We will help your business get found, cited, and trusted across search results and AI-generated answers
The New Era of Search
Search is evolving. Buyers no longer just scroll through Google.
They interact with AI agents to synthesize information and make decisions. If your brand isn’t part of that synthesis, you don’t exist in their research phase.
Our AI-Driven Discoverability service is powered by the HAIF Model, a Human + AI Framework that bridges the gap between human expertise and machine-driven discovery.
We architect your brand to be found, cited, and trusted across the entire 2026 Discoverability Stack: SEO, AEO, and GEO.
What Is AI-Driven Discoverability?
AI-Driven Discoverability focuses on how search engines and AI platforms surface information during research and decision-making.
It ensures your brand appears not only in rankings, but also in AI-generated answers where many buyers now get their first impression.
It blends structure, clarity, and content authority with new signals that influence generative engines.
- SEO (The Foundation): The data supply chain. We ensure your technical health and authority allow AI bots to crawl and trust your site.
- AEO (The Answer Layer): Real-time optimization. We prepare your content for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) so engines like Perplexity and SearchGPT cite you as the “Ground Truth.”
- GEO (The Authority Layer): Long-term influence. We build brand salience to ensure your expertise is baked into the Parametric Memory of LLMs like ChatGPT and Gemini.
Together, they strengthen your presence across Google, Perplexity, ChatGPT, and any future AI-powered discovery channel.
Why It Matters Now
Traditional SEO improves ranking.
AEO and GEO influence which sources AI systems select when generating responses.
If your competitors appear in AI summaries and you don’t, you will lose visibility, credibility, and early influence in the buying process.
AI-Driven Discoverability fixes that gap.
What We Deliver
Our work focuses on helping AI systems understand, trust, and reference your brand accurately.
- Entity Mapping & Structured Data: We transform your website into a “Knowledge Graph” that AI systems can instantly digest.
- RAG-Ready Content Architecture: Machine-readable page structures designed for high-density information extraction.
- The HAIF Implementation: High-authority content frameworks where Human Subject Matter Experts provide the “Truth” and AI scales the “Reach.”
- Predictive Performance Dashboards: We track AI citations, brand inclusion rates, and factual accuracy across the leading answer engines.
You can start with strategic direction or have our team build everything for you.
Why Choose Return On Now
- 25 Years of Pioneer Expertise: Our founder, Tommy Landry, has been a leader in the search industry since 1999. He has navigated every major algorithm shift, from the birth of Google to the rise of RAG, ensuring our strategies are rooted in deep historical context and forward-thinking logic.
- 16 Years of Agency Excellence: Established in 2009, Return On Now provides the institutional stability and proven workflows required to execute complex strategies at scale.
- The HAIF Model Advantage: We employ our proprietary Human + AI Framework to bridge the gap between human expertise and machine discovery. This ensures your brand remains the “Ground Truth” that AI engines demand.
- The Discoverability Stack: We move beyond traditional rankings to dominate the total 2026 ecosystem: SEO, AEO, and GEO. We ensure your brand is the recommended choice in Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, and SearchGPT.
- Technical Architecture Specialists: We specialize in the “invisible” layer of your site (Schema, Entity Mapping, and Machine-Readable Structures), making your brand instantly digestible for AI agents.
We don’t chase trends. We prepare your brand for the future of search visibility.
AI-Driven Discoverability Engagement Options
AI-Driven Discoverability builds on strong SEO foundations to expand visibility into AI-driven research and recommendation environments.
It builds on proven optimization practices with AEO and GEO to reach both search engines and generative platforms. You still get everything a strong SEO program delivers, enhanced with AI-era visibility.
Traditional SEO remains the foundation of online performance
Our Austin SEO Services focus on mastering search visibility through strategy, technical precision, and content excellence.
Once those fundamentals are in place, AI-Driven Discoverability takes your reach further into the new landscape of AI answers and recommendations.
Discovery Strategy and Readiness
Who it’s for
Marketing leaders, SEO managers, and content teams ready to modernize their visibility approach without hiring a full implementation partner.
What’s included
- AEO + GEO audit covering entities, structured data, and content signals
- Discoverability baseline and topic gap analysis
- Entity and schema roadmap for your website
- Prompt and QA workflow templates for internal teams
- Coaching sessions to help your staff apply AEO and GEO best practices
- Baseline dashboard with visibility and citation metrics
Outcome: A 2026 roadmap for building visibility across search and AI platforms
Typical one-time investment $4,500–$6,000 depending on scope and content depth
Managed AEO & GEO Implementation (Execution Program)
Who it’s for
Companies that want full execution, measurement, and reporting from an experienced discoverability team.
What’s included
- Everything from the Strategy & Readiness package
- Implementation of structured data and schema
- AEO content optimization and FAQ alignment
- GEO content creation for AI citation and summarization
- Citation monitoring and inclusion tracking
- Monthly reporting and strategic adjustments
- Optional integration with your SEO and analytics dashboards
- Three (3) month minimum commitment; six (6) months or longer recommended
Outcome: Full-scale dominance of the Discoverability Stack, ensuring your brand is the “Recommended Choice” in AI-generated responses
Monthly programs range from $8,000–$15,000 depending on scope and volume
How We Work
- Audit your current visibility across search and AI systems
- Map your entities, schema, and content priorities
- Build the foundation for AEO and GEO
- Measure performance by tracking citation frequency and the accuracy of brand recommendations
- Improve continuously as new models and answer types emerge
Every engagement is customized. You get strategy, execution, and measurable progress toward AI-era visibility.
Let’s Build Your Discoverability
As search and AI continue to shape how buyers research options, visibility requires more than rankings alone.
We help businesses create strategies that get them cited in AI answers, ranked in search results, and trusted by customers.