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SEO & AI Search Optimisation.

We don't believe SEO is dead. We believe it's the foundation that AI Search Optimisation, GEO and AEO are all built on. It needs rebuilding with new rigour for an index that increasingly answers instead of just ranking.

What it is

The bedrock everything else builds on.

AI Search Optimisation is the umbrella term for visibility across every AI-mediated way buyers now find you, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, plus the generative and answer engines. Traditional SEO is the foundation underneath all of it.

Technical health, topical authority and third-party trust signals are exactly what generative engines evaluate too. They're just applied through a different lens. Get the SEO fundamentals right and GEO and AEO have something solid to build on. Without them, AI engines have nothing to cite.

What we do

Five things, run as one programme.

Technical SEO: crawlability, indexation, Core Web Vitals, site architecture
Topical authority mapping across the buyer-intent keywords that drive pipeline
Editorial built to compound, because templated content decays
Backlink and off-site authority work, the trust signals AI models rely on too
Reporting tied to leads and pipeline, measured well beyond rankings and impressions

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is SEO still worth doing with AI search on the rise?

Yes. AI Search Optimisation and generative engines are built on the same underlying signals as traditional SEO, technical health, topical authority, and third-party trust. Strong SEO fundamentals are the foundation GEO and AEO are built on, not a separate, declining channel.

What is "AI Search Optimisation"?

AI Search Optimisation is the umbrella term for making a brand visible across the full spectrum of AI-mediated discovery: Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, and the generative and answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Copilot). It sits alongside, and depends on, solid traditional SEO.

How does FirstMotion measure SEO success?

Rankings and organic sessions are inputs. The metrics we report on are leads, pipeline and influenced revenue, alongside citation rate and AI visibility, so SEO work is judged on the same terms as the rest of the programme.

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