Guides for being found by AI
Answer-first guides for beauty supply-chain teams — each written around a question buyers or suppliers actually ask.
What is generative engine optimization (GEO)?
Generative engine optimization (GEO) explained for cosmetics factories, packaging and ingredient suppliers: what it is, how it differs from SEO, how AI engines pick suppliers, and where to start.
How to get your factory recommended by ChatGPT
A step-by-step guide for cosmetics factories and beauty suppliers to get recommended by ChatGPT: crawler access, Bing indexing, category pages, evidence, and testing prompt variants.
GEO vs SEO for B2B manufacturers
GEO versus SEO for manufacturers and exporters: what each optimises for, how they overlap, where they differ, and how to prioritise both with one budget.
Why AI recommends your competitors instead of you
Why ChatGPT and Perplexity name your competitors rather than your factory: six common causes found in beauty sourcing tests, and how to fix each.
How much does GEO cost in 2026?
What generative engine optimization costs in 2026: published agency retainers, audit prices, monitoring tools, what drives the price, and what beauty manufacturers should budget.
How long does GEO take to work?
How long generative engine optimization takes: what changes in weeks, what takes months, and how to measure progress with fixed prompts.
Can GEO guarantee a #1 ranking?
Why no provider can honestly guarantee a #1 position in ChatGPT, Perplexity or Gemini, what can be committed to instead, and red flags in GEO offers.
How to choose a GEO agency: 10 questions to ask
Ten questions manufacturers should ask any GEO agency before signing — prompts, deliverables, reporting, industry knowledge, guarantees and exit terms.
llms.txt: what it does and doesn't do
What llms.txt is, who reads it in 2026, what Google, OpenAI and Anthropic have said, what log data shows, and whether manufacturers should bother.
How AI engines choose which suppliers to recommend
What ChatGPT and Perplexity cited when recommending beauty suppliers in September 2026: seven signals that decide which manufacturers get named.
What is AIGEO?
AIGEO explained: where the term comes from, how it relates to GEO, AEO and LLM SEO, and what AIGEO means for beauty and cosmetics supply-chain companies.
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