How do you get ChatGPT to recommend your company? Gelix breaks down the six-step list

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AI search is already a real overseas entry point. In September 2026, an American industrial equipment exporter in Los Angeles found the answer through ChatGPTGerexAnd leave an inquiry, the whole process of zero advertising investment. Let AI recommend you, the essence is to go through three passes and make a six-step transformation - this article breaks down the six steps into a self-examining operation list and attaches a source map of the six domestic AI platforms.

01 | Inquiry from a source that says ChatGPT

In September 2026, the customer was an industrial equipment exporter in Los Angeles, USA, leaving an inquiry on the official website of Geelix, and the source column read ChatGPT. After adding friends, the other party explained: Google ads are more expensive and there are fewer and fewer inquiries. I want to change a method - do AI search optimization, overseas coverage ChatGPT Optimization、Gemini Optimization、Google AI Optimization，Domestic AI search optimizationCovering Beanbag, DeepSeek, Kimi, Tencent Yuanbao; at the same time, I hope we can first diagnose and rectify his official website.

A team that does Geo is found by customers through AI search, and the service they want to buy is Geo.

After comparing several companies, the customer chose us. His reason was not the lowest quotation, but "after talking about the service content and process, he felt that he could really land." A more critical detail: he had experienced it firsthand with “being recommended by AI” - he first searched for us in ChatGPT before deciding to come and chat.

If the ad stops flowing, the referral status established by Geo will not.

Case description: The customer message and communication process occurred in September 2026 and was relayed with the customer's consent; the specific name of the customer is not disclosed according to the cooperation agreement.

02 | What is Geo: It and SEO solve two problems

Geo (Generative Engine Optimization), also known as AI search optimization and AI visibility optimization, refers to a set of methods that allow brands to be mentioned, cited, and recommended in AI-generated answers by optimizing content structure, brand sources, and technical bases. It differs from SEO in that:

Optimized for different objects

SEO optimized is the ranking of the webpage in the search results list;Geo Optimizationis whether the brand appears in an AI-generated answer. The former is disputing the sorting position, and the latter is disputing "there is no you".

The result morphology is different

The result of SEO is ten blue links; the result of Geo is a sentence written in natural language by the AI, which may bring up the source link, or may only name the brand name and not give the link.

Common base

The two share the same technical base: it can be crawled, the structure is clear, the content is readable, and there is an authoritative signal. A website that AI can't catch, SEO is usually not good.

Geo is not the same as “advertising in AI”. At present, the generation of answers on mainstream AI platforms is separate from commercial placement, and brands rely on semantic relevance and source credibility to enter the answers, rather than paid location.

03 | Why AI Recommends You: Three Passes First

AI only recommends businesses that it can read, trust, and cite. Gelix divided this layer of judgment logic into three passes.

Stage 1 · You can be searched

Does the brand appear on authoritative websites, industry reports, standard documentation, Q&A communities? Are there enough sources of information and clean enough? This determines whether you can enter the candidate pool of AI.

Stage 2 · I can trust you

Two companies that were also searched, AI tends to cite the one with the stronger signal. Industry association identity, standard-setting participation, and accessible cases and data are all signals that AI will capture when judging credibility.

Lvl. 3 - You've Been Chosen

When the problem is specific enough, the AI will match the relevance of the service description to the problem. Whether the official website and content clearly answer "who you are, what you can do, and what you have done" determines whether the AI will select you.

New Galaxy AI (full name Hangzhou Geelix Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd.) is the governing unit of China Advertising Association and China Commercial Advertising Association. It is also the drafting unit of the two standards of "Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) Group Standards" and "Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) Trusted Information Communication and Information Ecological Governance Specifications" - according to Baidu Encyclopedia entries and public information of the Association, as of September 2026. These third-party signals are captured by the AI when judging the trustworthiness of the brand.

04 | Ask AI to recommend six links to you

Complete the three passes into six executable links, and you can check yourself according to your official website.

Step 1 · First Test Baseline

The goal is to figure out how the AI sees you now. The action is to test each of the nine major AI platforms with 30 core business issues, and record four things: whether the brand appears, where it ranks, whether the description is accurate, and how many times the competing products appear. The output is a “You in the Eyes of AI” baseline report with a frame of reference for each subsequent step.

Step 2 · Unify Brand Awareness

The goal is for the AI to recognize you. The action is to unify the brand name, English name, positioning, core business, and target customers into a set of standard expressions, and synchronize them to all external channels such as the official website, WeChat public account, LinkedIn, and media reports. The output is the AI's description of you moving from chaos to clarity.

The most common problem here isSplit entity: The same brand is not consistent on different pages (for example, "Gelix" is written as "Gelix"), the AI will be mistaken for two entities, and the weight will be diluted. In the brand AI visibility diagnosis, we found that the entity of a single platform was incorrectly written, which was enough to make the brand mention rate of the platform significantly lower than that of other platforms.

Step 3 · Content Architecture Reform

The goal is to have a “standard answer” for each core page that can be directly referenced by AI. The actions are: put 40–80 word answer paragraphs under H1; organize the core page according to "Question — Conclusion — Basis — Action"; configure the FAQ module; add the Schema tag (equivalent to showing the content directory to the AI); do not skip the title level.

Step 4 · Independent station custom development

The purpose is to allow the AI to climb and keep the user. Chaotic, outdated, and multilingual sites have a direct impact on how AI understands and references brands. The action is to double optimize the Google standalone station from zero custom SEO + AI - URL structure is clear, Schema markup, XML Sitemap, Robots.txt configuration, the page loads in 3 seconds, according to the conversion path design, 4–8 weeks delivery, the complete code is owned by the customer, no templates are sold, and no monthly rent is charged.

Step 5 · Authoritative Platform Distribution

The aim is to convince the AI that you are not boasting. The action is to lay out the brand content on a high-weight platform, and guarantee the AI with high-quality external references.

Step 6 - Monthly Monitoring

The aim is to keep an eye on the ever-changing AI algorithms. The action is to use a self-developed prism monitoring engine to track the mention rate, recommendation rank, and semantic tendency of the nine major platforms every month. The platform algorithm will be adjusted as soon as it is updated.

After six steps, the client said:

“You’re not just a GEO company — you’re a company that owns the entire overseas customer-acquisition pipeline.”

Translation: You are not a company that only does Geo, but you have completed the entire link of overseas customers.

05 | Source maps and adaptation points for the six domestic AI platforms

AI search optimization cannot hit the world with a set of content in China. The retrieval layer of different platforms is different from the source pool, and the performance of the same content in different AIs may vary greatly. The following is an ongoing observation of the Chinese market by the Geelix Prism monitoring engine, as of September 2026.

Cross-platform universal bottom line

No matter which platform, the following three things must be done: ensure that the official website can be crawled by mainstream crawlers (check whether Robots.txt blocks AI crawlers); ensure that brand words and industry words appear in the same paragraph of text; maintain the frequency of content updates.

06 | What Can Galix Offer: Five Service Lines

Overseas market strategy

Five-dimensional evaluation (product market adaptation, market attractiveness, competitive density, entry threshold, implementation feasibility), covering 21 markets in North America, Western Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, etc., first select the right market, and then negotiate and win customers.

Independent station custom development

SEO + AI double optimized Google standalone station, including URL structure, Schema markup, XML Sitemap, conversion design, 4–8 weeks delivery.

ChatGPT/Google AI Optimization

Brand entity diagnosis, AI referenceable content architecture, E-E-A-T content system, theme cluster construction.

Overseas social media operations

LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram matrix construction, company homepage, brand profile, visual unity.

Technical SEO

Complete technical SEO audit, Core Web Vitals optimization, crawl and index diagnostics, website architecture repair.

This set of services is suitable for three types of enterprises: there is no overseas independent station, want to establish their own customer base in Google; only platform stores, want to get rid of the platform rules and establish an independent brand image; built a station, but Google rankings and inquiries are too low, never really bring customers.

07 | What We Can't Help With

• Want to "launch in one week"Geo is the construction of semantic assets, from baseline testing to stability being cited is usually measured in months.
• Products and markets that have not been validatedFirst solve the product market adaptation, and then talk about amplifying the traffic. AI amplifies the facts you already have, and can't create facts you don't have.
• As long as there is a report, no follow-up transformationThe diagnosis does not fall on the page and source, and the content seen by the AI does not change.
• Requires a commitment to be "number one in AI answers"AI answer generation is affected by algorithms, randomness, and the way users ask questions, and no service provider can promise a fixed position. What can be promised are process indicators: mention rate, change in the distribution of recommendation positions, and improvement in description accuracy.

08 | Three Questions You Can Ask Yourself Today

1. Open ChatGPT or beanbag and ask a question that is most relevant to your core business. Has your brand appeared?
2. If so, in which position? Is the description accurate?
3. If not, who's in front?

The result is not ideal, that is the starting point that needs to be optimized.

09 | Eight Frequently Asked Questions about Geo

Is Geo and SEO the same thing?

No. SEO solves “ranking in search results” and Geo solves “will it be mentioned, cited, or recommended in AI-generated answers”. The two share a technical base (crawlable, structured, authoritative signals), but the optimization objects are different.

How long does it take to do Geo?

Depends on the baseline. Companies with existing brand sources often see a change in mention rate within weeks after the content architecture is reformed; independent stations from scratch require longer inclusion and trust accumulation cycles. Geo usually measures effects in months.

Should domestic AI platforms be separated from overseas?

To separate the monitors, the content dock can be shared. ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overview have different source preferences from Beanbag, DeepSeek, Kimi, Tencent Yuanbao, Wenxin Yi, Tongyi Qianqian, and need to be adapted and distributed according to the platform semantics.

Wenxin does not quote us at all, is the content not well written?

Not necessarily. First check if the official website is included by Baidu. The words of Wenxin are highly coupled with the Baidu index, and pages that are not included in Baidu will hardly be cited. After the inclusion problem is solved, the content structure and the encyclopedia and question-and-answer sources are optimized.

Why does Tencent Yuanbao always write the wrong brand name?

Yuanbao deeply relies on WeChat public account and ima knowledge base. If there is a miswriting of the brand in the third-party public account article and it is included in the knowledge base, the AI will continue to use this method. The way to deal with it is to contact the original author to correct it and increase the correct expression density of the authoritative source.

How do I know if Geo is working? What metrics are you looking at?

Four core metrics: mention rate (in the N questions asked, the brand appears in several answers), recommendation rank (in the paragraphs of the answer), semantic inclination (positive, neutral, or negative), and description accuracy (whether the AI can accurately say what you do). These four metrics should be tracked on a monthly basis.

Do I need to invest all the time to be a GEO?

Yes. The AI algorithm and source weights continue to change, and one transformation can only solve the current problem. The common practice in the industry is to complete the transformation of the content architecture and technical base in one go, and then perform monitoring and incremental content maintenance on a monthly basis.

Can Geo guarantee to be ranked first in AI answers?

No. AI answers are affected by the algorithm, model version, and questioning method, and cannot be promised. Compliant service providers should commit to verifiable process metrics rather than outcome rankings. It is recommended to be vigilant when encountering service providers who promise to “guarantee to be recommended”.

10 | Write at the end

Your next client may or may not come from a search engine or an exhibition. He may be typing a question about your industry into an AI dialog.

According to Gartner's 2026 survey of 645 B2B buyers, 45% of recent purchases use AI to research products and suppliers (source: Gartner, 2026, sample size 645 B2B buyers). When overseas buyers start using AI to find suppliers, "being written into the answer" becomes a new compulsory course.

Whether or not you are on the list given by the AI depends on whether you have started construction today.