ChatGPT SEO Agency for AI Search Growth

James Banks
Meet James Banks, Your AI Search Strategist
★★★★★Veterans First Consulting

We started with a single-page website that ranked for nothing but our brand name while our competitors dominated...

★★★★★dataSights

I was blown away by the accuracy and attention to detail from Rankmax. As someone with over 25 years...

★★★★★Crouching Tiger Network

James brings deep expertise in AI and SEO. He provided rich, on-point insights that helped me...

★★★★★Nourish'd

Very cool to be able to first hand reap the benefits of what Rankmax is doing in the space of SEO and AI...

What ChatGPT SEO is

A ChatGPT SEO agency optimises your brand to appear inside ChatGPT when buyers ask about your products or services. Rankmax does that work for established businesses. It covers technical optimisation, content structure, and the outside mentions that make a citation more likely.

Your brand might rank well on Google and still be absent from ChatGPT. Ranking first on Google does not guarantee ChatGPT will cite you.

Request a free ChatGPT SEO audit. It shows where you are, and what needs to be done to increase your visibility in ChatGPT, AI search, and Google. It is only prepared if you request it and the Rankmax team approves the request.

Classic SEO optimises for blue links. ChatGPT names fewer businesses.

Google searchChatGPT
What you optimise forA ranking in the blue linksA citation inside the answer
What the buyer getsA list of linksAn answer that names a few businesses
What can still failA page can rank and still be missing from ChatGPTA citation with no visit, if the page gives the buyer nowhere to go
What the work changesThe page, the links, and the technical baseClear structure, relevant entities, and credible sources, on that same base
How you tellRankings and clicksCitations, referred visits, and ChatGPT-attributed conversions

ChatGPT

The goal is your brand being named, and selected, when a buyer asks ChatGPT.

Gemini

Covered in the same campaign. If Gemini is the priority, see Gemini SEO.

Perplexity

Answers that cite a source. We check whether your pages are among them.

Copilot

Microsoft's assistant. Covered when your buyers use it, not sold as a separate job.

AI Overviews

The answer box above Google's blue links. Visibility here sits in the same review.

AI Mode

Google's conversational search. We check whether your brand is named in those answers.

Request a free ChatGPT SEO audit. It shows where you are, and what needs to be done to increase your visibility in ChatGPT, AI search, and Google.

Request a free ChatGPT SEO audit

Rankmax Client AI Search Results Achieved

Page 1 Rankings
10.6K+
AI Overview Cited Pages
Google AI Overview
612+
AI Mode Cited Pages
Google AI Mode
564+
Gemini Cited Pages
Gemini
125+
ChatGPT Cited Pages
ChatGPT
301+

View all Rankmax client case studies

Everything in your ChatGPT SEO campaign

ChatGPT visibility audit

Where your brand currently appears across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. Includes competitor citation benchmarking, prompt coverage mapping, and a prioritised fix list so you know which gaps may be limiting revenue.

AI-first keyword research

Research built around the prompts buyers type into ChatGPT, not only the keywords they google. Commercial intent, question variations and topical clusters are mapped to a 12-month content plan.

Technical AI optimisation

Schema, site speed, crawlability and semantic structure, optimised for Google and for the way language models read a page. The aim is a chance of being selected as ChatGPT's recommended solution, not only cited and ranked.

ChatGPT-ready content

Content written to engage your buyers, and structured so a language model can cite it, published to your CMS. Direct answers, entities and facts a model can quote, with a clear next step for the reader.

Authority and link building

Digital PR, guest posts and outreach that build the external signals Google uses to trust a brand, and the wider web credibility that supports visibility in AI search.

Revenue and ROI reporting

Your monthly report connects ChatGPT citations, AI Overview visibility, Google rankings and organic traffic to enquiries, revenue and ROI.

Request a free ChatGPT SEO audit. It shows where you are, and what needs to be done to increase your visibility in ChatGPT, AI search, and Google.

Request a free ChatGPT SEO audit

Client case studies

$8.7 million in organic and AI search revenue over 27 months

145 pages cited in ChatGPT, inside 598 cited pages across ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini, up from a 138-citation stack by August 2025.

Read the B2B case

PMVA AI SEO case study
Veterans First Consulting

Veterans First Consulting

$14.6M organic and AI search revenue over 21 months

Read the B2C case

Request a free ChatGPT SEO audit. It shows where you are, and what needs to be done to increase your visibility in ChatGPT, AI search, and Google.

Request a free ChatGPT SEO audit

Three steps

Request the ChatGPT SEO audit

Name, work email, the website, and what you need help with. No phone number. No call required to start.

Speak with a senior strategist

A senior strategist with 18+ years reviews the request. If we can help, a call is scheduled before the ChatGPT SEO audit.

Our team does the work

If you approve, our team actions the work in the audit, so your brand can be selected as the answer in ChatGPT, AI search, and Google.

What happens once the work starts

Find

Where you are named in ChatGPT, AI search, and Google, and where a competitor is named instead.

Fix

Pages, technical fixes, and mentions, in the order of commercial value.

Check

Citations, rankings, revenue and ROI, where tracking exists. Quarterly reviews look for what to scale.

Meet your AI Search specialist team

James Banks

James Banks

Founder and CEO, Head of Client Strategy. 18+ years in SEO. Semrush Search Awards finalist, 2023.

Kath Joy Elivera

Kath Joy Elivera

Content Operation Manager. Seven years across content, design and campaign coordination.

Rose Llamzon

Rose Llamzon

Content Operation Manager. 10+ years in SEO and client operations.

Semrush Search Awards Finalist

Semrush Search Awards 2023 finalist

What our clients say

We started with a single-page website that ranked for nothing but our brand name while our competitors dominated the organic search space and made us look less comprehensive by comparison. Within 11 months, the Rankmax team grew our site to over 100 high-quality pages and increased our keyword rankings from 15 to over 1,100. We now hold 425 page one positions and have overtaken all of our competitors to claim the number one organic search position in our market. We've also secured 54 Google AI Overview citations, with ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot appearances gaining momentum.

Tom, Co-Founder and Director, Veterans First Consulting

★★★★★Verified Google Review

I was blown away by the accuracy and attention to detail from Rankmax. As someone with over 25 years in the industry, I was initially sceptical if the Rankmax team could fully reflect my experience in the content they produced for my website, but they were spot on. James and his team demonstrated an immense understanding of both the technical details and strategic implications for my business. I couldn't have done better myself.

Kevin, Founder and CEO, dataSights

★★★★★Verified Google Review

James brings deep expertise in AI and SEO. He provided rich, on-point insights that helped me optimise my website for better conversion. His advice helped translate the technical outputs into something far easier to understand and act on. I especially appreciated the structured format of the feedback: clear executive summaries, quick wins and deeper technical detail when needed.

Christopher, Founder and CEO, Crouching Tiger Network

★★★★★Verified Google Review

Very cool to be able to first hand reap the benefits of what Rankmax is doing in the space of SEO and AI. The results so far have been beyond any we've seen with an agency before. 10/10 recommend.

Abbey, Co-Founder and CEO, Nourish'd

★★★★★Verified Google Review

Request a free ChatGPT SEO audit. It shows where you are, and what needs to be done to increase your visibility in ChatGPT, AI search, and Google.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the audit free?

Yes, it is free. You request it, and the Rankmax team prepares it once your request is approved.

What do I get?

A Rankmax senior AI search and SEO strategist presents the audit and answers your questions. It shows where you are and what needs to be done to increase your visibility in ChatGPT, AI search, and Google.

What happens after I read it?

Once you approve the work the audit points to, our team carries it out across ChatGPT, AI search, and Google. If you want changes to the plan first, we work through them with you.

What is a ChatGPT SEO agency?

A ChatGPT SEO agency optimises your brand to appear inside ChatGPT responses when buyers ask questions about your products or services. This is different from traditional SEO, which focuses on Google rankings. ChatGPT SEO combines technical optimisation, content structure, entity authority and citation building to improve your chances of being cited when language models generate answers. Rankmax does this work across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot and Google AI Overviews.

How is ChatGPT SEO different from traditional SEO?

Traditional SEO optimises pages to rank in Google's blue links. ChatGPT SEO optimises content to be cited inside AI-generated answers. Many tactics overlap and some are specific to each, so a page can rank first on Google and still be missing from ChatGPT's answers. Rankmax runs both, because buyers still use Google and they also ask ChatGPT.

How long does it take to get cited by ChatGPT?

Timing depends on your current content, your domain authority, and how competitive your category is. Progress is tracked month by month, so you can see the trend each quarter.

How do you measure ChatGPT SEO success?

Success is measured across four layers: AI citations in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot; visibility in AI search and Google; keyword rankings for priority terms; and revenue and ROI. Your monthly report tracks all four.

How much does a ChatGPT SEO agency cost?

Your price depends on scope, content volume, and how hard your category is, and strategy is included in the campaign. The first step is the free ChatGPT SEO audit, and paid work starts once you approve the campaign.

What kind of businesses benefit most?

It suits established businesses with $2M to $100M in revenue that already have a product people buy and a way to convert the visit. Published cases cover B2B, B2C, SaaS and ecommerce.

Can I do ChatGPT SEO in-house?

You can. Doing it well takes months, often years, of trial and error, workflow improvement, and learning what works. Rankmax has worked on AI search optimisation every day since 2024. The question is whether you already have that expertise in-house and whether you are willing to wait months, or years, to turn it into reliable results.

Do you work with businesses outside Australia?

Yes. Rankmax is based in Melbourne and runs campaigns for clients in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the United States. International work still needs the right market, language and hreflang setup. That is part of the plan.

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Request a free ChatGPT SEO audit. It shows where you are, and what needs to be done to increase your visibility in ChatGPT, AI search, and Google.

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