Core concept

The world has changed.
Your strategy still hasn't.

For decades, brands competed for positions on Google. Today, the battle takes place inside AI-generated answers — and the rules of the game are completely different.

SEO vs GEO / AEO

Same question. Two completely different worlds.

SEO
Search Engine Optimization
GEO / AEO
Generative Engine Optimization
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The user chooses where to click — and may never reach your brand
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ChatGPT5
What's the best CRM for SMEs in Brazil?

For Brazilian SMEs, the most recommended CRMs in 2026 are:

1. RD Station CRMbest cost-benefit for the Brazilian market, with native WhatsApp integration and sales pipeline focus.
2. HubSpot CRMrobust free plan, ideal for growing sales teams.
3. Pipedrivevisual pipeline interface, B2B consultative sales focus.
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AI decides who appears — and the user trusts the answer
01Signal source

Who talks about you

The algorithm evaluates your page authority by measuring who points to you. Backlinks from high-authority domains transfer PageRank — a currency of credibility between sites.

BacklinksDomain AuthorityPageRank
02Optimization target

Web crawlers

You optimize for crawlers like Googlebot: meta tags, structured data (Schema.org), page speed, XML sitemap and heading hierarchy.

GooglebotSchema.orgCore Web Vitals
03Success metric

SERP ranking position

The core KPI is occupying position #1 for a specific keyword. Success is binary: you appear or you don't — and position determines traffic.

SERP PositionOrganic CTRKeyword Rank
01Signal source

What AI says about you

The signal comes from the response generated by the language model. AI doesn't count backlinks — it evaluates mention patterns, citation context and presence in sources that influenced its training.

Mention ContextCitation PatternAI Visibility
02Optimization target

Language models (LLMs)

You optimize so that LLMs cite you positively: factual and deep content, presence in authoritative sources, coverage in domains that models frequently reference.

ChatGPTGeminiGoogle AI Mode
03Success metric

AI Visibility Score

The KPI is a composite score of model coverage, response position, sentiment and consistency. You need to be mentioned first, positively, by all models.

Share of VoiceSentiment ScoreFirst Mention Rate

Why this matters now: in SEO, the user chooses among 10 results. In AI, they receive a direct answer with 2–3 brands. If you're not on that list, you don't exist for that user.

New reality
Global market estimate · search share

The window of opportunity is closing fast

a16z · Gartner projection
SEO · traditional search
GEO · AI answers
Gartner — 2028 Forecast: −50% organic traffic

Gartner estimates a 50% or greater drop in organic website traffic by 2028, as consumers adopt AI as their primary discovery channel.

a16z — Traditional search will be eclipsed by generative AI

Andreessen Horowitz projects that within a few years, virtually all brand, product and service discovery will happen inside AI-generated answers — making traditional search share residual.

How Metric Links works

Reverse-engineering AI visibility

We reproduce exactly what a real user would do — and extract precise competitive intelligence from every AI-generated response.

01
Query Intelligence

Query Fan-out

We build a representative set of queries that real users would make about your industry, brand and competitors. Each query is classified by intent — comparison, overview, evaluation.

🏷 Project: "Digital Banking Brazil"
"Best digital banks in Brazil"
"Compare Nubank vs Inter vs PagBank"
"Best digital bank for business accounts"
"Digital bank with best returns"
+ 6 additional queries
02
Browser Simulation

Real user simulation

Each query is sent simultaneously to ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overview through real browser automation — with human-like behavior: progressive typing, natural pauses, session management.

chatgpt.com
ChatGPT
Gemini
Google AI
Typing query
What is the best digital bank in Brazil
03
Data Extraction

Raw response extraction

From the raw text we extract three layers: the full response text, the URLs cited as sources, and all brands and entities mentioned — with intelligent alias resolution.

Extracted response — ChatGPT
Among Brazilian digital banks, Nubank leads in customer base with over 90 million users. Inter stands out for its complete digital account and PagBank for its business services.
Marcas
NubankInterPagBank
Fontes
forbes.com.br
Entidades
3 brands · 1 source · 90M metric
04
Brand Intelligence

Competitive brand evaluation

For each brand we calculate per-model metrics: response position, visibility score (0–100), share of voice among competitors and granular sentiment. The result is an objective competitive ranking.

MarcaPos.VisibilitySent.
Nubank#1
95
Pos.
Inter#2
78
Neu.
PagBank#4
52
Neu.
05
Source Intelligence

Deep source analysis

Each cited source is tracked, its content extracted, chunked and vectorized. We calculate an influence score by cosine similarity between the source content and the AI response.

forbes.com.br
Ranking of digital banks with highest satisfaction in 2026
87%
influência
tecnoblog.net
Comparison: Nubank vs Inter vs C6 Bank — which is worth it?
73%
influência
youtube.com
The best digital banks in Brazil in 2026
61%
influência
06
Continuous Monitoring

Automated daily monitoring

The entire process is re-executed automatically every day. You track visibility score evolution, position changes and citation trends — with daily, weekly or monthly granularity.

Visibility Score · last 4 weeksWeekly
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