# \- 💰 Run $3,000 Agency Audits for Free — Open-Source GEO Tool + Money-Making Playbook

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**Created:** [March 29, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/run-3-000-agency-audits-for-free-open-source-geo-tool-money-making-playbook/320350 "2026-03-29T01:29:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/run-3-000-agency-audits-for-free-open-source-geo-tool-money-making-playbook/320350/1 "2026-03-29T01:29:53Z")

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# 🤖 One Free Tool Just Replaced Your $12K/Month SEO Agency — And Nobody’s Talking About the Best Part

_Open-source AI audit that tells you exactly why ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity ignore your website — and how to fix it in a weekend._

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zubair-trabzada/geo-seo-claude/main/assets/banner.svg)

**$2,000 to $12,000 a month.** That’s what GEO agencies charge to do what this tool does for free. One command. Five AI agents run at the same time. A full report lands in your lap — scores, charts, action items, everything.

The catch? **There’s no catch.** MIT license. 100% open source. You own the output.

> The only cost is a $20/month Claude Pro subscription — because the tool runs inside Claude Code. That’s the real price tag. Not $0. Not $12K. Twenty bucks.

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> **🗺️ What This Tool Actually Does — Plain English, No Buzzwords**
>
> Think of it like a health checkup — but for your website’s visibility in AI search engines.
> 
> When someone asks ChatGPT “what’s the best project management tool?” or asks Perplexity “how do I fix a leaky faucet?” — the AI picks a few websites to quote. Most websites never get picked. This tool tells you WHY yours doesn’t — and exactly what to change.
> 
> | What It Checks | What That Means |
> | --- | --- |
> | **Citability score** | How likely AI engines are to quote your content. Best content blocks are 134-167 words long, self-contained, and packed with facts |
> | **AI crawler access** | Whether your website is blocking the 14+ AI bots that read the internet (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and more) |
> | **Brand mentions** | How often your brand shows up on YouTube, Reddit, Wikipedia, LinkedIn, and 7+ other platforms AI engines trust |
> | **Schema markup** | Whether your website speaks the “machine language” that helps AI understand what you sell, teach, or offer |
> | **PDF reports** | Professional reports with score gauges, bar charts, and prioritized action plans — ready to send to a client or your boss |
> 
> > 💡 **Insider trick:** The tool generates an `llms.txt` file — a proposed standard that tells AI crawlers what your site is about. Here’s the honest truth: no major AI provider officially uses this file yet (Google’s John Mueller confirmed it). It costs nothing to add, so treat it as a free future bet — but don’t expect magic from it today.

> **⚡ How to Set It Up — 3 Steps, 5 Minutes**
>
> **You need two things:** A Claude Pro subscription ($20/month) and a computer with a terminal.
> 
> **Step 1 —** Install Claude Code (if you don’t have it yet)
> 
> ```auto
> npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
> 
> ```
> 
> **Step 2 —** Install the GEO-SEO skill
> 
> ```auto
> curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zubair-trabzada/geo-seo-claude/main/install.sh | bash
> 
> ```
> 
> **Step 3 —** Run your first audit
> 
> ```auto
> claude
> /geo audit https://yourwebsite.com
> 
> ```
> 
> That’s it. Five AI agents launch at the same time. They crawl your site, score your content, check your robots.txt, scan your brand mentions, and deliver a full report.
> 
> > 💡 **Insider trick:** Use `/geo quick yoursite.com` first — it’s a 60-second snapshot that tells you if a full audit is worth running. Save your tokens for the deep dive.

> **📊 The Numbers That Make This Real — Why GEO Matters Right Now**
>
> These are not guesses. These are from published research across hundreds of thousands of keywords.
> 
> | Stat | Source | Why You Should Care |
> | --- | --- | --- |
> | **76% → 38%** | [**Ahrefs**](https://ahrefs.com) (863K keywords) | Pages in Google’s top 10 used to get cited in AI answers 76% of the time. Now it’s 38%. Ranking #1 isn’t enough anymore |
> | **42% of cited domains replaced** | [**SE Ranking**](https://seranking.com) | When Google upgraded to Gemini 3 (Jan 2026), nearly half the websites AI was quoting got swapped out overnight |
> | **4.4x higher conversion** | Multiple sources | Visitors who come from AI recommendations buy 4.4x more often than regular search visitors |
> | **Only 23% of marketers** | Industry surveys | Less than 1 in 4 marketers are doing GEO. Everyone else is still fighting over Google page 1 |
> | **$1B+ market in 2026** | Market research | GEO services market crossed $1 billion. Projected to hit $7-17 billion by 2031 |
> 
> > 💡 **Insider trick:** The stat everyone quotes wrong — “only 11% of domains get cited by both ChatGPT and Google AI.” The real stat is about ChatGPT and **Perplexity** overlap (Radyant study). But the point still stands: each AI platform picks different sources. Optimizing for one doesn’t mean you show up in all of them.

> **🕳️ What the Tool Doesn't Tell You — The 3 Gaps Nobody Mentions**
>
> Every tool review just lists features. Here’s what matters MORE than the features.
> 
> **Gap 1 — You can’t see if it’s working.**
> 
> 70.6% of AI-driven traffic shows up as “Direct” in Google Analytics. Not “AI Search.” Not “ChatGPT.” Just “Direct” — mixed in with people who typed your URL.
> 
> **The fix takes 15 minutes.** Create a custom channel group in GA4:
> 
> ```auto
> Source matches regex:
> chatgpt\.com|perplexity\.ai|claude\.ai|gemini\.google\.com|copilot\.microsoft\.com|chat\.openai\.com|meta\.ai
> 
> ```
> 
> Name it “AI Traffic.” Drag it ABOVE the “Referral” channel. Now you can see what AI is actually sending you.
> 
> **Gap 2 — The #1 cited source in AI answers is YouTube. Not websites.**
> 
> YouTube gets 9.4% of ALL citations in Google AI Overviews. It’s the single most-cited domain. The tool audits your website — but the biggest opportunity might be recording a 10-minute video about your topic.
> 
> **Gap 3 — The tool doesn’t cover fan-out queries.**
> 
> When someone searches Google, the AI splits that one question into 8-12 smaller questions behind the scenes. Pages that answer those smaller questions are **161% more likely** to get cited. The tool doesn’t analyze this.
> 
> **Free workaround:** Check “People Also Ask” for your target keyword. Those questions overlap heavily with what AI generates. Build content that answers each one.

> **💰 5 Ways to Actually Make Money With This — Starting This Weekend**
>
> Not “make money online” clickbait. Real paths that start from running a GEO audit.
> 
> | Path | What You Do | What You Charge | Time to First Dollar |
> | --- | --- | --- | --- |
> | **Freelance GEO audits** | Run the tool on small business websites. Send them the PDF report with 3 quick wins highlighted | $200-500 per audit | This weekend |
> | **Local business AI visibility** | Find local businesses not showing up when people ask AI “best plumber near me.” Fix their schema, brand mentions, and content structure | $500-2,000/month retainer | 2-4 weeks |
> | **YouTube-first GEO** | Record simple “how to” videos for businesses. YouTube is the #1 cited source in AI answers — videos get cited more than blog posts | $300-800 per video | 1-2 weeks |
> | **Content restructuring** | Take existing blog posts and restructure them for AI citation — Q&A headings, 134-167 word answer blocks, FAQ schema | $100-300 per page | This weekend |
> | **AI attribution setup** | Set up GA4 tracking so businesses can actually SEE their AI traffic (the 70.6% dark traffic fix). Most agencies don’t even offer this yet | $500-1,500 one-time | 1 day |
> 
> > 💡 **Insider trick:** The audit PDF looks professional enough to send to a client as-is. Run `/geo report-pdf` after the audit. You now have a deliverable that took 10 minutes and looks like a $3,000 agency report.

> **🔍 How GEO-SEO Claude Compares — Honest Look at Alternatives**
>
> This isn’t the only option. Here’s what else exists.
> 
> | Tool | What It Does | Cost | Best For |
> | --- | --- | --- | --- |
> | [**GEO-SEO Claude**](https://github.com/zubair-trabzada/geo-seo-claude) | Full GEO audit with 5 parallel agents, PDF reports, citability scoring | Free (needs $20/month Claude Pro) | People who want a one-command audit workflow |
> | [**Claude SEO (AgriciDaniel)**](https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-seo) | 14 sub-skills including GEO, local SEO, schema, maps intelligence. More features | Free (needs Claude Pro) | People who want SEO + GEO combined |
> | [**Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit**](https://semrush.com) | Tracks your share of voice across AI platforms | Paid ($129+/month) | Marketing teams already on Semrush |
> | [**Profound**](https://tryprofound.com) | 680M+ citation database. Tracks which AI platforms cite your brand | Paid (enterprise) | Agencies managing multiple clients |
> | [**Otterly.AI**](https://otterly.ai) | Monitors AI citations and brand mentions across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google | Free tier available | Quick brand monitoring without setup |
> | [**Locomotive Fan-Out Tool**](https://aicoverage.locomotive.agency/) | Analyzes how well your content covers fan-out sub-queries | Free | Filling the fan-out gap this tool doesn’t cover |

> **⚠️ Fact-Check — What the Viral Post Gets Wrong**
>
> Keeping it honest.
> 
> | Claim | Reality |
> | --- | --- |
> | ❌ “3.9K+ stars on GitHub” | **47 stars** as of March 2026. Still a useful tool — but the star count was wildly inflated |
> | ⚠ “No Semrush. No Ahrefs.” | Misleading. This tool does GEO audits. Semrush and Ahrefs do traditional SEO — backlinks, keyword research, rank tracking. Different jobs |
> | ⚠ “11% cited by both ChatGPT AND Google AI Overviews” | The actual stat is about ChatGPT and **Perplexity** overlap. Google AI Overview overlap with ChatGPT is around 12-14%. Close, but wrong platform pair |
> | ✅ “$2K-$12K/month agency retainers” | Confirmed. GEO agencies charge $1.5K to $25K+/month depending on scope |
> | ✅ “134-167 word optimal passages” | Confirmed by Wellows research across 15,847 AI Overview results |
> | ⚠ Tool is “free” | The tool is free. Claude Code requires a $20/month Pro subscription. Not zero cost |

> **🧠 The Bigger Picture — What Changed in January 2026**
>
> On January 27, 2026, Google switched AI Overviews to run on Gemini 3 — their newest AI model.
> 
> What happened next:
> 
> - **42% of websites** that used to get cited were replaced by different websites
> - AI answers now pull from **32% more sources** per response
> - Google’s AI now judges your **brand reputation** across the whole internet, not just your website
> - YouTube became the single most-cited domain in AI answers
> - Pages ranking #1 on Google went from being cited 76% of the time to just 38%
> 
> This is why GEO matters RIGHT NOW — not next year. The rules changed two months ago. Most businesses haven’t noticed yet.

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**⚡ Quick Hits**

| Want | Do |
| --- | --- |
| 🎯 Run your first audit | → `claude` then `/geo audit yoursite.com` |
| 👀 See your AI traffic | → GA4 custom channel group with the regex above |
| 💸 Make money this weekend | → Run audits on 5 local businesses, email them the PDF |
| 📹 Highest-chance citation | → Record a YouTube video answering the exact question your customers ask AI |
| 🧩 Cover what the tool misses | → Check “People Also Ask” for your keywords, write content for each sub-question |

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🔗 **Repo:** [**GEO-SEO Claude on GitHub**](https://github.com/zubair-trabzada/geo-seo-claude) — MIT License, open source

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_The SEO agencies charging $12K/month for this workflow just felt a chill. Good._

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**Author:** ![Jay\_Senn](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/jay_senn/32/153302_2.png) [@Jay\_Senn](https://onehack.st/u/Jay_Senn)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/run-3-000-agency-audits-for-free-open-source-geo-tool-money-making-playbook/320350/2 "2026-03-29T20:50:02Z")

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Informative Thanks for the share