What does an AI SEO consultant do differently from a traditional SEO consultant?

A traditional SEO consultant focuses on Google rankings, backlinks, and keyword optimisation. An AI SEO consultant focuses on getting your business cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overviews. The signals are different — entity recognition, structured data integrity, content extractability, and AI crawler accessibility — requiring a fundamentally different methodology.

Do I still need traditional SEO if I hire an AI SEO consultant?

Yes. Traditional SEO provides the domain authority and content quality that AI models draw from. Ian integrates both disciplines — traditional SEO foundations with AI SEO optimisation on top — so you are visible across all search channels simultaneously.

How quickly will I see results from AI SEO consultancy?

Quick wins (unblocking AI crawlers, deploying llms.txt, fixing structured data) can show results within 2-4 weeks. Building consistent AI citation authority typically takes 60-90 days. Ian provides a clear timeline based on your current AI visibility and competitive landscape.

How is working with Ian different from hiring an AI SEO agency?

With Ian, you work directly with the consultant — no account managers, no junior staff handling your account. Every audit, strategy, and recommendation comes from someone with 20+ years of search experience and a forensic methodology built on real technical expertise.

What industries does Ian work with?

Ian works primarily with B2B professional services, SaaS, and e-commerce businesses with £1M-50M revenue. These are the businesses with the most to gain from AI search visibility — and the most to lose if competitors establish AI authority first.

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AI SEO Consultant UK — Forensic AI Search Specialist

Ian Ayliffe is the UK's only AI SEO consultant with a First-Class Honours in Computer Forensics & Security — applying forensic methodology to get your business cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.

No account managers. No junior staff. You work directly with Ian.

Verified Credentials

Why Ian Is the UK's Most Qualified AI SEO Consultant

Education

BSc (Hons) Computer Forensics & Security — First-Class Honours, Leeds Beckett University

Academic Role

Guest Lecturer, Imperial College London

Experience

20+ years in search optimisation across Google, Meta & LinkedIn

Ad Spend Managed

$10M+ in aggregate paid media across all platforms

Sites Ranked

400+ websites taken to Page 1 of Google

Specialisation

AI Search, GEO, Generative Engine Optimisation

The AI Search Problem Every UK Business Faces

Your potential customers are asking ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews for recommendations — and your competitors are being cited while you are invisible. This is not a content problem. It is a forensic technical problem with a specific, evidence-based solution.

Traditional SEO agencies do not understand AI search signals. Most will tell you to write more blog posts. An AI SEO consultant with Ian's forensic background diagnoses the exact technical signals — entity recognition gaps, blocked AI crawlers, missing structured data, poor content extractability — and fixes them systematically.

ChatGPT mentions your competitors, not you

Google AI Overviews cite other sources

Organic traffic falling despite stable rankings

No strategy for Perplexity or Claude visibility

AI crawlers blocked (often accidentally)

Missing structured data and llms.txt

Deliverables

What You Get When You Work With Ian

Forensic AI visibility audit across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude & Google AI Overviews

llms.txt deployment and AI crawler configuration

Complete Schema.org structured data implementation

Content restructuring for AI extractability and citation

Entity authority building and third-party citation strategy

Monthly AI citation tracking and reporting

Direct access to Ian — no account managers, no junior staff

"Ian's forensic approach to AI SEO is unlike anything I've seen from other consultants. Within 90 days, our business was being cited in ChatGPT for our core service category. The methodology is rigorous, evidence-based, and it works."

SaaS Founder, London

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