What is Directive known for?

ChatGPT names Directive most often on the question “What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?”, where it appeared in 34 of 78 sampled responses (43.6%). Across the 9 AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies questions measured by The Shortlist Report, Directive cleared the reporting threshold on 3.

Is Directive a good AEO, GEO and AI visibility agency?

This measurement cannot answer that. It counts how often ChatGPT names Directive when asked buyer questions, which follows how much has been written about the firm online rather than how well it works. Directive was named in 81 of the 240 responses sampled on the questions it appears in. A firm named rarely may still be excellent, and a firm named often may not suit a given brief.

Why is Directive in tier 1?

Tier 1 does not mean ranked first. It means that at the sample sizes measured, the gap between Directive and the most-named firm is inside the margin of error, so the sample cannot separate them. Firms sharing a tier are listed in arbitrary order.

Which firms compete with Directive?

The firms most often named on the same questions as Directive are First Page Sage, Go Fish Digital, iPullRank, Omniscient Digital and Siege Media. That overlap indicates which firms a buyer asking the same questions is likely to see alongside Directive; it is not a judgement of which is the better fit.

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Directive

Directive was named in 3 of the 9 AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 81 of the 240 AI responses sampled across those questions (33.8%).

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3 / 9Questions named in

81Responses naming it

34%Of 240 sampled

1Best tier reached

Directive is strongest on “What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?”, where it was named in 34 of 78 responses (43.6%), placing it in tier 2 of that report.

What Directive is surfaced for in AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies

Based on the measured answers, Directive is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?”, “Which GEO agencies work with B2B and SaaS companies?” and “Which GEO agencies handle enterprise programs?”.

How the answers describe the firmProvides enterprise SEO and AI-search strategy integrated with demand generation for B2B and SaaS companies.

In this sample, Directive was named on 3 of the 8 AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:

Aeo geo — named in 34 of 78 responses (43.6%), tier 2.
Geo b2b saas — named in 26 of 84 responses (31.0%), tier 1.
Enterprise geo — named in 21 of 78 responses (26.9%), tier 2.

This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.

Every question in AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies

Directive was named on 3 of these 8 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.

Leader is the most-named firm on that question. The last column shows where Directive placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
Question	Leader	Directive
Which GEO agencies work with B2B and SaaS companies?84 answers	Omniscient Digital35%	31% · tier 1
Which agencies help brands earn citations from AI assistants?84 answers	Siege Media27%	—
Which AEO and GEO agencies work with small businesses?84 answers	Omniscient Digital27%	—
What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?78 answers	iPullRank77%	44% · tier 2
Who handles the technical side of AEO and GEO?78 answers	Enleaf15%	—
Which GEO agencies handle enterprise programs?78 answers	iPullRank46%	27% · tier 2
Which AI visibility agencies work with ecommerce brands?72 answers	Tinuiti28%	—
Who measures brand visibility across AI assistants?66 answers	Profound59%	—
How much does an AEO or GEO agency cost?pricing · 78 answers	what firms charge	—

Who leads AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies overall: iPullRank tops 2 of 8 · Omniscient Digital tops 2 of 8 · Enleaf tops 1 of 8 · Profound tops 1 of 8 · Siege Media tops 1 of 8 · Tinuiti tops 1 of 8. See all reports.

Where Directive was named

One row per report in which Directive cleared the reporting threshold. Reports where it was not named often enough to clear that threshold are not listed. Each report states its own sample size and collection window.
Question	Tier	Responses	Share
What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?	2	34 of 78	43.6%
Which GEO agencies work with B2B and SaaS companies?	1	26 of 84	31.0%
Which GEO agencies handle enterprise programs?	2	21 of 78	26.9%

What Directive gets named for

Across the 9 AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies questions measured, Directive is named most often on “What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?” — it appears in 34 of the 78 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 43.6% of them. Its next strongest question is “Which GEO agencies work with B2B and SaaS companies?”, where it appears in 26 of 84 responses (31.0%).

Directive clears the reporting threshold on 3 of the 9 questions. The spread matters as much as the peak: a firm named across several different questions is one an assistant reaches for generally, where a firm named on one is attached to a single specialism.

What Directive’s tier placings mean

On “What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?”, Directive sits in tier 2 of 4, named in 34 of 78 responses (43.6%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 76.9% of responses against Directive’s 43.6%. It shares tier 2 with Omniscient Digital, Animalz, NoGood and WebFX, which the sample cannot separate from it. 8 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Directive from them.

On “Which GEO agencies work with B2B and SaaS companies?”, Directive sits in tier 1 of 2, named in 26 of 84 responses (31.0%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 84 responses, the gap between Directive and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Directive shares tier 1 with Omniscient Digital, iPullRank, First Page Sage and Siege Media, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 5 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Directive from them.

On “Which GEO agencies handle enterprise programs?”, Directive sits in tier 2 of 3, named in 21 of 78 responses (26.9%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 46.2% of responses against Directive’s 26.9%. It shares tier 2 with Siege Media, Toren, LLM Pulse, Terakeet, Go Fish Digital, Outercite and First Page Sage, which the sample cannot separate from it. 1 further firm was named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Directive from it.

Firms named alongside Directive

When ChatGPT names Directive, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: First Page Sage (3 shared questions), Go Fish Digital (3 shared questions), iPullRank (3 shared questions), Omniscient Digital (3 shared questions), Siege Media (3 shared questions) and Skale (2 shared questions).

That overlap is the closest thing this data holds to a shortlist: these are the firms a buyer asking the same questions is most likely to see beside Directive. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.

First Page Sage · Go Fish Digital · iPullRank · Omniscient Digital · Siege Media · Skale

What this page is, and is not

It is a count of how often AI assistants named Directive when asked buyer questions about AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies. Nothing here is a review, a rating, or an assessment of the firm’s work.
Directive did not submit this listing, was not contacted about it, and cannot pay to change it, move up, or be removed.
A firm named in few responses may still be excellent. Share follows what has been published about a firm online, which is what an AI assistant reads.
Wrong details, or a firm merged with another of a similar name? We fix those.

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