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First Page Sage

First Page Sage was named in 5 of the 11 AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 327 of the 1095 AI responses sampled across those questions (29.9%).

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5 / 11Questions named in
327Responses naming it
30%Of 1095 sampled
1Best tier reached

First Page Sage is strongest on “What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?”, where it was named in 138 of 242 responses (57.0%), placing it in tier 4 of that report.

What First Page Sage is surfaced for in AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies

Based on the measured answers, First Page Sage 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 firmEstablished SEO and content agency offering GEO and AEO/GEO services for enterprise B2B and ecommerce.

In this sample, First Page Sage was named on 5 of the 10 AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:

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

First Page Sage was named on 5 of these 10 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 First Page Sage placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeaderFirst Page Sage
Which AEO and GEO agencies work with small businesses?255 answersFIVESIXTEN25%—
Which GEO agencies work with B2B and SaaS companies?254 answersOmniscient Digital34%30% · tier 1
Which agencies help brands earn citations from AI assistants?254 answersSiege Media34%—
What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?242 answersiPullRank82%57% · tier 4
Who handles the technical side of AEO and GEO?242 answersEnleaf24%—
Which AI visibility agencies work with ecommerce brands?236 answersSiege Media38%20% · tier 3
Which GEO agencies handle enterprise programs?236 answersiPullRank51%21% · tier 3
Who measures brand visibility across AI assistants?224 answersProfound63%—
Which AEO and GEO agencies have documented client results?138 answersQuattr28%—
Which AEO and GEO agencies connect AI visibility to leads and revenue?127 answersOptimist35%13% · tier 2
How much does an AEO or GEO agency cost?pricing · 242 answerswhat firms charge—

Who leads AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies overall: iPullRank tops 2 of 10 · Siege Media tops 2 of 10 · Enleaf tops 1 of 10 · FIVESIXTEN tops 1 of 10 · Omniscient Digital tops 1 of 10 · Optimist tops 1 of 10. See all reports.

Where First Page Sage was named

One row per report in which First Page Sage 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.
QuestionTierResponsesShare
What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?4138 of 24257.0%
Which GEO agencies work with B2B and SaaS companies?176 of 25429.9%
Which GEO agencies handle enterprise programs?350 of 23621.2%
Which AI visibility agencies work with ecommerce brands?346 of 23619.5%
Which AEO and GEO agencies connect AI visibility to leads and revenue?217 of 12713.4%

What First Page Sage gets named for

Across the 11 AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies questions measured, First Page Sage is named most often on “What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?” — it appears in 138 of the 242 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 57.0% of them. Its next strongest question is “Which GEO agencies work with B2B and SaaS companies?”, where it appears in 76 of 254 responses (29.9%).

First Page Sage clears the reporting threshold on 5 of the 11 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 First Page Sage’s tier placings mean

On “What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?”, First Page Sage sits in tier 4 of 7, named in 138 of 242 responses (57.0%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 82.2% of responses against First Page Sage’s 57.0%. It shares tier 4 with Animalz and NoGood, which the sample cannot separate from it. 9 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate First Page Sage from them.

On “Which GEO agencies work with B2B and SaaS companies?”, First Page Sage sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 76 of 254 responses (29.9%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 254 responses, the gap between First Page Sage and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. First Page Sage shares tier 1 with Omniscient Digital and iPullRank, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 7 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate First Page Sage from them.

On “Which GEO agencies handle enterprise programs?”, First Page Sage sits in tier 3 of 4, named in 50 of 236 responses (21.2%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 51.3% of responses against First Page Sage’s 21.2%. It shares tier 3 with Siege Media and Go Fish Digital, which the sample cannot separate from it. 5 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate First Page Sage from them.

On “Which AI visibility agencies work with ecommerce brands?”, First Page Sage sits in tier 3 of 4, named in 46 of 236 responses (19.5%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 38.1% of responses against First Page Sage’s 19.5%. It shares tier 3 with WRKNG Digital, Constructor, Geostar and Algolia, 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 First Page Sage from it.

On “Which AEO and GEO agencies connect AI visibility to leads and revenue?”, First Page Sage sits in tier 2 of 2, named in 17 of 127 responses (13.4%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 34.6% of responses against First Page Sage’s 13.4%. It shares tier 2 with Google Analytics, Cro Metrics, Semrush, HubSpot, Otterly and Blend, which the sample cannot separate from it.

Firms named alongside First Page Sage

When ChatGPT names First Page Sage, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: Siege Media (4 shared questions), Directive (3 shared questions), Go Fish Digital (3 shared questions), iPullRank (3 shared questions), Profound (3 shared questions), Omniscient Digital (2 shared questions), Omnius (2 shared questions) and WebFX (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 First Page Sage. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.

Siege Media · Directive · Go Fish Digital · iPullRank · Profound · Omniscient Digital · Omnius · WebFX

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