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 "redactions": "client names redacted on 12/10/2026; third-party agency names kept",
 "question": "Which agency can help an executive search firm get recommended by ChatGPT and Perplexity?",
 "market": "United States",
 "language": "en",
 "intent": "commercial_category_without_brand_name",
 "method": "DataForSEO AI Optimization LLM Responses API, live, web search on; 3 separate draws per engine; full answer text and source URLs kept; Jungle Roots checked as entity",
 "checked_entity": "Jungle Roots",
 "draws": [
  {
   "engine": "ChatGPT",
   "model": "gpt-5.6-sol",
   "captured_at_utc": "2026-10-12 01:51:12 +00:00",
   "fan_out_queries": [
    "best generative engine optimization agency ChatGPT Perplexity B2B professional services 2026",
    "AI search optimization agency executive search firms ChatGPT Perplexity",
    "GEO agency professional services firms ChatGPT Perplexity case studies",
    "answer engine optimization agency B2B services Perplexity ChatGPT"
   ],
   "answer": "You’re looking for a **Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)** or **Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)** agency—not merely a traditional SEO firm.\n\nFor an executive-search firm, I’d initially evaluate:\n\n1. **Insight Media Labs** — Particularly relevant because it publishes an AI-visibility case study involving a professional-services company and tracks recommendations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude. ([insightmedialabs.com](https://insightmedialabs.com/case-studies/ai-visibility/?utm_source=openai))  \n2. **Percepture** — Positioned toward B2B service companies with long, complex sales cycles, which resembles executive search. ([skillmammoth.com](https://skillmammoth.com/blog/best-generative-engine-optimization-agencies?utm_source=openai))  \n3. **Signal & Noise GEO** — Reports professional-services experience and prompt-level measurement, although its published example concerns a law firm rather than recruitment. ([signalandnoisegeo.com](https://signalandnoisegeo.com/case-studies?utm_source=openai))  \n\n**My first call would be Insight Media Labs**, followed by Percepture. Before hiring either, request:\n\n- A baseline showing whether your firm appears for 50–100 target prompts  \n- Separate measurement for ChatGPT and Perplexity  \n- Competitor and cited-source analysis  \n- A plan covering executive thought leadership, structured firm/consultant profiles, sector-specific case studies, digital PR, directories, and authoritative third-party mentions  \n- Monthly “share of answer” reporting—not just website traffic  \n- A relevant professional-services client reference  \n\nNo agency can guarantee that ChatGPT or Perplexity will recommend your firm. Results vary by prompt wording, user location, model, search mode, and source freshness; research indicates the platforms behave differently and that conventional authority signals such as credible referring domains can still matter. ([arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08919?utm_source=openai))\n\nA strong brief would be: **“Increase our visibility when decision-makers ask AI systems to recommend executive-search firms by function, industry, geography, and leadership role.”**",
   "source_urls": [
    "https://insightmedialabs.com/case-studies/ai-visibility/",
    "https://skillmammoth.com/blog/best-generative-engine-optimization-agencies",
    "https://signalandnoisegeo.com/case-studies",
    "https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08919"
   ],
   "jungle_roots_named": false,
   "jungle_roots_url_cited": false
  },
  {
   "engine": "ChatGPT",
   "model": "gpt-5.6-sol",
   "captured_at_utc": "2026-10-12 01:51:39 +00:00",
   "fan_out_queries": [
    "agency generative engine optimization executive search firms ChatGPT Perplexity recommendations",
    "best AI search optimization agency professional services ChatGPT Perplexity",
    "GEO agency recruitment executive search AI visibility"
   ],
   "answer": "**95 Projects appears to be the closest specialist fit** for an executive search firm. It explicitly focuses on GEO/AEO for recruitment, staffing, and executive-search companies and reports a recruitment client generating over $70,000 in ChatGPT-referred business—though that result is self-reported and should be independently verified. ([95projects.com](https://95projects.com/best-geo-agencies-for-recruitment-agencies/?utm_source=openai))\n\nAlso consider:\n\n- **The GEO Folk** — specifically markets AI-search optimization to recruitment and executive-search firms. ([thegeofolk.com](https://thegeofolk.com/?utm_source=openai))\n- **GeoNexo AI** — recruitment-focused, with technical implementation such as structured data and AI-oriented knowledge bases. ([geonexo.ai](https://www.geonexo.ai/industries/recruiting?utm_source=openai))\n- **Ascent AI Search** — broader specialist serving professional-services firms across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI search. ([ascentaisearch.com](https://www.ascentaisearch.com/?utm_source=openai))\n\n**My recommendation:** Interview 95 Projects and The GEO Folk first. Require each to demonstrate:\n\n1. Before-and-after visibility for a real executive-search client  \n2. Tracking across a fixed set of buyer prompts  \n3. Third-party authority building—not just website content  \n4. Attribution of AI referrals to qualified leads and placements  \n5. No guarantee of rankings or recommendations  \n\nNo agency can directly pay or guarantee that ChatGPT or Perplexity will recommend a firm. The legitimate service category is usually called **Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), or AI-search visibility**.",
   "source_urls": [
    "https://95projects.com/best-geo-agencies-for-recruitment-agencies/",
    "https://thegeofolk.com/",
    "https://www.geonexo.ai/industries/recruiting",
    "https://www.ascentaisearch.com/"
   ],
   "jungle_roots_named": false,
   "jungle_roots_url_cited": false
  },
  {
   "engine": "ChatGPT",
   "model": "gpt-5.6-sol",
   "captured_at_utc": "2026-10-12 01:51:38 +00:00",
   "fan_out_queries": [
    "agency generative engine optimization executive search firms ChatGPT Perplexity recommendations",
    "best GEO agency professional services executive search ChatGPT Perplexity",
    "AI search optimization agency recruitment executive search firms"
   ],
   "answer": "You’re looking for a **Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)** or **Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)** agency—not merely a traditional SEO firm.\n\nFor an executive search firm, I’d shortlist:\n\n1. **iKraft Solutions** — The closest industry fit because it explicitly provides SEO, AEO, and GEO services for staffing and executive-search practices. ([ikraftsolutions.com](https://ikraftsolutions.com/services/marketing?utm_source=openai))  \n2. **DomiSearch** — Specializes in AI-search visibility for recruitment agencies, including being named in ChatGPT and Perplexity responses. It is UK-focused, so confirm its suitability for a U.S. search firm. ([domisearch.com](https://www.domisearch.com/recruitment?utm_source=openai))  \n3. **Sharply Labs** — A broader GEO agency focused on improving recommendations and citations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Google AI results. ([sharplylabs.com](https://www.sharplylabs.com/services/geo?utm_source=openai))  \n4. **Visibility Partners** — Worth considering if measurement is important; it distinguishes between AI citations and actual recommendations and offers prompt-level tracking. ([visibility.partners](https://visibility.partners/services/generative-engine-optimization?utm_source=openai))  \n\n**My initial recommendation:** Speak with **iKraft Solutions first** because of its direct executive-search specialization, then compare it with a dedicated GEO firm such as Sharply Labs.\n\nNo agency can guarantee that ChatGPT or Perplexity will recommend your firm. Require any candidate agency to provide:\n\n- A baseline audit across your target buyer prompts  \n- Competitor and citation-source analysis  \n- Separate tracking of mentions, citations, and recommendations  \n- Executive thought-leadership and third-party authority building  \n- Technical SEO, structured data, and entity optimization  \n- Case studies showing measurable outcomes—not isolated screenshots  \n- Reporting tied to qualified inquiries and retained-search opportunities  \n\nAvoid anyone promising a guaranteed “#1 ChatGPT ranking”; AI recommendations vary by wording, location, model, browsing mode, and source availability.",
   "source_urls": [
    "https://ikraftsolutions.com/services/marketing",
    "https://www.domisearch.com/recruitment",
    "https://www.sharplylabs.com/services/geo",
    "https://visibility.partners/services/generative-engine-optimization"
   ],
   "jungle_roots_named": false,
   "jungle_roots_url_cited": false
  },
  {
   "engine": "Perplexity",
   "model": "sonar",
   "captured_at_utc": "2026-10-12 01:51:28 +00:00",
   "fan_out_queries": null,
   "answer": "**iKraft Solutions** is the most directly specialized option for an executive search firm. It offers recruitment-specific SEO, answer engine optimization (AEO), and generative engine optimization (GEO) designed to improve mentions and recommendations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews.[1][2]\n\nOther relevant options include:\n\n- **ProCloser.ai** — focuses specifically on recruiting and executive-search firms, including AI-oriented content, schema markup, and external authority signals.[8]\n- **Scope** — provides AI-visibility tracking across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and Grok.[3]\n- **GeoNexo AI** — tracks and improves how recruiting agencies appear for targeted prompts across major AI platforms.[9]\n- **Eddie Miller Agency** — offers broader AI-visibility and reputation services, including monitoring recommendation rates across ChatGPT and Perplexity.[7]\n\nNo agency can guarantee recommendations: AI platforms select answers dynamically. The strongest provider should combine **industry authority, credible third-party mentions, structured website content, technical SEO/schema, and ongoing prompt-level monitoring** rather than promise simple “AI ranking.”",
   "source_urls": [
    "https://ikraftsolutions.com/",
    "https://ikraftsolutions.com/services/marketing/geo-services-for-recruitment-agencies",
    "https://scope.online/for/recruiting-agencies",
    "https://ikraftsolutions.com/services/marketing",
    "https://ikraftsolutions.com/services/marketing/aeo-services-for-recruitment-agencies",
    "https://ikraftsolutions.com/tools/marketing-roi-calculator",
    "https://eddiemiller.agency/en/",
    "https://procloser.ai/industries/recruiting/",
    "https://www.geonexo.ai/industries/recruiting",
    "https://www.trizcom.com/ai-pr-agency"
   ],
   "jungle_roots_named": false,
   "jungle_roots_url_cited": false
  },
  {
   "engine": "Perplexity",
   "model": "sonar",
   "captured_at_utc": "2026-10-12 01:51:28 +00:00",
   "fan_out_queries": null,
   "answer": "**iKraft Solutions** appears to be the most directly relevant agency. It specializes in marketing for recruitment and executive-search firms, including **GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)** and **AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)** intended to increase citations and recommendations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and other AI search platforms.[1][2]\n\nOther agencies offering similar services include **ProCloser**, which focuses specifically on recruiting and executive-search firms,[8] and **GeoNexo AI**, which tracks and improves visibility for recruiting agencies across ChatGPT and Perplexity.[9]\n\nNo agency can guarantee recommendations from ChatGPT or Perplexity; reputable providers should instead improve authoritative content, third-party mentions, structured data, and measurable AI-search visibility.",
   "source_urls": [
    "https://ikraftsolutions.com/",
    "https://ikraftsolutions.com/services/marketing/geo-services-for-recruitment-agencies",
    "https://scope.online/for/recruiting-agencies",
    "https://ikraftsolutions.com/services/marketing",
    "https://ikraftsolutions.com/services/marketing/aeo-services-for-recruitment-agencies",
    "https://ikraftsolutions.com/tools/marketing-roi-calculator",
    "https://eddiemiller.agency/en/",
    "https://procloser.ai/industries/recruiting/",
    "https://www.geonexo.ai/industries/recruiting",
    "https://www.trizcom.com/ai-pr-agency"
   ],
   "jungle_roots_named": false,
   "jungle_roots_url_cited": false
  },
  {
   "engine": "Perplexity",
   "model": "sonar",
   "captured_at_utc": "2026-10-12 01:51:28 +00:00",
   "fan_out_queries": null,
   "answer": "**iKraft Solutions** appears to be the most specialized agency for this need. It focuses specifically on recruitment agencies, staffing firms, and executive search practices, offering **Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)** and **Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)** to improve the likelihood of being cited or recommended by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and other AI platforms.[1][2]\n\nOther agencies worth comparing include:\n\n- **ProCloser.ai** — focuses on AI search visibility for recruiting and executive-search firms, including content clusters, schema markup, and external authority-building.[8]\n- **Scope** — provides AI-visibility scanning across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, and Grok.[3]\n- **GeoNexo AI** — tracks and improves how recruitment agencies appear for specific prompts across major AI assistants.[9]\n- **Eddie Miller Agency** — offers broader AI visibility and reputation optimization, including a 100-query assessment across ChatGPT and Perplexity.[7]\n\nNo agency can guarantee recommendations: AI platforms select sources dynamically. The strongest provider should combine executive-search expertise with authoritative third-party mentions, clear niche content, structured website data, consistent business information, and ongoing monitoring of real AI responses.[2][6]",
   "source_urls": [
    "https://ikraftsolutions.com/",
    "https://ikraftsolutions.com/services/marketing/geo-services-for-recruitment-agencies",
    "https://scope.online/for/recruiting-agencies",
    "https://ikraftsolutions.com/services/marketing",
    "https://ikraftsolutions.com/services/marketing/aeo-services-for-recruitment-agencies",
    "https://ikraftsolutions.com/tools/marketing-roi-calculator",
    "https://eddiemiller.agency/en/",
    "https://procloser.ai/industries/recruiting/",
    "https://www.geonexo.ai/industries/recruiting",
    "https://www.trizcom.com/ai-pr-agency"
   ],
   "jungle_roots_named": false,
   "jungle_roots_url_cited": false
  }
 ],
 "limits": [
  "One question; not market share.",
  "Two engines (ChatGPT via API model gpt-5.6-sol, Perplexity via API model sonar); API answers can differ from the consumer apps.",
  "Results vary across time and draws; this is a dated snapshot."
 ]
}