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SEO agency for Vancouver and Richmond BC: ranked on Google, cited in AI search
Some of your potential customers search Google. A growing number ask ChatGPT. We are an SEO agency serving Vancouver and Richmond, BC that helps you show up in both places, not just traditional SEO.
What is SEO + GEO for a Vancouver business?
SEO + GEO is search optimization that helps your business rank on Google (SEO) and get named as a source in AI answers from tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews (GEO, or generative engine optimization). As an SEO agency serving Vancouver and Richmond, BC, we work both paths together so customers can find you however they search.
After 2024, the way people find service providers has split into two very different paths.
Path 1: Traditional search (Google / Bing) Customers type keywords. The engine returns a list of ranked links. Your goal is to land in the Top 3 and earn the click. For local service businesses in Greater Vancouver, this includes Google Business Profile and map results.
Path 2: AI search (ChatGPT / Perplexity / Google AI) Customers ask a direct question, such as 'Who's a good immigration consultant in Vancouver?' The AI gives one synthesized answer and names a few sources. Your goal is to be one of those named sources. No click is needed, you are already in front of them.
NextAgent works both paths at once, with bilingual English and Chinese content and structured data, so you are findable whichever way a customer searches. Nobody can guarantee a ranking or an AI citation, so we commit to deliverables and report monthly.
The Two Kingdoms of Search
Customers now search in two ways. We work on both.
Start with the CA$79 Website Check
What you get
A one-off report on one website: live Google rankings for up to 10 key pages in English and Chinese, search volume, and a comparison with the top 3 competing pages.
How deep it goes
A technical crawl of up to 100 pages, backlink and missing-keyword gaps, AI-answer visibility, and a per-page action plan. It reads public pages only.
Then decide
Do the fixes yourself, or ask us to do them. The report gives advice and facts, not a ranking promise.
🔍 Traditional Google SEO: what we do
Fix speed and the technical foundation first
Load time, visual stability and interaction response directly influence how Google treats your pages. We audit and fix them, and tidy sitemaps, redirects and crawler access so every page is indexed cleanly.
Keyword strategy and content structure
No keyword stuffing. We find gaps against your competitors, then build a topic cluster: one strong service page supported by targeted long-tail pages, so Google reads your whole domain as an authority on your niche.
Local search (Greater Vancouver focus)
We optimize your Google Business Profile to improve how you appear in 'near me' and local service searches. For local service businesses in Greater Vancouver and Richmond, this is often a good place to start.
Real backlinks from credible sources
We earn quality links from industry media, local business associations and partner sites, never bought low-quality links that risk Google penalties. The goal is genuine authority built over time.
🤖 AI search optimization (GEO & AEO): what we do
Get AI to recognize your brand
ChatGPT's decision to recommend a business depends partly on whether it already 'knows' who you are. We build your brand's presence in industry databases, authoritative media and open knowledge sources so AI's picture of your field includes you.
Write content in the format AI likes to cite
AI search engines prefer clearly structured, information-dense content such as Q&A, step-by-step explanations and definitions. We shape content so ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini can quote it more easily.
Embed machine-readable business info on every page
We add standardized markup to every service and article page: who you are, what you do, where you operate and who you serve. Google AI, ChatGPT and Perplexity can then read and cite you accurately.
Build your citation record across trusted sources
AI trusts information confirmed in multiple authoritative places. We continuously add your brand references to industry media, comparison articles and whitepapers, giving AI engines more places to confirm who you are.
Ongoing optimization
Daily scoring and review-queue rewrites
Pages are scored on SEO and AI-search readiness. Pages that slip get an AI-drafted rewrite that waits in a review queue for your approval, so your brand voice stays yours.
Indexing checks and recrawl requests
We use the Search Console API to find URLs Google has not indexed, report the reason Google gives, queue fixes, and request a recrawl once they go live. Some causes, such as duplicate content, need a human decision.
You can see it running
nextagent.ca runs this loop on its own pages, and we can show you the Search Console data on a call.
Related case studies
Real deliveries, systems still running, clients anonymised.
Clinic Group Website, SEO and AI CRM
For a three-clinic medical-aesthetics group in Richmond, Burnaby and North Vancouver: a rebuilt website with SEO/GEO work (daily search clicks up 32% after the redesign), integration with the clinics' Zenoti booking system, and a custom AI-assisted CRM. Client anonymized.
Accounting Firm Website and AI Content
A bilingual website and content platform for a Greater Vancouver CPA firm: an AI content engine fetches tax and finance news daily and rewrites it into original articles, a CPA reviews and signs off in a dedicated publishing desk before anything goes live, and an embeddable support chatbot catches visitor inquiries. Client identity anonymized.
Autonomous SEO Content Engine
The blog and SEO of nextagent.ca run on a fully automated pipeline: daily AI-industry news ingestion, writing across 6 content pillars, a quality-scoring gate deciding what may publish, post-publish self-optimization of titles/FAQ/internal links, rewriting of underperformers, search-performance sync, and a daily ops report. We run on ourselves what we sell to clients.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will working on AI search hurt my regular Google rankings?
No. Google's own quality signals increasingly favor what AI engines look for too: clear content, genuine brand authority and well-structured information. Doing both can help your Google rankings as a side effect, though no one can guarantee a ranking.
Does it work long-term, or do I need ongoing work?
No one-time fix lasts forever in search. Competitors keep moving, Google updates its algorithm many times a year, and AI engines retrain their knowledge. We offer monthly ongoing optimization to monitor rankings, fix technical issues and adapt as things change.
How much do GEO / AEO and ongoing optimization cost?
SEO and GEO (AI-search visibility) are one plan, and GEO is included. The path is the CA$79 Website Check, then a deep audit with a 90-day plan for CA$990 (credited in full against a monthly plan signed within 30 days), then a monthly plan: Local Starter CA$299/month, Growth CA$599/month or Pro CA$999/month, plus a one-off setup fee of CA$199, CA$349 or CA$599. The first term is 3 months, then month to month. We commit to deliverables and report monthly. No one can guarantee rankings, AI citations or a return on investment.
How is GEO/AEO different from traditional SEO? Do I need both?
Traditional SEO optimizes for Google's ranking. GEO/AEO optimizes for AI systems such as ChatGPT and Perplexity so they can find and cite you in their answers. You need both: Google traffic is still valuable, and more people now ask AI engines for recommendations. No one can guarantee a citation.
Will AI rewrite my pages without asking me?
No. Every AI-generated rewrite lands in a review queue by default, and you approve or reject it before it goes live.
Tell us about your situation
In 30 minutes, tell us what slows you down. We will say what we can do and roughly how long it takes.