TALK TO US: Kern Media® is an SEO, GEO and LLM optimization consultancy that works with national companies and brands across the U.S. With over 20 years of experience, we help you get found whether buyers search on Google or ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot or Google AI Mode. Our consulting covers search engine optimization, generative engine optimization (GEO), LLM visibility and content strategy, so your website ranks in search results, gets cited in AI answers and turns that visibility into leads and revenue. Most of our clients are eCommerce brands and lead generation businesses. Set up a free consultation to see if we’re a good fit for your SEO and GEO/AI Search goals.
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Why Companies Choose Kern Media
Senior-Level Strategy
Work directly with founder Dan Kern, who brings 20+ years of SEO experience, 500+ websites optimized and past leadership of SEO for a publisher with 200+ websites.
SEO and GEO Together
Rank in Google and get recommended by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot and Google AI Mode, with one strategy that covers both.
Specialist Team on Demand
U.S.-based SEO, paid search and CRO/analytics specialists, each with 10 to 20+ years of experience, brought in as your engagement needs.
Built for eCommerce & Lead Gen
Most of our clients are eCommerce brands and lead generation businesses, so we focus first on the pages that drive sales and leads.
Revenue-Focused Reporting
Every month you see the traffic, leads and revenue coming from Google and each AI tool, not just rankings.
5-Star Rated
Clients rate Kern Media 5.0 stars across 23 Google reviews, and many have worked with us for years.
What Is LLM Optimization (GEO)?
LLM optimization, also called generative engine optimization (GEO), is the work of getting your brand mentioned, described accurately and cited when people ask AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot and Google AI Mode for recommendations. It builds on SEO, because AI tools pull from the same pages and sources that rank in search. AI tools give one answer instead of ten links, so the brands they name win the click, the lead and often the sale.
What AI Search Actually Cites
We analyzed 1,044 answers from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, with 4,872 brand recommendations and 5,376 citations, to see which brands get recommended and which pages get cited.
Grow Your Business Model
Other business model?
Measure where you stand
We track the real prompts your buyers ask AI tools, how often you’re mentioned and which sources get cited, plus your AI traffic, leads and revenue.
Make sure AI tools can read your site
Many AI crawlers don’t run JavaScript. We check rendering, robots.txt rules for AI bots, schema and indexation, and give your developers clear fixes.
Answer the questions buyers ask
We map each prompt to the best page on your site, then add what’s missing: cost, comparisons, who you’re best for, proof and results.
Fix how the web describes you
LLMs repeat what other sites say. We clean up company profiles, directories and review sites, and help your PR team target the awards AI tools cite.
Track what it’s worth
Every month you’ll see AI visibility by prompt, Google rankings, and the traffic, leads and revenue from each AI tool.
TRAVEL AGENCY CONTENT STRATEGY
Leads are the lifeblood of a service provider, and answering the questions that your target clients have is the best way to build trust and drive leads. This boutique travel agency grew its clientele by educating its audience, and today we track how AI tools recommend it to each type of traveler, from families to honeymooners.
FINANCIAL SERVICES KNOWLEDGE BASE
We planned a knowledge base for a national financial services firm, from topic structure and keyword research to content briefs for each page. Within a year, the pages earning Google impressions grew from 7 to 84, and keywords ranking in Google’s top 10 grew 76%, with 133% more impressions from those rankings.
ECOMMERCE SITE RECOVERY
After a site rebuild caused a sharp drop in traffic, we diagnosed the crawl, indexation, pagination and schema issues behind it for an online retailer and prioritized the fixes. Organic clicks have since recovered 26% from the low point, organic shopping revenue is up 208% year over year and average order value is up 33%.
Recent SEO & GEO Results
A few examples from client work in 2026:
National eCommerce brand: revenue from AI referrals grew from about $3,000 to $21,000 quarter over quarter.
National financial services firm: knowledge base keywords ranking in Google’s top 10 grew 76% year over year.
B2B technology company: form submissions from organic search and AI tools grew about 4.5x year over year.
Online retailer: organic shopping revenue grew 208% year over year, with a 33% higher average order value.
Before founding Kern Media, Dan doubled organic search revenue for three eCommerce sites in 12 months and led SEO for a publisher with 200+ websites. See more in our case studies.
What Clients Say
★★★★★
Rated 5.0 stars across 23 Google reviews
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“Dan has significantly helped our company ramp up our SEO efforts which has directly resulted in signing on several new clients. His expertise in content marketing alone was well worth our investment. His work with keyword ranking and migrating our website was also extremely beneficial in making our site more prevalent in search results. We highly recommend Dan for your SEO consulting needs!”
Newel (Google review)
“Dan and the Kern Media team so impressed me with their expertise that he was my first call when I changed jobs and needed to hire an SEO consultant. Our organic traffic continues to grow as we’ve followed the content and technical recommendations from the team. Dan is great at explaining complicated terms simply and extremely responsive. I highly recommend working with Kern Media.”
Ashley (Google review)
“Dan & Kern Media have been awesome to work with for many years. We’ve seen incredible growth with our organic results and have grown our keyword footprint immensely. Dan’s technical acumen and knowledge of the “SEO” space is impressive. If you ever get the chance to work with Dan and Team, DO IT!!! Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do! We appreciate you, @Dan!”
Tim (Google review)
Who We Work With
We work with any company that’s a good fit: an established website, a team (or developer) who can make changes, and leads or sales from search and AI that matter to the business. Most of our clients fall into two groups:
Online stores that want more traffic and sales from Google, AI search and AI shopping results.
B2B and B2C service companies that want more leads from the questions buyers ask Google and AI tools.
eCommerce & RetailB2B TechnologyFinancial ServicesEducationTravelPublishing & MediaMulti-Location Businesses
We keep client names confidential. Many clients have worked with us for years, some for more than a decade.
See our services for how engagements, pricing and timelines work, or our case studies for recent results.
