How to choose an AI GEO provider without guaranteed ChatGPT ranking

Author: AI Lao Pao (AI老炮)

Don’t buy “we guarantee ChatGPT recommends you.” Score vendors on: 1. Buyer-question coverage 2. Retestable baseline across ChatGPT / Gemini / Perplexity 3. Data / permission boundary 4. Cost cap + failure ownership 5. Lead handoff fields (industry, website, pain point)

Guaranteed ranking is a red flag, not expertise.

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