FAQ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions on GEO, AI citability and the PROEMA method.
B2B, ROI, tarifs, GEO vs autres
- What 3 questions should you ask an agency before signing?
- What are the 5 critical KPIs to track in GEO?
- Does PROEMA accept direct competitors in its portfolio?
- Does PROEMA offer performance guarantees?
- Watch package €1K/month or GEO Optimisation package €2.5-25K/month?
- How much does a GEO project cost in 2026?
- How long before the first results?
- How does the PROEMA GEO score uplift guarantee work?
- How do you assess a GEO agencys real depth?
- How do you choose a GEO agency in 2026?
- How do you measure the success of a GEO strategy?
- In-house vs outsourced GEO: which choice?
- PROEMA vs a GEO measurement platform: what is the difference?
- PROEMA vs a classic SEO agency: what is the concrete difference?
- Reddit cited by ChatGPT: the blind spot that wins brands in 2026
- Should you hire an in-house GEO Manager?
- Vertical Build: which clients does it actually fit?
- What does a 30-minute PROEMA scoping call look like?
- What annual budget should a CMO allocate to GEO?
- What internal governance does PROEMA recommend to steer a GEO strategy?
- What is the role of GEO Rocket sponsorship?
- What ROI can you expect from a GEO investment?
- When should you start a GEO strategy: now, in 6 months, or in 2 years?
- Why an Express Audit before a retainer?
- Why does FAQPage Schema stay critical despite the Google deprecation of 7 May 2026?
- Why no numerical guarantee on LLM citations?
- Why is PROEMA not comparable to a low-cost 590 EUR/month GEO offer?
Grand public, IA / LLMs
- AEO, LLMO, AGEO: what is the difference with GEO?
- Can my client data leak to LLMs?
- ChatGPT vs Claude vs Perplexity vs Gemini: what is the difference?
- Does GEO apply to SMEs or only to large groups?
- How do LLMs decide which brands to cite in an answer?
- How long does it take before a brand gets cited by AI?
- How many people use ChatGPT instead of Google in 2026?
- How do you start GEO with no budget?
- How do you tell if your site is GEO-friendly without being technical?
- Is ChatGPT safe for my company? (GDPR)
- What are the main AI answer engines in 2026?
- Mistral / Le Chat (French): why does it matter for EU brands?
- My competitor is cited by ChatGPT and I am not: why?
- My site ranks on Google: why should I worry about LLMs?
- What is the difference between a search engine and an AI answer engine?
- What happens if you do nothing on GEO?
- What is an AI crawler and why should you care?
- What is an LLM, exactly?
- What is a synthetic answer from an LLM?
- What is brand citability by an LLM?
- What is ChatGPT and how does it work in 2 minutes?
- What is Wikidata and why does PROEMA keep mentioning it?
- Why does ChatGPT sometimes cite false information?
- Why does your brand need to be cited by ChatGPT?
- Will GEO replace SEO?
Grand public, IA / LLMs (complément)
- Are Chinese AIs (DeepSeek, Qwen) used in Europe?
- Can AI replace a human consultant?
- Can an LLM read my 100-page PDF?
- Can ChatGPT make serious legal or accounting errors?
- How much does a ChatGPT / Claude / Perplexity subscription cost in 2026?
- What is the difference between ChatGPT and Google Search?
- Do LLMs grasp francophone cultural nuances (BE vs FR vs Québec)?
- Does ChatGPT record my conversations?
- What is the difference between GPT-4, GPT-5, Claude Opus and Gemini Pro?
- How does ChatGPT understand a question asked in French?
- How many people use ChatGPT in Belgium and France?
- How do you explain ChatGPT to your team in 5 minutes?
- Is my site already being crawled by AI without my knowledge?
- My staff use ChatGPT at work: should I be worried?
- What is an LLMs context window?
- Which AI should you choose: ChatGPT, Claude or Perplexity?
- Why does ChatGPT sometimes give different answers to the same question?
- Why do we talk about tokens in LLMs?
- Why does ChatGPT sometimes invent false information?
- Will AI eliminate jobs in my company?
B2B, ROI, tarifs, GEO vs autres (complément)
- What is the average duration of a GEO project?
- Can GEO generate direct revenue?
- Can GEO help during a reputation crisis?
- Can GEO help recruit talent for my company?
- Can GEO offset a poor Google reviews reputation?
- Can PROEMA handle multiple brands within the same group?
- Can PROEMA sign an NDA?
- Can PROEMA support my brand into other European markets?
- Can PROEMA work with an existing internal marketing team?
- Do you need to fully rework your content strategy?
- Does GEO apply to e-commerce sites?
- Does GEO impact traditional SEO?
- Does GEO work for a very local brand?
- Does PROEMA also manage traditional SEO?
- Does PROEMA offer a free trial?
- Does PROEMA offer internal training for your team?
- Does PROEMA work with startups?
- How does GEO interact with your social media?
- How many blog posts should you produce for GEO?
- How many clients can PROEMA serve simultaneously?
- How many GEO agencies exist in French-speaking Europe?
- How many internal FTEs should you dedicate to GEO?
- How does PROEMA guarantee the confidentiality of your data?
- How do you avoid AI citing your brand negatively?
- How do you build a GEO business case for your CFO?
- How do you integrate GEO into your annual marketing plan?
- How do you justify GEO spend against an existing SEO budget?
- How do you measure GEO return on investment?
- How do you train your marketing team in GEO?
- Should you prefer an independent consultant or a structured agency?
- Is GEO effective against cannibalisation between subsidiaries?
- Is GEO relevant for B2B or only B2C?
- Is LinkedIn important for B2B GEO?
- Is PROEMA agnostic across LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity)?
- Should you pick a local agency or a large Paris agency?
- My competitors are already better positioned: is it too late?
- My site has no blog: can I still do GEO?
- Does PROEMA work only in Belgium and France?
- Does the CEO need a personal online presence for GEO?
- What happens after the 12-month Forfait GEO commitment?
- What happens if I am not satisfied with the PROEMA Forfait?
- What happens if you switch GEO agency mid-way?
- What does PROEMA do that platforms like Profound or AthenaHQ dont?
- What ROI should you expect after 6 months of GEO?
- What should you do if AI cites incorrect information about your brand?
- Why is PROEMA more expensive than a 590 EUR/month GEO agency?
Tech & Réglementaire
- Bing Webmaster Tools AI Performance Report: what is it and how do you enable it?
- Canonical URL and GEO: what impact?
- Can client data leak to LLMs? (employee and vendor risks)
- Cloudflare AI Crawl Control : utile ?
- Cloudflare Pages, Vercel, Netlify: which one to choose?
- Copyright and content used by OpenAI / Anthropic: where do we stand?
- Which Schema.org types are critical in 2026?
- EU AI Act Article 50: what labelling obligations before 2 August 2026?
- Which FAQ structure for LLM optimisation? (5-block playbook)
- GDPR and LLM citation tracking: what does the CNIL say in 2026?
- Which tech stack for a GEO-native site: CMS or static?
- How do you formalise an AI crawler management policy?
- How do you link an author to Wikidata via sameAs?
- How do you monitor the AI bots crawling your site?
- Sitemap XML: how do you update it for GEO?
- How do you write an effective llms.txt?
- Is my content considered AI-generated under the EU AI Act?
- JSON-LD vs Microdata vs RDFa: which format in 2026?
- Is machine translation good enough for GEO?
- The NYT vs OpenAI lawsuit: what are the implications for European brands?
- Open Graph and GEO: still useful?
- Should you opt in or opt out of AI crawlers?
- Should you label AI-assisted content on your site?
- Unfair competition and GEO: can you name your competitors?
- What is llms.txt and should you put one on your site?
- What is multilingual hreflang and why is it critical in GEO?
- What is Schema.org Author Person typed with Wikidata?
- What update frequency keeps content cited by LLMs?
- Why does Schema.org Author entity equal +33 citation confidence points?
- Why does the 2026 PROEMA robots.txt pattern block GPTBot but allow OAI-SearchBot?
Tech & Réglementaire (complément)
- Can a gated pricing page be cited by AI?
- Cloudflare Pages, Vercel, Netlify: how do you configure them for GEO?
- EU AI Act and non-European brands: what are the obligations?
- GDPR and data collected via diagnostic forms: how do you stay compliant?
- How long does it take for a Wikidata entry to be recognised by LLMs?
- How do you comply with EU AI Act Article 50 on AI content?
- How do you create a Wikidata entry for your CEO?
- How do you do GEO on a Next.js or Astro site?
- How do you exclude confidential pages from AI crawlers?
- How do you install llms.txt on a WordPress site?
- How do you monitor AI traffic in Google Analytics 4?
- How do you verify that your Schema.org is correctly implemented?
- Is my content protected by copyright against LLMs?
- llms.txt on Shopify or Wix: how do you set it up?
- Must AI-assisted content be labelled on your blog?
- My site is pure JavaScript: can AI index it?
- Schema.org Author Person on a multi-author blog: which approach?
GEO fundamentals
- How is citation rate measured?
- Why does PROEMA not guarantee citation rate?
- How long is the GEO first-mover window?
- How much does a GEO audit cost?
- What is the difference between GEO and SEO?
- What is an llms.txt file?
- PROEMA versus an SEO agency, what is the difference?
- Which LLMs does PROEMA optimise for?
- How long before GEO results?
- What is GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)?