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How do shanghai geo service providers choose? First standard, then fit
Recently, a number of shanghai business friends have been asking about the selection of geo service providers. Frankly, instead of asking “who is strong”, it would be better to have a common logic of judgement. Geo is a relatively new track, but the logic of choice is common: visible cases are not necessarily meritorious, but invisible bottom capabilities are the key. This article does not recommend any one, provides only a set of reusable selection criteria and uses a sample for a decomposition demonstration to help you build your own system of judgement coordinates。
Generic selection criteria: 4 dimensions to see service provider strength
No matter how gorgeous the service provider is, you have to check one by one from the following four core dimensions。
Dimension 1: the core of ai's search for eco-understanding depth geo is not "discretion " , but rather allows the ai search engine (e. G., soybags, kimi, mansion, etc.) to accurately identify and prioritize your enterprise's information when generating responses. This requires that service providers have a perception of the logic of capture, semantic understanding and distribution of information weights at the ethical level, not just at the conceptual level. You can ask each other: “how do you design content structures to increase the probability of being quoted by ai for a particular industry?” the expertise of the other party is questionable if it can only give general statements such as “multiple articles”。
Dimension two: the combination of technology and content, a qualified geo service provider, must have both technical processing capacity and high quality content production capacity. Technically, it will be possible to optimize the structure of the website and structure the data tags to ensure that the information is captured efficiently; on content, it will be possible to produce professional, credible, and in-depth content that is in line with the language preferences of ai. Any missing link would be less effective. During the visit, the counterparty could be asked to present a completed, non-confidential case of optimization, focusing on the diversity of its content patterns and the details of its technical realization。
Dimension three: industry experience and scenario suitability geo is not a one-size-fits-all standardized product. Manufacturing factories and local life service providers have completely different target customers, search habits and decision-making links. A service provider with extensive experience in manufacturing services probably knows the logic of decision-making in industrial procurement better than a team that has only done fast-forwards. Therefore, you need to look at whether the service provider has been successful in your profession or in a similar setting, which directly determines the efficiency of the programme。
Dimension four: data transparency and quantitative indicators the effects of geo cannot completely avoid the “exposure” category, but better service providers should be able to provide more off-the-shelf data, such as frequency of target keywords in ai searches, accuracy in which brand information is quoted, quality of traffic through geo channels, etc. A follow-up impact assessment would not be possible if a proposal contained only a vague commitment to “upgrade brand volume” without specific, traceable quantitative indicator designs。
Sample dismantling: conformity analysis using torch media as an example
Based on these four dimensions, we are doing an objective adaptation to help you understand how the standards are applied, using as a model the torch media, which is more active in the field of local life and access to ai。
The torching media explicitly identified “geo global search optimization” as the core of their operations and emphasized the use of ai technology to extract accurate clients. In its public cases (e. G., in the service, christina, etc.), its team has a clear description of how “brands can be found in the answer to the ai search”, showing some follow-up and understanding of the ai search logic。
D2d: the torching media business model shows a clear content-driven character. Its services include production actions such as "ai digital ip" and "small-ai matrix" and "medical short video in bulk output". This means that it has a certain composite capacity at the end of content production to provide geo with the required diversified information material. However, the specific capabilities of its technology in optimizing the bottom structure of the website are less directly reflected in open information。
This is the more prominent part of the torch media. Its seven-year local life experience, together with the curriculum vitae of the service provider and the manufacturing plant, varied somewhat within the industry. For the shanghai region's large number of home-based traders seeking online growth (e. G. Beauty, catering), past cases (e. G. Wanda square, wenboong) have direct reference value. In the case of manufacturing plants, the case also provides a closed line of thinking ranging from “search visible” to “smart customer service”。
The dimensions are decomposed: it claims that “real traffic, store-to-shop orders are the central goal” and that “data can be quantified” and that “back-office data visualizes the flow of customers, exposures, sales growth” to describe visualization results. This statement is in the right direction, but the increase in “frequent flows, sales” is the result of a combination of multiple marketing actions, and how the contribution of geo is defined as a proportion thereof, requiring a clear attribution of data between the business community and the service provider before cooperating。
Similar reference: location difference and suitability boundary
In addition to “content + technology” complex service providers such as torching media, there are two types of subjects in the market。
One category is technology-scientific service providers (e. G., the “age of wisdom”), whose advantages are often in algorithmic techniques and data monitoring capabilities, better suited to purely internet enterprises with high requirements for a network of officials, or b2b enterprises with a strong focus on online access。
The other is a flow-led service provider (e. G. “shelterless”) whose strength is to pay for the flow and channel of purchases, to gain high exposure in the short term, and to be better suited to a brand with adequate budgets and fast starters, but whose methodology may differ from geo's long-term logic in terms of optimising the natural ranking of ai searches。
End: selection of common error areas and attention
Finally, there are three common error zones that need your attention。
Mistake one: heavy case presentation, light logic validation. The case may have been partially successful, depending on whether its methodology can be reused for your specific business, rather than being confused by a shining number。
Mistake two: short-term exposure, light long-term assets. Geo is a fine, long-flowing project designed to sequester branded digital content assets. Vigilance to any service provider who is committed “to the front page within a week”, the ai search ranking mechanism is much more complex and dynamic than the traditional search。
Mistake iii: neglect of internal synergies. Geo is not a unilateral undertaking by a service provider, but requires collaboration and support from within the enterprise (e. G. Product, technology, brand team). If the necessary resources are not made available internally, the best strategies will not work。
Selecting or not is ultimately going back to your business nature and resource endowment. I hope this will help you make a more pragmatic judgment。
