ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews are now where millions of people get their answers. We make sure your business is the one they mention — not your competitor. This is the new frontier of search, and we're already operating in it.
In 2023–2025, the way people search changed fundamentally. Instead of scanning blue links, millions of people now ask AI assistants: "Who's the best web designer in Chicago?" or "What's the top SEO agency in Illinois?"
The AI answers those questions by pulling from sources it considers authoritative. If you're not one of those sources, you're invisible — even if you rank on page 1 of Google.
GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) and AIO (AI SEO) are the practices that get you into those AI answers. Media Express LLC was one of the first agencies in Chicago to offer this as a dedicated service.
We apply it to our own network of 150+ sites and to our clients' websites — so everything we recommend is proven, not theoretical.
The AI summary boxes at the top of Google searches. Appearing here often gets more clicks than the #1 organic result — without being #1.
When users ask AI assistants about local businesses or services, the AI cites sources. We get you into those citations.
Google's Gemini and Perplexity pull real-time web data. Proper entity optimization and structured data puts you in front of their users.
Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant, and AI-powered voice answers all rely on the same foundation as GEO — we cover all of them.
Concrete tactics — not buzzword promises.
We establish your brand as a recognized entity in Google's Knowledge Graph — with consistent name, address, phone, and brand signals across hundreds of sources.
Structured data that tells AI systems exactly what your business is, what it does, where it is, and why it's trustworthy. FAQ, LocalBusiness, Organization, WebSite schemas and more.
Content written the way AI systems prefer to read and cite: clear, factual, concise, with authoritative claims backed by verifiable sources. No fluff.
Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness — the four signals Google and AI systems use to evaluate content quality. We build all four.
Getting your business mentioned and linked on authoritative websites — the same signals that tell AI systems your business is worth recommending.
We monitor whether your business appears in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overview responses — and adjust strategy based on what's working.
Plain answers about this new and sometimes confusing field.
GEO is the practice of optimizing your online presence so that AI-powered search systems — Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity — cite your business when answering user queries. It's the evolution of SEO for the AI search era. Where traditional SEO gets you into blue-link results, GEO gets you into the AI answers that now appear above those results.
AIO stands for AI-Optimized SEO. It's the content and technical strategy that makes your website more understandable and citable by AI language models. This includes structured data markup, E-E-A-T optimization, entity consistency, and content written the way AI systems prefer to parse and cite. AIO and GEO work together — AIO is the foundation, GEO is the result.
Google AI Overviews can respond within weeks once the right signals are in place — sometimes faster than traditional ranking changes. ChatGPT and Claude appear in AI answers based on training data cutoffs, which update every few months. Perplexity and Gemini with real-time search can respond faster. We track your progress across all channels monthly.
No — it complements it. Traditional SEO still drives significant traffic via Google blue-link results. GEO/AIO adds AI search visibility on top of that. The two share many foundations (authority, quality content, technical health) but GEO requires additional work that most traditional SEO agencies aren't doing yet. We offer both as a combined service.
Media Express LLC has been directly featured inside Google AI Overview results — documented proof that AI-powered optimization works.
"Hi, I'm Maya — and Chicago's digital game has changed. Google AI is now recommending businesses out loud. Media Express LLC was featured directly inside Google AI Overview results — cited by name, with audio. If your business isn't optimized for AI search, you're invisible to a growing chunk of the market."
"Since 1995, Media Express has been building Chicago's most trusted digital presence. Today, we do it for Google and for AI. Let me show you what that means for your business."
Free AI search audit — we'll check whether your business currently appears in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews, and show you exactly what's missing.