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Cortex.The SEO and GEO platform for end to end organic growth.

Cortex is an SEO and GEO platform that runs organic acquisition end to end on a 24/7 loop. Its client brands gain Google rankings, citations in AI answers and referring domains with no ad spend and no purchased backlinks. France Épargne recorded 9.08M Google impressions in the twelve months to 1 November 2026.

Whitelist only · 3 brands per industry · by application

9.08M

Google impressions in 12 months

Google Search Console, read 1 November 2026

cortex@laboetie ~ live

engine → organic growth engine · v3 · 100% automated

seo → 9.08m google impressions · 75.5k clicks · in 12 months

geo → 10k+ ai citations a day · 7k in google ai answers, 3k across other assistants

links → 1.8k referring domains · dr 49 · 0€ spent

status → engine running · 24/7 · read 1 november 2026

The three Cortex pillars: SEO, GEO and domain authority

SEO

Google rankings

The Cortex pipeline covers continuous editorial production, semantic optimization and automated internal linking. Results grow month over month because each page is built to hold its position.

GEO

Citations in AI answers

GEO stands for Generative Engine Optimization. Cortex gives your content a structure that ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews can quote with attribution and a link to you when a buyer asks a question in your market.

DA

Earned domain authority

Each referring domain comes from real content. We do not use a private blog network, a link farm or paid placement. Authority earned this way holds up when the algorithm changes.

GEO case study: France Épargne over the last twelve months

Cortex produced the four results below. We read each one on 1 November 2026 in the tool named beside it.

Organic search

Google Search Console

9.08M

Google impressions

in 12 months

On a domain with no organic footprint, impressions rise steeply from the fourth month after a flat start. France Épargne spent nothing on ads.

Organic search

Google Search Console

75.5K

clicks from Google

average position 13

The last three months show the current rate of the engine with 32,300 of these site visits.

GEO · AI answers

Search Console and site logs

10K+

AI citations a day

7K in Google AI answers, 3K across other assistants

Google alone has served 582,000 impressions inside its AI answers since May 2026.

Backlinks

Ahrefs

1.8K

referring domains

DR 49 · 0€ spent

These live referring domains account for 4,200 earned backlinks. None was purchased or placed on a private network.

case_study : france-epargne.fr · period : the last twelve months

seo → 9.08m google impressions · 75.5k clicks · average position 13

geo → 10k+ ai citations a day · chatgpt · copilot · perplexity · gemini

backlinks → 1.8k referring domains · dr 49 · 0€ spent

read → 1 november 2026 · google search console · ahrefs

The four stages of automated SEO and GEO

Four stages run with no human in the loop. Monitoring data returns to research, so each cycle builds on the engine's own KPIs.

  1. 1

    Research

    The topics to write come from a map of your semantic field, search intent, competitor gaps and full sitemap.

  2. 2

    Production

    Every article carries its date and its sources, and it comes with illustrations. Internal links, schema.org markup and the structure AI citations rely on are generated as it is written.

  3. 3

    Distribution

    Articles publish automatically to your CMS. Delivery to LinkedIn, X, Instagram and YouTube runs in sync with them.

  4. 4

    Boost

    AI citations and backlinks arrive at this stage. Continuous monitoring data goes back into research.

CMS, social and automation capabilities

CMS compatible

Cortex connects to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Next and Astro through a native API and plugins.

Built-in CMS

Cortex includes its own CMS for brands with no website yet. Publishing starts on day one.

Social plugins

Plugins publish to LinkedIn, X, Instagram and YouTube automatically and in sync.

100% automated

Research, writing, publishing, linking and monitoring run automatically around the clock. Automatic tuning against your KPIs improves the pipeline.

Cortex access: three brands per industry

3

brands per industry

We set this cap because we cannot point Cortex at two rivals in the same market. Access comes through an application.

  • Three brands per industry

    We accept a maximum of three clients per vertical. The list closes at that number.

  • Separation of rival brands

    With this cap we avoid ranking one client against another in the same market.

  • The application review

    We review every applicant. We accept the brands we expect to move up the results.

Apply for a Cortex slot

Your industry has 3 slots. If one is open, we will activate Cortex on your site and run the full engine on your organic growth.

  • Organic growth without ad spend or purchased backlinks
  • A continuous loop for SEO, GEO and domain authority
  • Live in days
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The Cortex partner program for agencies and developers

If you build or manage websites for clients, you can propose Cortex to them and earn a recurring commission. We pay it linearly on every contract for the entire life of the contract.

  • A recurring commission

    You earn a commission on every contract you bring. We pay it linearly for as long as that contract stays open.

  • The client relationship

    Your client keeps you as their trusted contact while we run Cortex end to end.

  • Partner profiles

    The program is open to agencies, web studios, freelance developers and consultants, who propose Cortex to the clients they already serve.

Apply to the partner program

Tell us about your studio and your clients. We will set up your recurring commission and give you everything you need to pitch.

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What GEO means

GEO, or Generative Engine Optimization, is the work of getting your brand quoted inside the answers of AI assistants. When a buyer asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or Google AI Overviews a question, the system reads a handful of sources and writes one reply. GEO aims to put your page among those sources.

SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, works on the ranked list of links in a search engine. The two overlap: AI assistants often read pages that already rank, and Google's AI answers draw on Google's own index. They differ in what they reward.

QuestionSEOGEO
What you wantA position in a list of linksA mention or citation in one answer
Main unitThe pageThe passage
Main measureImpressions, clicks, positionAppearances in AI answers, cited pages
Typical reader actionClick through to the siteRead the answer, sometimes click
What gets rewardedRelevance, links, usefulnessClear, sourced passages that answer alone

A brand needs both today. A page that ranks gets read by assistants, and a page that assistants can quote tends to be well structured for search too. Cortex treats them as one pipeline.

What makes a passage quotable

An AI system lifts passages. A passage earns its place when it can stand alone, without the paragraph before it.

TraitWeak passageQuotable passage
Answers one questionOpens with contextOpens with the answer
Carries a figure"Rates are moderate"States the rate, the year and the source
Stands alone"This one is better"Names the subject in the sentence
Is datedNo date on the pageA visible date and an update log
Has a sourceNo citationA list of primary sources
Has an authorAnonymousA named expert

Every article Cortex writes follows those rules, and a condensed version of the answers sits above the body, so a reader who stops there still has the figures.

The loop

Cortex runs as a repeating cycle, and each stage feeds the next.

StageWhat happensWhat it leaves
ResearchMaps your semantic field, search intent, competitor gaps and sitemapA list of pages to write or fix
ProductionWrites dated, sourced articles with illustrationsA page with links, schema markup and sources
DistributionPublishes to your CMS and your social accountsLive pages and posts
BoostEarns citations and referring domainsAuthority signals
MonitoringReads Search Console, AI answers and site logsThe next round of research

The loop keeps going after a page goes live. Each published page gets measured after it goes live.

How an existing page gets updated

Most SEO tools hand you advice. Cortex checks that advice against your own data before it changes a page. A page keeps its address and internal links. Every figure is read on a source during the work, and each change is measured afterwards.

Results on France Épargne

France Épargne is a French savings and insurance brand. Figures below were read on 1 November 2026, in the client's own tools, over the last twelve months unless stated.

MetricResultSource
Google impressions9.08MGoogle Search Console
Clicks from Google75.5KGoogle Search Console
Clicks in the last three months32.3KGoogle Search Console
Average position13Google Search Console
AI citations a day10K+Search Console and site logs
Impressions in Google AI answers since May 2026582KGoogle Search Console
Domain Rating49Ahrefs
Referring domains1.8KAhrefs
Backlinks4.2KAhrefs
Ad spend0Client

The domain started with no organic footprint. Impressions stayed flat at first and rose steeply from the fourth month.

This is a single case. It sits in French finance and insurance, on a site that received daily work, so treat it as evidence of what the engine can do. It predicts nothing for your market.

AI citations per day

France Épargne receives more than 10,000 AI citations a day, read on 1 November 2026.

SourceCitations a dayWhere it is read
Google AI answers7,000Google Search Console
Other assistants3,000Site logs
Total10,000+

Google alone has served 582,000 impressions inside its AI answers since May 2026.

Third party trackers see a small part of this volume. Ahrefs Brand Radar tests its own set of prompts, so its count of 3,100 responses across 884 pages measures that sample, and daily volume sits far above it. Each engine behaves differently, so a brand needs a reading per engine.

How to measure GEO

SignalWhere to read itWhat it tells you
AI impressionsGoogle Search Console, for Google's AI answersVolume on Google
Brand mentionsA brand monitoring toolPresence across engines
Assistant visitsYour site logs, by user agentWhich pages assistants fetch
Referral clicksYour analyticsVisits from assistants
Sales callsAsking how a lead found youWhat numbers miss

Each reading has blind spots, so several together give a fairer picture. Cortex keeps AI bot visits in its reporting, and each target query of an update is followed for 180 days.

Links earned from content

Referring domains matter for both search and AI visibility. Cortex avoids private blog networks, link farms and paid placement. Links come from content other sites choose to cite. Authority earned this way carries less risk when search engines change their rules.

Connecting your site

Your setupHow Cortex publishes
WordPress, Webflow, ShopifyNative API and plugins
Next or AstroNative API
No website yetThe built in CMS
Social accountsPlugins for LinkedIn, X, Instagram and YouTube

Each client runs as a separate tenant, with its own database, its own encrypted connection and its own settings. Each brand gets a brief that sets its voice, vocabulary and forbidden wordings, and every run reads it first.

Cortex, SEO software or an agency

QuestionSEO softwareAgencyCortex
Who does the work?Your teamTheir teamThe engine, with an operator
OutputData and adviceReports and articlesPublished pages, updates and links
PaceAs fast as your teamMonthly planDaily
Monitors AI answers?OftenSometimesYes, and acts on the reading
LinksTools to find themOften boughtEarned from content

A team with strong writers may prefer software and keep the work in house. Cortex fits a brand that wants the whole loop handled and accepts a queue for entry.

What a client provides

  • A site, or the decision to use the built in CMS
  • Access to Search Console and analytics
  • The facts that define the business: offers, prices, legal limits
  • A person who answers questions on the brief
  • Time, since organic growth builds over months

In regulated sectors, your compliance team should review pages. Cortex checks figures against sources, and legal approval of your communications remains your responsibility.

Next step

Apply for a place or send a brief with your site and your market. For a quick reading of your site's AI readiness, try the free llms.txt tool. Paid traffic sits with Ads, and Analytics measures what happens on the site.

Frequently asked questions about Cortex

What is Cortex?

Cortex is an SEO and GEO platform that runs content, internal links and backlink acquisition on a continuous 24/7 loop. The pipeline produces and publishes content, builds internal links, gains referring domains and structures pages for citation by AI engines. It uses no ad spend and no purchased links. On 1 November 2026, France Épargne showed 9.08M Google impressions over twelve months on this engine.

What does an SEO and GEO platform do?

An SEO and GEO platform improves the Google rankings of a brand and its citations inside AI answers. Cortex covers both from one pipeline. The pipeline runs semantic field mapping, the writing and publishing of dated, sourced articles, internal linking and the acquisition of referring domains. Monitoring data feeds the research stage at the end of each cycle.

What is GEO and how is it different from SEO?

SEO improves your ranking on search engines like Google and Bing. GEO stands for Generative Engine Optimization, and its goal is a citation of your brand inside the AI answers of ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. Cortex structures each piece of content for SEO and GEO. France Épargne has drawn 582,000 impressions inside Google AI answers since May 2026.

Does Cortex publish content or only track AI visibility?

Cortex publishes. Articles publish automatically to your CMS. Cortex generates the internal links, the schema.org markup and the structure for AI citations while it writes each article. Cortex connects to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Next and Astro through a native API and plugins. Brands with no website yet start on its built-in CMS.

Which AI engines mention a Cortex site?

France Épargne receives more than 10,000 AI citations a day: 7,000 in Google AI answers, read in Search Console, and 3,000 across other assistants, read in the site logs. Ahrefs Brand Radar tests a fixed set of prompts, so its count of 3,100 responses is a sample of that volume.

Do you buy backlinks?

No. Our budget for backlinks, private blog networks, link farms and paid placement is zero. Each referring domain comes from real, citable content. Ahrefs showed France Épargne at 1,800 referring domains behind 4,200 backlinks at DR 49 on 1 November 2026. France Épargne spent 0€ on those links.

Why is Cortex whitelist only?

We accept a maximum of three brands per industry on Cortex, and the whitelist enforces that ceiling. With that ceiling we avoid ranking one client against another in the same vertical. Access is by application. We review every applicant against the slots still open in their industry.

What results did France Épargne see?

France Épargne recorded 9.08M Google impressions and 75,500 clicks at an average position of 13 in the twelve months to 1 November 2026. It appears in AI answers more than 10,000 times a day, including 7,000 in Google AI answers and 3,000 across other assistants. Its link profile stands at 1,800 referring domains at DR 49 with zero purchased links.

Can agencies and developers resell Cortex?

Yes. Agencies and developers can propose Cortex to their clients and earn a recurring commission on every contract. The commission is paid linearly for as long as the contract stays open, so the partner program has no single referral fee. We review each application sent through the partner form on this page.