Why Ranking on Page One No Longer Means Being Seen (Session 1, AI SEO & GEO Workshop)

Session 1 of 8 in the two-day AI SEO & GEO Workshop (day 1). Part One of the Playbook. Why AI answers now decide which businesses buyers see, what six real businesses taught us about it, and how to check where your own brand stands today.

Who is this session for?

• Business owners, directors and heads of marketing
• Anyone deciding whether AI search is worth investing in
• Anyone who needs the reason before the method

What will you be able to do after it?

• Explain in plain terms what AI search changes for your business
• Check whether ChatGPT, Google’s AI Overviews, Gemini and Claude name your brand today
• Tell the difference between being named in an answer and only being listed as a source
• See which of the six steps your business needs most

What the session covers

What changed

How buyers now ask AI instead of searching, and why a page-one ranking can still mean nobody sees you.

Six businesses, wins and failures

What happened to a software product, a new coffee store, a branding agency, a security company and others when we went after AI answers.

What they have in common

The patterns behind who got named and who did not.

Your brand today

A live check of your own brand across the main AI engines.

Part of the two-day workshop

This is one of eight sessions in the AI SEO & GEO Workshop, each following one chapter of The AI Search Playbook, the method Stridec runs for clients, tested on six real businesses. For a shorter introduction, see the 3-hour masterclass or the free webinar. You can start with any of them.

Who teaches it?

Alva Chew, Founder of Stridec and author of the Playbook, in search since 2001. Alva is an ACLP-certified Registered Adult Educator and trains public courses with Click Academy Asia and Equinet Academy.

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