Generative Engine Optimization

GEO Link Building, Measured.

Placements that shape AI answers.

GEO link building earns placements on the pages generative engines already cite. We plan, price and measure it in our AI backlinks marketplace.

CiteMP source analysis, July 2026 · 12,430 prompts

68%of AI answers cite 3+ third-party sources
31%of citations are comparison articles
2.4xcitation lift after placement campaigns

Where AI answers get their sources.

Share of citations by content format, per platform — drawn from the same AI citation data behind every CiteMP campaign.

AI Overviews now on 1 in 2 commercial queries · July 2026
  • Listicles
  • Comparison articles
  • Reviews

ChatGPT

Citation share by format
Listicles
34%
Comparison articles
29%
Reviews
14%

Remaining 23% — news, docs, forums and brand-owned pages

Google AI Overviews

Citation share by format
Listicles
22%
Comparison articles
33%
Reviews
18%

Remaining 27% — news, docs, forums and brand-owned pages

Perplexity

Citation share by format
Listicles
27%
Comparison articles
26%
Reviews
21%

Remaining 26% — news, docs, forums and brand-owned pages

Claude

Citation share by format
Listicles
30%
Comparison articles
28%
Reviews
15%

Remaining 27% — news, docs, forums and brand-owned pages

CiteMP source analysis, July 2026 · four platforms, 12,430 prompts

Browse placements in these formats

Old link building vs GEO link building.

Same budget, different target: instead of chasing rankings, you buy the sources an answer is built from. See how prompt-to-placement campaigns work.

Traditional link building

Optimised for 10 blue links

  • DR-first site selection
  • Homepage and sidebar links
  • Anchor-text ratio spreadsheets
  • Guest posts on any relevant blog
  • Rankings-only reporting

GEO link building

Optimised for 1 AI answer

  • Citation-first source selection
  • Comparison and listicle placements
  • Prompt-level targeting
  • Pages AI engines already cite
  • Citation pickup tracking

The GEO placement playbook.

Four plays, each mapped to a live format in the AI link building marketplace.

  1. 01

    Win the comparison table

    Get into the head-to-head pages engines lean on for “best X” prompts.

    31% of AI citations are comparison articles

  2. 02

    Get into the listicles AI quotes

    Getting added to an existing listicle takes 5–10 days.

    34% of ChatGPT citations are listicles

  3. 03

    Be the cited expert

    Roundups and quotes give engines a named source to attribute.

    Expert quotes appear in 1 in 5 Perplexity answers

  4. 04

    Own original data

    Publish research other pages have to cite. It compounds.

    2.1x citations per placement for original research

Data points: CiteMP source analysis, July 2026.

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