AI Search Optimisation Perth

Search Has Changed. Has Your Strategy?

Your customers aren’t just Googling anymore, they’re asking AI. And AI doesn’t return a list of links, it names the brands it trusts and moves on. It’s a brutal binary yes or no, if you’re not in that answer then you’re not in the conversation.

See How You Appear in AI Search

1st ChatGPTI need a house and land package in Perth
1st ClaudeWho is the best SEO agency in Perth?
1st PerplexityWhat is the best gokart track in perth?
1st ChatGPTI need a LED sign for my business in Perth

From rankings to recommendations

Page one used to be the goal. Now, not only has the goal post moved, it’s evolved entirely. Instead of focusing on positions, Ai search has transformed the way consumers use search, the aim now is to improve the answers themselves. Businesses showing up in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google’s AI Overviews, and Microsoft Copilot have built more than good rankings. They’ve built the kind of credibility that AI systems are confident enough to cite.

What AI platforms are actually looking for

It’s not just about your website’s functionality. AI platforms evaluate your content depth, your structured data, your brand accuracy across the web, and what third parties say about you. Every signal either builds or erodes the trust that earns a citation, a technically sound website is the starting point.

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director Dave Metcalf in meeting with prospective SEO client

What AI SEO Actually Involves

AI SEO is the practice of making your brand visible, trusted, and citable across AI-powered search. It’s broader than traditional SEO, and it requires a different kind of audit.

Bigger than your website

We work across your website, your structured data, your external presence, and the third-party signals AI platforms are already reading about you.

How AI SEO sits within your broader GEO strategy

It’s one of three pillars within your Generative Engine Optimisation strategy. Your social presence and brand reputation feed directly into your AI performance.

Let’s get you ranking in AI Search.

Distl has no lock-in contracts and no hidden costs. As an agency, we are truly passionate about the work we do.

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What We Audit and Optimise

Technical foundations.

Technical groundwork is the foundation of visibility. If AI crawlers can’t access your site, the rest of your SEO strategy can’t perform.

 

Crawlability and AI accessibility

  • Your site is accessible to search engines and AI crawlers
  • Your robots.txt isn’t blocking the agents you want reading your content
  • You have a properly formatted llms.txt file directing AI crawlers to your most important pages
  • Your XML sitemap includes appropriate tags so platforms know what’s fresh

Site speed and mobile experience

  • Every page loads in under two seconds
  • Core Web Vitals passing on mobile and desktop
  • Fully responsive across all devices

Schema integrity

  • Organisation schema with same links to all social profiles
  • FAQ schema using real customer-language questions
  • Author schema on all blog content, linked to verified author profiles
  • Dedicated ProfilePage schema for authors
  • Commercial pages carrying appropriate markup

How we ensure you show up

Content and topical authority

AI platforms cite brands that demonstrate real expertise, not brands that cover the basics. We assess whether your content earns that status.

 

Depth and coverage

  • Core topics covered at the depth your competitors are reaching
  • Content gap analysis against your top three competitors
  • Question coverage mapped to real customer search behaviour

Freshness and original expertise

  • Key pages updated within the last six months
  • Publication and last-reviewed dates visible on page
  • First-party data, original research, and experience-driven content in the mix
  • CMS pinging IndexNow and Bing API on every publish

What AI platforms are saying about you

  • AI-generated answers audited for accuracy
  • Inaccurate or misleading brand information identified and flagged
  • False negative responses pinpointed and addressed at source

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Meet Our SEO Specialists

Over 25 of Perth’s Finest Digital Marketing Specialists Under One Roof.

Our experienced SEO team will provide you with an SEO strategy that incorporates GEO best practices that evolve as new information emerges. This ensures your content is not only discoverable, but also referenced in AI-generated responses, securing long-term digital relevance in an ever-changing online landscape.

Meet the team

 

Rob Sharif

Technical SEO Lead

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Cam Dobie

Senior SEO Specialist

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Jakeb Munn

Senior SEO Specialist

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Let’s Talk About The Future of SEO

No matter the size of your business, what your industry is or how ambitious your goals, we have the experience and in-house capabilities to get you a result.

  • 25+ Perth based digital marketers.
  • No lock-in contracts.
  • No Outsourcing
  • Industry Leading Communication
  • 24/7 dashboard, monthly reporting, and quarterly strategy.

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