How Do You Know GEO Is Working? I Tested My Own Company on 3 AI Platforms (2026 Test)
In early August a test showed “AI recommended five IT outsourcing providers, and one of them wasn’t us.” We made three website improvements, and five days later a retest put us in the top recommended spot on one of the platforms — but the sample is too small to call it causation. This article covers four more useful things found during that testing process: three platforms can reach completely opposite conclusions on the same day; don’t just look at the answer, look at the cited sources (one feeds on directories, one on official websites, one on media coverage, which directly determines where you should invest); AI will tell you what it’s missing (a free diagnostic); and to get onto a recommendation list, you first need to get into someone else’s roundup article. Includes a three-layer × three-platform × monthly measurement method.