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WebFX was named in 2 of the 11 AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 115 of the 478 AI responses sampled across those questions (24.1%).

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2 / 11Questions named in
115Responses naming it
24%Of 478 sampled
4Best tier reached

WebFX is strongest on “What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?”, where it was named in 86 of 242 responses (35.5%), placing it in tier 5 of that report.

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

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

How the answers describe the firmLarge-scale full-service digital marketing agency offering GEO alongside SEO and broader marketing programs for large companies.

In this sample, WebFX was named on 2 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

WebFX was named on 2 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 WebFX placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeaderWebFX
Which AEO and GEO agencies work with small businesses?255 answersFIVESIXTEN25%—
Which GEO agencies work with B2B and SaaS companies?254 answersOmniscient Digital34%—
Which agencies help brands earn citations from AI assistants?254 answersSiege Media34%—
What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?242 answersiPullRank82%36% · tier 5
Who handles the technical side of AEO and GEO?242 answersEnleaf24%—
Which AI visibility agencies work with ecommerce brands?236 answersSiege Media38%—
Which GEO agencies handle enterprise programs?236 answersiPullRank51%12% · tier 4
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%—
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 WebFX was named

One row per report in which WebFX 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?586 of 24235.5%
Which GEO agencies handle enterprise programs?429 of 23612.3%

What WebFX gets named for

Across the 11 AEO, GEO and AI visibility agencies questions measured, WebFX is named most often on “What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?” — it appears in 86 of the 242 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 35.5% of them. Its next strongest question is “Which GEO agencies handle enterprise programs?”, where it appears in 29 of 236 responses (12.3%).

WebFX clears the reporting threshold on 2 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 WebFX’s tier placings mean

On “What are the best AEO and GEO agencies?”, WebFX sits in tier 5 of 7, named in 86 of 242 responses (35.5%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 82.2% of responses against WebFX’s 35.5%. It shares tier 5 with Go Fish Digital and Directive, which the sample cannot separate from it. 6 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate WebFX from them.

On “Which GEO agencies handle enterprise programs?”, WebFX sits in tier 4 of 4, named in 29 of 236 responses (12.3%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 51.3% of responses against WebFX’s 12.3%. It shares tier 4 with Terakeet, Toren, LLM Pulse and AEO.ltd, which the sample cannot separate from it.

Firms named alongside WebFX

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

Directive · First Page Sage · Go Fish Digital · iPullRank · Siege Media

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