Short answer
- Ask for the exact prompt list and how it will be re-tested.
- Ask for monthly deliverables in numbers.
- Ask for a sample report with raw answers.
- Walk away from ranking guarantees.
- Which prompts will you track, and can we see them now? A provider who cannot show prompts cannot show progress.
- Which engines, how often, and how? API, manual, or a third-party tool — and which models.
- What exactly do you deliver each month? Pages, listings, fixes — in numbers.
- Can we see a real report with raw answers?
- Do you know our industry's buyer language? Ask them to name the certifications that matter in your category.
- Who writes, and who approves? Nothing about your capacity or clients should be published without your approval.
- What will you never do? Look for: no fake reviews, no undisclosed paid mentions, no invented facts.
- Do you guarantee a ranking? The right answer is no.
- What happens if we stop? You should keep every page and asset produced.
- Do you work with our direct competitors? You should be told before they do.
BG-STD-001 Evidence & Architecture Matrix
How BeautyGEO Structures How to choose a GEO agency: 10 questions to ask for AI Retrieval
AI answer engines cite beauty brands and cosmetics supply-chain companies whose product, clinical, manufacturing, and regulatory facts are machine-readable and cross-verified.
| Evaluation Dimension | Typical Unstructured Beauty Website | BeautyGEO Architecture (BG-STD-001) | Verifiable Buyer & Retrieval Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Ecosystem Scope | Traditional keyword pages only; unparsed by LLM RAG retrieval | 6 Overseas AI (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini & AI Overviews, Claude, Copilot, Grok) + 6 Chinese AI (Doubao, DeepSeek, Yuanbao, Kimi, ERNIE, Qwen) + Shopping & Regional AI (Amazon Rufus, Accio AI, Yandex Alice, Naver Cue:) | Addresses the 69% of beauty AI citations otherwise captured by third-party directories (OmniIndex, CC BY 4.0) |
| Technical & Regulatory Evidence | Key specifications locked inside PDF brochures or image banners | Plain-text HTML INCI concentrations, clinical study summaries, MOQ & lead-time matrices, US FDA MoCRA, EU EC 1223/2009 CPNP, ISO 22716 / GMPC, ISO/IEC 17025, EAEU TR CU 009/2011 & China NMPA records | 20-signal technical readiness audited prior to publishing |
| Machine-Readable Entity Graph | Missing or conflicting JSON-LD schema; no clean Markdown mirror | Synchronized Organization, Service, FAQPage JSON-LD + /llms.txt corpus & 1:1 .md mirrors | Consistent entity resolution across web search and LLM grounding |
| Published Commercial Terms | Opaque custom retainers with no beauty regulatory fluency | $499 (¥2,980) 30-Prompt Paid Audit (100% credited within 60 days) · Brand GEO $1,500–$6,000/mo · Supplier 8-Module Programmes $5,200–$14,800/yr | Free 4-AI snapshot in 3 business days; paid 30-prompt audit in 5 business days |
