# Citemark

> Citemark is a Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) agency in Bengaluru, India. It gets brands cited by ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews, and ranked on Google. The team has run SEO since 2013 and is made of engineers who fix rendering, schema and indexing in the client's codebase. Tagline: "Engineered to be cited."

Citemark does not guarantee rankings or citations. It publishes its timeline (first AI-engine signals in 2–4 months; competitive prompts in 6–12 months) and reports monthly with screenshots of each citation. Plans are month to month and include SEO, AEO and GEO together; the audit is free.

## Services

- [All services](https://citemark.in/services): GEO, AEO, SEO and technical SEO as one engagement.
- [Generative Engine Optimization](https://citemark.in/services/generative-engine-optimization): entity engineering, retrievability (llms.txt, Bing indexing, crawler access), citation-worthy content, mentions and digital PR, monthly citation tracking.
- [Answer Engine Optimization](https://citemark.in/services/answer-engine-optimization): answer-first restructuring, FAQ and schema engineering, author and freshness signals, tracking of Google AI Overviews, featured snippets and People Also Ask.
- [SEO](https://citemark.in/services/seo): technical, content and local SEO for Bangalore; Bing and Google indexing; no paid links.
- [Technical SEO and site engineering](https://citemark.in/services/technical-seo): crawling, rendering, Core Web Vitals, schema, migrations and monitoring, shipped as pull requests; white-label for agencies.
- [Free AI visibility audit](https://citemark.in/ai-visibility-audit): what each engine says about a brand today, screenshot by screenshot, and the three fixes first. Delivered in five working days.
- [Check what AI says about you](https://citemark.in/check): free self-serve tool. Enter a business category, city and optional brand; it writes the 10 prompts a buyer would ask an AI and opens each one in ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google with the text filled in. Runs in the browser; nothing is sent to Citemark.

## Company

- [About](https://citemark.in/about): founded 2026 in Bengaluru; founder running search campaigns since 2013; grew out of an engineering studio.
- [Pricing](https://citemark.in/pricing): three monthly plans (Launch, Growth, Authority) and a three-month sprint, all including SEO, AEO and GEO; prices exclusive of 18% GST; cancel with 30 days' notice.
- [GEO agency in Bangalore](https://citemark.in/geo-agency-bangalore): office, local results, and a seven-question checklist for choosing a GEO agency.
- [SEO company in Bangalore](https://citemark.in/seo-company-bangalore): what a Bangalore SEO company should look like in 2026, local/technical/content SEO, a seven-question checklist, Bangalore FAQ.
- [Bangalore AI Citation Benchmark](https://citemark.in/benchmark): the method for a monthly, repeatable record of which businesses six AI engines name and cite for 20 Bangalore categories — three prompts each, two runs, five metrics; editions publish with screenshots and raw data. Citemark's own category is included and reported identically.
- [Contact](https://citemark.in/contact)

## Questions

- [Questions, answered](https://citemark.in/questions): one page per question people type about AI search, each opening with a 40–60-word direct answer, then detail and checkable sources.
- [Why isn't my business mentioned in ChatGPT's answers?](https://citemark.in/questions/why-is-my-business-not-in-chatgpt): Bing indexing, liftable sentences, entity contradictions, third-party mentions.
- [Why isn't my site cited in Google AI Overviews?](https://citemark.in/questions/why-is-my-site-not-in-google-ai-overviews): ranking as the gate, sub-questions, liftable passages, what doesn't help.
- [Does ChatGPT use Bing to search the web?](https://citemark.in/questions/does-chatgpt-use-bing): Bing as the default search in ChatGPT, OpenAI's three crawlers, what to do.
- [Should I block AI crawlers like GPTBot?](https://citemark.in/questions/should-i-block-ai-crawlers): which crawler does what (GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, Googlebot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot), hosting-level blocks.
- [How long does GEO take to show results?](https://citemark.in/questions/how-long-does-geo-take): 2–8 weeks for specific prompts, 6–12 months for competitive ones, why engines differ.
- [Do I still need SEO if I'm doing GEO?](https://citemark.in/questions/do-i-need-seo-if-i-do-geo): what overlaps, what GEO adds, which to do first.
- [How do I check what AI says about my business?](https://citemark.in/questions/how-do-i-check-what-ai-says-about-my-business): building a prompt set, running it cleanly, what to record.
- [Is GEO worth it for a small business in Bangalore?](https://citemark.in/questions/is-geo-worth-it-for-a-small-business): where small businesses win, where they don't, the minimum that works.
- [What does GEO cost in Bangalore?](https://citemark.in/questions/how-much-does-geo-cost-in-bangalore): published prices start around ₹50,000/month, price drivers, what a plan should include.
- [Can an agency guarantee citations in ChatGPT or Google AI Overviews?](https://citemark.in/questions/can-an-agency-guarantee-ai-citations): no; what can honestly be guaranteed; what a guarantee hides.
- [How is GEO measured?](https://citemark.in/questions/how-is-geo-measured): the prompt map, citation rate, share of answer, AI referral sessions.
- [What is an AI visibility audit?](https://citemark.in/questions/what-is-an-ai-visibility-audit): what's in it, what it isn't.
- [Do Google reviews affect AI recommendations?](https://citemark.in/questions/do-google-reviews-affect-ai-recommendations): reviews as verification, a process not a campaign, what not to do.

## Industries

- [Industries](https://citemark.in/industries): the prompts buyers ask, what's different in each sector, what Citemark does, and claims notes where the profession is regulated.
- [SaaS and B2B tech](https://citemark.in/industries/saas): shortlist, "vs" and "alternatives" prompts; review-platform entities; docs made retrievable.
- [Healthcare and clinics](https://citemark.in/industries/healthcare): credentials as the gate, local profiles, regulated claims; Physician and MedicalClinic schema; doctor-reviewed content.
- [D2C and e-commerce](https://citemark.in/industries/d2c-ecommerce): product data as content, marketplace consistency, third-party reviews, buying guides on category pages.
- [Real estate](https://citemark.in/industries/real-estate): project pages with real data (RERA, possession, price bands), locality guides, portal consistency.
- [Professional services](https://citemark.in/industries/professional-services): practitioner entities with Person schema, India-specific educational content, Bar Council of India and ICAI advertising guidelines.

## Learn

- [Learn hub](https://citemark.in/learn): eight answer-first guides to AI search, each with a published date, an author line and a sources list of checkable URLs.
- [What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)?](https://citemark.in/learn/what-is-generative-engine-optimization): definition, the 2023 research paper the term comes from, how engines build answers, the six workstreams, timelines.
- [GEO vs AEO vs SEO](https://citemark.in/learn/geo-vs-aeo-vs-seo): what each one wins, a comparison table, which to do first, timelines by discipline.
- [How ChatGPT chooses which sources to cite](https://citemark.in/learn/how-chatgpt-chooses-sources): Bing indexing as the prerequisite, OpenAI's three crawlers, what makes a passage quotable, a checklist.
- [How to get cited in Google AI Overviews](https://citemark.in/learn/how-to-get-cited-in-google-ai-overviews): what Google has documented, ranking for sub-questions, liftable passages, the entity, what does not help.
- [GEO for SaaS companies](https://citemark.in/learn/geo-for-saas): five prompt types, the prompt map, retrievability for docs and pricing, pages written to be quoted, third-party listings, reporting.
- [What GEO costs in India](https://citemark.in/learn/geo-pricing-in-india): published Bangalore prices checked 17 October 2026, price drivers, what a plan should include, retainer vs sprint vs audit, how to compare quotes.
- [llms.txt: what it is and how to write one](https://citemark.in/learn/llms-txt-guide): the specification, who reads it today, this file annotated, six steps, mistakes.
- [Schema markup for AI search](https://citemark.in/learn/schema-for-ai-search): Organization as ProfessionalService, Service, Article, BreadcrumbList, FAQPage after May 2026, generating schema from one source of truth.

## Facts

- Based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Serves India and international clients.
- Engines covered: ChatGPT (including search), Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Microsoft Copilot.
- Industries: SaaS and B2B tech, healthcare and clinics, D2C and e-commerce, real estate, professional services.
- Email: hello@citemark.in