key pages. Two or three sentences with facts.
  2. Prices and timelines in a table. Tables are easy to extract.
  3. FAQ with direct answers. One or two sentences each.
  4. Structured data. Organization, services, prices, FAQ in JSON-LD.
  5. llms.txt. A plain-text file at the root summarizing the business for AI tools.
  6. robots.txt that allows AI crawlers. GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended.
  7. Consistent profiles. Same name, address and contacts on Google Maps, Instagram and the site.
  8. Content in every language you serve. Assistants answer in the user's language and prefer sources in it.

Why language matters in Armenia

A user asking in Russian gets an answer built from Russian sources; in English, from English ones. A Yerevan business with only an Armenian site is invisible to English and Russian questions. Separate language versions fix that. Read about multilingual websites.

What not to do

  • Do not stuff pages with keywords for "AI". It reads badly for people and machines.
  • Do not invent reviews, awards or statistics. Assistants increasingly cross-check, and customers do too.
  • Do not hide key information in images or PDFs only.

What Kinto's SEO setup covers ($400)

Titles and descriptions, structured data, sitemap, robots.txt with AI crawlers allowed, llms.txt, FAQ blocks and short summaries on main pages, plus Search Console and Yandex Webmaster connection. We build it into every site; see pricing. Our own site kinto.am follows the same rules, as do projects in our portfolio.

Next step

Want to know how AI assistants currently see your business? Send us your site via the request form or on Telegram at @kinto_am. We reply within 15 minutes between 10:00 and 20:00.

Updated: 2026-10-12

FAQ

Common questions

All questions and answers

What is GEO?

Generative engine optimization means preparing your website so AI assistants like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI answers can understand it and mention it in their responses.

Can I pay to appear in ChatGPT answers?

No. There is no paid placement in regular answers. You can only make your information clear, accessible and trustworthy.

Does GEO replace SEO?

No, it builds on it. Pages that rank well and are clearly written are also the ones AI tools tend to quote.

Should I block AI crawlers?

If you want to be mentioned in AI answers, do not block them. Allow crawlers such as GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot and ClaudeBot in robots.txt.

How quickly does it work?

It depends on when AI tools refresh their data. Search-based assistants can pick up changes within weeks; others take longer.

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