GEO agency

Experts in Generative Engine Optimisation

GEO agency for ambitious and forward thinking brands

Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) is the new frontier of search and Varn is your expert partner to help you adapt, optimise and thrive.

From AI-generated answers to chat-based journeys, generative search is reshaping how people discover brands, products and content. As a specialist GEO agency, Varn works with in-house teams, brands and agencies to audit, structure and optimise your content, data and site architecture for visibility in this new search era of generative search.

To stay competitive, you need to understand ‘Generative Search’ and how AI sees your business.

What is GEO?

GEO or Generative Engine Optimisation, is the practice of optimising your website, content and data to appear in AI-powered search experiences. These can include Google’s AI Overviews and AI Mode, ChatGPT, Perplexity and other answer engines.

Instead of returning a list of blue links like we are used to seeing from a Google search, these platforms generate answers by pulling from multiple trusted sources. GEO ensures your brand is one of those sources and cited, surfaced and summarised by generative models. This means you stay visible, relevant and competitive as search evolves.

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Why Varn?

Your expert GEO partner

Your specialist partner optimising for generative engine search

We’ve been helping brands stay ahead in search for over 15 years. With trusted expertise and experience in SEO and a dedicated Innovation Team exploring and focusing on GEO and AI-powered search, our team is actively researching and testing search strategies to help our clients lead in what is fast becoming a new era of search marketing.

Varn are an independent UK-based agency trusted by global pharma, e-commerce, publishers and B2B brands. We offer smart, strategic work grounded in data, insight and technical expertise.

How does Varn approach GEO?

Our approach to GEO is built around what we call our ‘AI Visibility Framework

This provides a focused, strategic assessment and benchmark report to help you:

  • Understand your brand’s visibility in AI-generated results
  • Benchmark performance against competitors
  • Identify risks, gaps and missed opportunities
  • Get actionable insights for future-proof SEO strategy

Do you need help with GEO?

Generative Engine Optimisation is a new area of search strategy focused on helping your content appear in AI-generated answers. As platforms like Google’s AI Overviews and AI Mode, Open AI’s ChatGPT and Perplexity increasingly deliver responses and answers, instead of lists of links, GEO ensures your website and data are recognised, referenced and trusted by these tools; so your brand remains visible in the future of search.

While SEO focuses on ranking in search engine results pages (SERPs), GEO focuses on how AI and large language models (LLMs) access and present information. GEO involves optimising structured data, improving citation potential and understanding how generative engines choose sources. This all goes beyond conventional SEO tactics.

Search behaviour is changing fast. People are turning to these new AI tools like ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity for instant, summarised answers. If your content isn’t optimised for this shift, you risk losing visibility and traffic. GEO ensures your brand remains present and influential in this new AI-powered search space.

At Varn we optimise for a range of generative engines, including Google’s AI Overviews and AI Mode, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity and others. Our AI Visibility Framework audits and recommendations are platform-specific, based on testing and tracking how each tool sources and displays information.

Varn has over 15 years of experience in technical SEO and is at the forefront of adapting search strategies for AI search. Our GEO services are built on real-world testing, expert understanding of LLMs and answer engine behaviour, and a proven methodology for optimising content for both users and machines. Our Innovation Team will keep you ahead. We work with clients across B2B, publishing, healthcare and e-commerce to deliver impactful and measurable results.

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