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AI visibility is being findable on all three surfaces discovery now runs on: classic search results, answer boxes that quote a source, and generative assistants that cite one. Each rewards different signals, and a page built only for the first is invisible on the other two.
How does a business become visible to AI assistants?
A business becomes visible to AI assistants when its pages can be read, quoted and attributed: server-rendered HTML a crawler can parse, short self-contained answers placed under the question they answer, and consistent entity signals. Technical fixes can register within days of a recrawl; citation gains usually show across two to three months.
Discovery now runs on three surfaces: classic search results, answer boxes that quote a source, and generative assistants that cite one. SEO earns a position in a list, AEO earns the quoted paragraph, and GEO earns a citation inside an assistant's reply. A page built only for the first is invisible on the other two.
The work runs in order: an audit of what engines can read today, then architecture and structured data, then answer-first pages with the short version at the top and the depth underneath. Content on a page an engine cannot parse is wasted, which is why structure comes before writing.
Each month we review what got cited and what got asked, and that feeds the next month's writing. Engines need to see the pattern repeat before they treat a site as a reliable source for a topic.
This page answers:
- What is the difference between SEO, AEO and GEO?
- How long before AI visibility work shows results?
- Do we have to let AI crawlers access the site?
Why it matters
A ranked result is one of ten. An answer is one name. Both are decided by what an engine can read on your pages.
Three surfaces, one page
Search results, answer boxes and generative assistants reward different signals. A page built only for the first is invisible on the other two.
Citation is the new position
An assistant lifts a passage and names its source. If the passage is not liftable, a competitor who ranks below you gets the mention.
Entities, not keywords
Models resolve businesses. If your name, site and profiles look like three organisations, none of them accumulates authority.
What this actually involves
Most sites fail on one of three things: an engine cannot read the page, cannot find a quotable answer on it, or cannot tell which business the page belongs to. The work is fixing whichever applies, in that order.
Being readable
Server-rendered HTML, sensible heading order, and content that exists in the markup rather than arriving after a JavaScript fetch. This sounds like a low bar. A surprising number of otherwise good sites fail it, because their text is assembled in the browser.
Being quotable
An answer engine lifts a passage. A passage it can lift is short, complete on its own, and positioned where it can be found — directly under the question it answers, not four paragraphs into a narrative.
Being identifiable
One consistent business name, structured data that states what you are and where, and links to the profiles that corroborate it. Models resolve entities. If “Drasyo”, “Drasyo Ltd” and “drasyo.com” look like three organisations, none of them accumulate authority.
SEO in Malta
Malta is roughly 27 kilometres end to end, so for most services every competitor sits inside the radius that decides a local ranking elsewhere. Proximity stops sorting the results, and the signals you control carry the weight: the narrowest Google Business Profile category that is still true, one name, address and phone number everywhere they appear, and service pages that say plainly where you work.
That is where local work starts, before any new content is written. The longer version is in local search when your whole market is one island.
See pricing for how engagements are scoped and what the tiers include.
Everything our SEO, AEO and GEO work covers
The full scope, from the code a site is built on to the answers AI assistants give about it. Every engagement is scoped to what your business needs; this is everything it can include.
- SEO
- ranking in Google, Bing and Maps results
- AEO
- being the answer in snippets, answer boxes and voice
- GEO
- being cited by ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity and AI Overviews
Technical SEO
For:SEOAEOGEO
- Next.js, Astro and Three.js SEO
- Server rendering, static generation and JavaScript rendering
- Semantic HTML and crawlable content
- Titles, meta descriptions and Open Graph
- Canonical URLs and URL architecture
- Redirects, 404s and HTTP status codes
- Duplicate URLs and duplicate content
- Robots directives and XML sitemaps
- Breadcrumbs and internal linking
- Mobile SEO
- Favicons and site identity
- Staging and preview indexing controls
- Accessibility to WCAG AA
Hosting, CDN and crawler access
For:SEOGEO
- HTTPS, DNS and the canonical hostname
- www and non-www redirect rules
- Vercel and Cloudflare configuration
- Caching and CDN
- Security headers, WAF and bot rules
- Access for Googlebot, Bingbot, OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot and ClaudeBot
- Search crawlers kept separate from AI training crawlers
- Cloudflare AI-bot blocking checks
- llms.txt and Markdown versions of pages for AI crawlers
Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools
For:SEOGEO
- Verification and property setup
- Queries, pages, clicks, impressions, CTR and position
- Page indexing and URL inspection
- Sitemaps and removals
- Core Web Vitals, HTTPS and enhancement reports
- Links and crawl stats
- Manual actions and security issues
- AI Overviews and AI Mode reporting
- IndexNow automation for new, updated and deleted pages
- Bing site scan and Copilot visibility
Analytics, tracking and consent
For:SEOGEO
- Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager
- Lead, form, phone, email and WhatsApp tracking
- Booking and quote actions as key events
- AI referral traffic from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot, Gemini and Claude
- UTM handling for AI referrals
- Zero-click and assisted conversions
- Microsoft Clarity heatmaps, recordings, rage and dead clicks
- Google Consent Mode and EEA-compliant consent
- Server-side tagging
Speed and Core Web Vitals
For:SEO
- LCP, INP and CLS
- Time to first byte (TTFB)
- JavaScript weight and long tasks
- Images, fonts and CSS
- Caching and lazy loading
- Real-user data from CrUX and Search Console
- PageSpeed Insights and Lighthouse checks every month
Structured data
For:SEOAEOGEO
- Organization, LocalBusiness and WebSite
- Service, Article and BreadcrumbList
- FAQPage for visible FAQs
- Product and Offer
- VideoObject, Event and JobPosting
- Speakable markup for news content
- sameAs and entity relationships
- Rich Results Test and Schema.org validation
On-page SEO and content
For:SEOAEO
- Keyword research and keyword-to-page mapping
- Search intent: commercial, informational and local
- Titles, headings and page copy
- Internal links and anchor text
- Image alt text and filenames
- Service, industry, location and product pages
- Topic clusters, pillar pages and supporting articles
- Case studies and first-hand experience
- Cannibalisation and thin-page fixes
- Content pruning and consolidation
- Content refresh and decay monitoring
- Seasonal and trend-led content
- Spam-policy compliance
Answer engines and voice
For:AEO
- Question research
- Answer-first sections with 40–60 word direct answers
- Featured snippets
- FAQs, definitions and comparisons
- Pricing and process explanations
- Conversational, question-format headings
- Voice search
- Google Discover
Generative engines and AI search
For:GEO
- Google AI Overviews and AI Mode
- ChatGPT Search, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity
- Company and service entity clarity
- Citation-ready facts and sources
- AI citation and mention monitoring
- Share of Synthesis and prompt library tracking
- Citation accuracy and hallucination correction
- Third-party source analysis
- Brand protection in AI answers
Local SEO
For:SEOAEOGEO
- Google Business Profile
- Bing Places and Apple Business
- Categories, services, hours and photos
- Name, address and phone consistency
- Local citations and directories
- Review generation within platform rules, and review replies
- Maps ranking tracking
- Local voice search
Entity, trust and authority
For:SEOGEO
- Entity home and Knowledge Panel
- Wikidata, where a business qualifies
- sameAs consistency across every profile
- About, contact, privacy and terms pages
- Reviews, case studies and evidence behind claims
- Backlinks and digital PR
- Malta, industry, partner and supplier links
- Unlinked brand mentions
- Third-party sources that AI answers draw on
International, video and social search
For:SEOGEO
- Multilingual SEO and hreflang
- Country and language strategy
- Regional search engines where they matter
- YouTube SEO: titles, thumbnails, chapters and transcripts
- VideoObject and video sitemaps
- TikTok, Instagram and LinkedIn search
- Google Images and Discover images
E-commerce and AI shopping
For:SEOGEO
- Product page SEO
- Product feeds and Google Merchant Center
- Product and Offer schema with live price and availability
- Trust signals: reviews, returns and shipping
- Readiness for AI shopping agents
Migrations, conversion and reporting
For:SEOAEOGEO
- Redesigns and migrations without losing rankings
- Redirect mapping and old URL preservation
- Structured data and entity checks after launch
- Conversion rate optimisation and landing-page testing
- Micro-conversions and speed-to-lead
- SERP feature and ranking tracking
- Monthly SEO, AEO and GEO reporting
How we do it
How AI visibility work runs.
- Audit
- Structure
- Entity
- Answer-first pages
- Citation
- Monthly review
Audit
We establish what is crawlable, what is citable, and which demand you are currently absent from.
Structure
Architecture and schema first, because content on a page an engine cannot parse is wasted work.
Write
Answer-first pages: the short version at the top, the depth underneath.
Compound
Monthly review of what got cited and what got asked, feeding the next month's writing.
This service in practice
SEO and AI visibility case studies
SEO Services in Malta: SEO, AEO & GEO FAQs
SEO, AEO and GEO questionsThe ones we get asked.
What is the difference between SEO, AEO and GEO?
SEO earns a position in a list of results. AEO earns the quoted paragraph in an answer box. GEO earns a citation inside a generative assistant's reply. They share foundations — crawlable HTML, clear structure — but differ in what they reward: SEO favours authority and relevance, AEO favours short self-contained answers, GEO favours parseable text and unambiguous entity signals.
How long before AI visibility work shows results?
Technical fixes can change how a site is parsed within days of a recrawl. Content and citation gains are slower and usually become visible across two to three months, because engines need to see the pattern repeat before they treat you as a reliable source for a topic.
Do we have to let AI crawlers access the site?
You can block them, but it forfeits citation. If a model cannot read your pages it cannot mention you, and the traffic goes to a competitor who allowed access. For most businesses selling a service, being quoted is worth more than withholding the text.
What does an SEO audit include?
A technical check of what search engines and AI crawlers can actually read today, which demand you are currently absent from, how your pages map to search intent, and whether structured data and entity signals (one consistent name, linked profiles) are in place. It sets the order of the work that follows.
Do you do local SEO for businesses in Malta?
Yes. In Malta proximity barely separates competitors, so local work focuses on the signals you control: the narrowest true Google Business Profile category, the same name, address and phone number everywhere, and pages that state plainly where you work.
How is SEO and AI visibility work reported?
Monthly. Each report covers what got cited and what got asked, the queries you appear for, and what changes next month as a result. Citations are checked by asking the assistants your customers use, because none of them report referrals the way a search engine reports impressions.
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