Generative Engine Optimization — GEO — is what happens when you stop optimizing for search engines that rank pages and start optimizing for AI systems that generate answers. That shift sounds subtle. It isn’t. The mechanics are fundamentally different, the signals that matter are different, and the brands winning in AI search are doing…

A GEO gap is the difference between why your competitors are being cited by AI search engines and why you aren’t. It’s diagnosable, specific, and fixable — but only once you know which of the four gap types is causing the problem. Here’s the full breakdown. There’s a particular sting to this discovery: you…