How to Use AI Prompts Effectively for GEO

❌ Bad: "Help me with my content"
✅ Good: "You are a GEO content optimizer specializing in answer-first transformation."

❌ Bad: "What should I track?"
✅ Good: "You are a GEO measurement specialist with expertise in AI platform visibility tracking."

❌ Bad: "Analyze this page"
✅ Good: "I run a B2B SaaS company targeting mid-market finance teams.
   We're currently invisible in AI search and want to establish entity presence.
   Analyze this About page for entity signals."

❌ Bad: "Create a tracking system"
✅ Good: "We're starting GEO optimization for a local law firm.
   No previous AI visibility work has been done.
   Create a baseline visibility tracking system appropriate for a local business."

❌ Vague: "Help me with schema"
✅ Specific: "Create Organization schema markup for this business"

❌ Vague: "Look at my competitors"
✅ Specific: "Compare citation rates across these 3 competitors and identify gaps"

❌ Vague: "What's wrong with my content?"
✅ Specific: "Score this content on 5 citation-readiness dimensions and provide fixes for gaps"

❌ Bad: "Give me recommendations"
✅ Good: "Provide recommendations as:
   1. Issue (one sentence)
   2. Fix (specific action)
   3. Priority (High/Medium/Low)"

❌ Bad: "Analyze the content"
✅ Good: "Create a table with columns:
   - Section heading
   - Current structure
   - Recommended change
   - Expected impact"

❌ Bad: "Here's an example of my content: [brief excerpt]"
✅ Good: "Here's the full About page content: [paste complete content]"

❌ Bad: "I've been tracking some metrics"
✅ Good: "Here's my tracking data from the past 4 weeks:
   [paste full spreadsheet data or formatted table]"

❌ Bad: "We have some competitors"
✅ Good: "Main competitors: [Company A - URL], [Company B - URL], [Company C - URL]"