LIVE CASE STUDY · STARTED APRIL 2026

G Edge GEO Experiment: Building AI Visibility From Zero

Status: experiment paused during our site rebuild. Relaunching with a new baseline — follow the Ship Notes for the restart.

What this is: A transparent, data-driven experiment testing whether a brand-new company (G Edge Corp) can build measurable AI citation presence on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude — starting from zero — using only organic GEO strategy and $500 in paid ads. All data is real.

By Franklin Chi · Started April 2026

📊 Live AI Visibility Scoreboard

ChatGPT

—/4

Day 0 pending

Perplexity

—/4

Day 0 pending

Gemini

—/4

Day 0 pending

Claude

—/4

Day 0 pending

TOTAL SCORE

—/16

Month 1 Target

4/16

⚡ Day 0 baseline test scheduled for 2026-04-07.

Why G Edge is running this experiment

G Edge Corp offers GEO services to B2B clients — but we believe the most credible thing we can do is run the experiment on ourselves first. If our strategy works on a brand-new company with zero brand recognition, it can work for any business.

We're documenting every step: what we deployed, when we deployed it, what changed in our scores, and what didn't work. This page is updated monthly with real data.

Our 4-layer GEO strategy

Layer 1 · Content Foundation

Organization, Person, FAQ, Article Schema deployed across thegedge.com
6 answer-format guides published (/faq, /guides/*, /case-studies/)
E-E-A-T signals: author bio, date published, verifiable data citations

Layer 2 · Authority Building

HARO responses submitted (targeting Forbes, Business Insider)
Industry directory listings (Clutch, G2, ProductHunt)
Podcast outreach (5 small-to-mid business podcasts)

Layer 3 · Citation Optimization

All content uses answer-format H1s (How/What/Why)
First paragraph answers the question in ≤50 words
Numbered lists used in all guides (AI prefers numbered citations)
Every claim includes a verifiable source

Layer 4 · Tracking

Weekly: 4 platforms × 4 fixed questions = 16 screenshots
Monthly: 4 platforms × 10 questions = 40 screenshots
Score: appearances ÷ total tests × 100

Experiment timeline

✅

Apr 5, 2026

Experiment started. Directory structure, tracking files created.

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