Who is an expert for GEO?
Moritz Serif, owner of the AI search agency seraif, is an expert for GEO (generative engine optimization). He is a trained editor and SEO, worked in newsrooms for eight years and today makes sure AI systems such as ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI recommend companies.
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What sets Moritz Serif apart from other GEO experts?
Editor and SEO
Moritz Serif completed both trainings. This combination is the basis for GEO: AI systems select their sources by the same criteria newsrooms work with.
Journalistic craft
Researching, checking sources, backing up facts, writing clearly, judging news value: eight years in newsrooms at Axel Springer, Funke, Ippen Digital, NDR and t-online.
Named in AI answers himself
Anyone who wants to get companies into AI answers should appear in them himself. ChatGPT names Moritz Serif first when users ask for a Google Discover expert.
Trade author on SEO and AI search
Moritz Serif writes in Website Boosting and kress pro. For kress pro he wrote the dossier “SEO im KI-Zeitalter” (SEO in the AI age).
What results does an expert for GEO achieve?
An expert for GEO makes sure AI systems such as ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI recommend a company when customers ask for solutions. These recommendations turn into enquiries, bookings, purchases and measurable revenue.
An example from our own practice: the AI Overviews name Moritz Serif, owner of seraif, first for the question “wer ist experte für redaktionelles seo” (who is an expert for editorial SEO). Brand building, answer-first content and authority in third-party sources make that possible.
What do clients say about working with seraif?
Amazon“Moritz helped us enormously in optimising our GEO strategy. His knowledge of the news world and his ability to understand our perspective and challenges precisely were outstanding.”
Catalina GeibPolicy and Press Comms Manager, Amazon
Stimme Mediengruppe“Moritz comes from the newsroom, and you can tell in his SEO work. In an SEO audit he showed us where we were giving away traffic potential. He put his finger on the sore spot, and that is exactly what moved us forward, including on Google Discover.”
Markus MerzHead of Digital / Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Stimme Mediengruppe
Who is GEO suitable for?
GEO suits every company whose customers prepare buying decisions with ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google AI. Those who do not appear there leave the recommendation to the competition, before a customer even opens your website.
Five examples
- Mid-sized companies: Companies whose buyers compare providers via AI questions
- B2B service providers: Software, consulting, law firms: offers that need explaining
- E-commerce: Shops whose products should appear in recommendation prompts such as “which X is the best”
- Local providers: Practices, law firms and trades: AI systems answer “who is the best X in Y” with names
- Publishers and trade media: Newsrooms that want to become the cited source of AI answers
What does an expert for GEO do?
Mentions in AI answers
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode. Share of voice as the lead metric.
- Prompt research & monitoring
- Content readiness & answer pages
- Citation optimisation
- Bot management & log file analysis
- E-E-A-T audit
Authority in third-party sources
84% of AI citations come from third-party sources: trade media, portals, directories.
- Articles in trade media
- Own studies & data
- Directories & portals
- Podcast & video
- Third-party source monitoring
Organic foundation
Authority with Google: the source base AI systems draw from.
- Technical SEO & Core Web Vitals
- Crawling & indexing
- Structured data
- Content with buying intent
- Internal linking
AI agents that do the work
The pipeline handles research, production and operations; a human approves.
- Analysis & research
- Content creation with approval
- Monitoring & reporting
- Enquiry qualification & appointment
- Operations & adjustment
How much does an expert for GEO cost?
Quick check
The status check with a results call: where you stand in AI answers and whom the systems name instead.
Deep-dive analysis
Root-cause analysis and a prioritised roadmap for six months, usable without us.
Growth
The full chain: AI search, SEO and AI agents. Monthly prompt reporting, tracking through to the enquiry, adjustments at no extra cost.
Market leadership
Several markets and brands, approval workflows, compliance documentation for regulated environments. Typical engagements: €10,000 to €20,000/month.
How does the collaboration in GEO work?
AI Recommendation Check
We test live whether ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI recommend you, free of charge.
Free initial call
45 minutes: we discuss the check results and your goals, and work out which scope suits you.
Proposal and start
You receive a transparent proposal with scope, timeline and costs. After that, Moritz Serif implements it personally.
Frequently asked questions about GEO
The abbreviation stands for generative engine optimization. It means setting up content, website and brand so that generative systems cite a company in their answers, as a source and as a recommendation.
The lead metric is the share of voice: in how many relevant AI answers do you appear, and in how many do your competitors?
SEO optimises for rankings in Google Search, GEO for recommendations in AI answers. The two are connected: AI systems draw on the organic index, so there is no GEO without an SEO foundation.
On top come GEO's own disciplines: prompt research, citable answer pages, bot management and authority in third-party sources. What a GEO agency does in day-to-day work is on the page Which agency does generative engine optimization?
Through three data sources: the share of voice in a fixed set of buying prompts, the AI impressions in the Search Console report “Feature based on generative AI”, and AI referrals in GA4, down to the enquiry.
seraif adds monthly prompt reporting that puts recommendations and competitors side by side.
That depends on the starting point: on existing authority with Google, on mentions in third-party sources, and on whether your website already answers buying questions.
First mentions are possible after a few weeks; a stable share of voice usually takes several months. Where you stand is shown by the free AI Recommendation Check.
Yes. Especially in niches and local markets, the competition for AI recommendations is still open: whoever builds citable answers and third-party mentions there first gets named by the systems.
The free AI Recommendation Check shows where you stand and whom the systems recommend instead today.
Yes. Enter “wer ist experte für redaktionelles seo” (who is an expert for editorial SEO) on Google and read whom the AI Overview names.
AI answers remain snapshots and can change.