AI SEO agency for startups.

Get your brand named when buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or Google's AI Overviews what to buy. $2,000 a month, month-to-month.

The short answer

Wadabu is an AI SEO agency for consumer-brand startups. For $2,000 a month, it publishes clear answers about a brand's products and category, adds the structured data AI tools read, earns mentions on sites those tools cite, and tracks where the brand appears in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews.

What does an AI SEO agency do?

An AI SEO agency gets a brand named and linked when people ask AI tools for advice. You'll also see it called GEO (generative engine optimization), AEO (answer engine optimization) or LLM SEO. Same job, different labels.

AI answers are built from pages the tools can find and trust. ChatGPT search and Perplexity pull live web results, and Google's AI Overviews draw on Google's own index. So the work is making sure that when a buyer asks "what's the best option for X," the pages being pulled say clear, consistent things about your brand, and some of those pages are yours.

AI SEO vs traditional SEO: what changes?

Less than the hype suggests. Most of the foundations are shared. What changes is the goal and how it's measured.

Traditional SEO AI SEO (GEO / AEO)
Goal Rank a page in Google's results Get the brand named or cited inside the answer
What counts as a win Rankings, clicks, organic revenue Mentions, citations with a link, share of answers
Content that works Pages built around a keyword Direct answers to buyer questions, comparisons, specs and prices
Signals Links, technical health, relevance The same, plus structured data, third-party mentions and consistent brand facts
How it's tracked Search Console and rank trackers A fixed set of prompts run monthly across AI tools

If your site doesn't rank in Google at all, start with SEO for startups. AI SEO works best on top of pages that already get crawled and trusted.

What's included in Wadabu's AI search optimization service?

  • Prompt research: the questions buyers ask AI tools about your category, your competitors and your product type.
  • Brand fact cleanup: one consistent name, description, pricing and category across your site, directories and profiles, so AI tools don't mix you up or guess.
  • Answer-first pages: product, comparison and FAQ pages that answer the question in the first two sentences, with numbers.
  • Structured data: Organization, Product, Service and FAQPage markup so AI tools can read your facts without guessing.
  • Third-party mentions: directories, review sites, partner pages and press, the sources AI answers cite most often in your category.
  • Monthly tracking: whether you're mentioned, whether you're linked, and which sources get cited instead of you.

How long does AI SEO take to work?

Structured data and brand fact fixes can show up within weeks, once AI tools re-crawl the pages. New content and outside mentions take longer, usually 3–6 months, the same as SEO.

One honest caveat: nobody controls what ChatGPT says. Answers vary by prompt, by user and by day. An agency that guarantees a spot in ChatGPT is guessing. What can be controlled is how many trusted pages say the right things about you, and that's what moves the numbers.

How is AI search visibility measured?

Wadabu runs a fixed list of 25–50 buyer prompts each month across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. For each one it records three things: is the brand mentioned, is it linked, and which sites are cited instead. That list becomes the to-do list for next month.

It also tracks referral traffic from chatgpt.com and perplexity.ai in GA4 and organic revenue from Google, so visibility ties back to sales.

Is AI SEO worth it for an early-stage startup?

It depends on whether people already ask about your category. If you're inventing a new category, nobody is asking AI about it yet, so put the first dollars into paid ads and press. If buyers already compare options in your space, a mention in an AI answer reaches them at the moment they decide, and it keeps working without a media budget.

AI SEO is $2,000 a month at Wadabu, or part of the $5,000 bundle with ads, site and email. See SEO and AI search on the services page.

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AI search optimization

Show up when buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google what to buy.

  • Measured by
  • AI citationsHow often ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI answers recommend your brand. More shoppers ask AI what to buy. This is the new word of mouth.
  • Organic revenueSales from shoppers who found you on Google without an ad. Growth you don't pay for every month.
  • RankingsWhere your pages show up when people search. The top spots get most of the clicks, so moving up means you get found first.

$2,000per month

Or get all 4 services for $5,000/mo. See the bundle

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What's included

  • Buyer prompt research across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews
  • Brand fact cleanup across your site, directories and profiles
  • Answer-first product, comparison and FAQ pages
  • Structured data: Organization, Product, Service and FAQPage
  • Third-party mentions on the sources AI answers cite
  • Monthly AI visibility report: mentions, links and competing sources

Best for: Brands in a category buyers already research, that want to be the name AI tools recommend.

How it works

Research. Fix. Publish. Track.

A senior team runs the work, with WADU, Wadabu's in-house AI, handling prompt tracking and reporting.

  1. 01 Week 1

    Baseline

    Run 25–50 buyer prompts across AI tools and record where you show up, and who shows up instead.

  2. 02 Weeks 2–3

    Fix the facts

    Clean up brand facts and add structured data across the site and key profiles.

  3. 03 Monthly

    Publish and earn mentions

    New answer-first pages every month, plus outreach to the sources AI answers cite.

  4. 04 Monthly

    Track and report

    Re-run the prompt list, report mentions and links, and set next month's targets.

What our clients are saying

“Our sales and website traffic increased by 30% and 100%. They were excellent from a project management perspective.”

Burke Purcell, Founder, LoanBud · Verified on Clutch

“Wadabu ran our website, marketing and sales operations as one team, not three vendors. That gave us the positioning and systems to compete for bigger contracts. Within two years we generated more than $23 million in contract revenue.”

Eugene Lane, VP of Sales, Natuv

“Website sales increased by 20% with the new strategy. Very experienced in the subject, with many great innovative ideas and solutions.”

Dr. Juan Salinas, CEO, Perfect Life Nutrition · Verified on Clutch

Frequently asked questions

  • Senior team, no hand‑offs

  • Rated 5.0 on Clutch

  • Published pricing, no surprises

What is an AI SEO agency?
An AI SEO agency gets a brand mentioned and cited in answers from AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. The work covers answer-first content, structured data, consistent brand facts across the web, third-party mentions and monthly tracking of AI visibility. Wadabu offers it for $2,000 a month.
What is the difference between GEO, AEO and AI SEO?
GEO (generative engine optimization), AEO (answer engine optimization) and AI SEO are different names for the same work: getting a brand included in AI-generated answers. The labels come from different vendors and writers. The tactics overlap almost completely.
How much does AI SEO cost at Wadabu?
AI search optimization costs $2,000 a month at Wadabu, month-to-month. It's part of the SEO and AI search service, and it's included in the $5,000 a month bundle with paid ads, site and CRO, and email and retention.
Can an agency guarantee a brand appears in ChatGPT?
No. AI answers change by prompt, by user and over time, and no agency controls them. An agency can raise the odds by making sure many trusted pages state the brand's facts clearly and consistently, then track mentions across a fixed set of prompts every month.
How long does AI search optimization take?
Structured data and brand fact fixes can show up within a few weeks, once AI tools re-crawl the pages. New content and third-party mentions usually take 3–6 months to show up in AI answers, similar to traditional SEO.
Does AI SEO replace traditional SEO?
No. AI SEO builds on traditional SEO. Google's AI Overviews draw on Google's index, and ChatGPT search and Perplexity pull live web results, so pages that are crawled, fast and trusted are more likely to be cited. Most brands need both.

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