{"id":371860,"date":"2026-07-08T11:34:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tryseo.de\/?post_type=project&#038;p=371860"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:34:19","slug":"spreadshop-ranked-on-google-cited-by-ai","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.tryseo.de\/en\/project\/spreadshop-ranked-on-google-cited-by-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreadshop: Ranked on Google. Cited by AI."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Dual-Channel SEO &amp; GEO Growth Campaign<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Challenge<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spreadshop: One of Europe\u2019s leading print-on-demand platforms, needed to significantly expand its organic search visibility in Germany and establish a strong presence in the rapidly growing landscape of AI-driven search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and others). The goal: capture audiences shifting their search behaviour from traditional Google to AI-powered tools, and build long-term, compounding organic traffic beyond existing branded search demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What We Did<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TRYSEO developed and executed a dual-channel strategy combining traditional SEO with Generative Engine Optimization (GEO):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Content expansion<\/strong>: new landing pages targeting high-volume, non-branded search queries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Technical SEO improvements<\/strong>: site architecture, indexability, and performance optimisations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Digital PR &amp; media placements<\/strong>: building authoritative off-page signals across the web<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Community seeding<\/strong>: targeted presence on platforms like Reddit to generate organic brand mentions and user-generated signals that AI models rely on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Results (within approx. 5 months)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Traditional Search (SEO)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 &nbsp; &nbsp; Taking a relaunch in Q3 2024 into account Google Search Console impressions grew by <strong>+355%<\/strong> year-over-year (9.12.2024\u20139.3.2025 vs. 9.12.2025\u20139.3.2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Average ranking position improved from position 23.88 (mid page 3) to 9.04 (page 1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Non-branded clicks, the clearest indicator of new customer acquisition, grew by <strong>+133%<\/strong> (more than doubled)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Non-branded impressions grew by <strong>+238%<\/strong>, proving significantly expanded reach into non-branded queries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>AI Search Visibility (GEO)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; For our monitored competitor set the share of Voice for brand mentions across AI platforms (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot, Google AI Overviews) grew from low single digits (\u22481% in October 2025) to a peak of <strong>over 30%<\/strong> in January 2026, stabilising at <strong>25\u201327%<\/strong> in February 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"903\" height=\"543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tryseo.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-Juli-8-2026-von-TinyJPG.png\" alt=\"Spreadshop AI visibility rise\" class=\"wp-image-371863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tryseo.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-Juli-8-2026-von-TinyJPG.png 903w, https:\/\/www.tryseo.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-Juli-8-2026-von-TinyJPG-480x289.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 903px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Domain citations in AI-generated answers are compounding month over month across all major platforms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Google AI Overview citations grew to approx. <strong>10%<\/strong> Share of Voice by February 2026, making Spreadshop a primary reference whenever AI answers relevant queries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Business Value<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within approximately 5 months, Spreadshop established strong, measurable visibility in both traditional Google search and AI-powered search engines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results are structural and compounding. Each new piece of indexed content, each earned mention, and each AI citation builds on the previous one. This is not a one-time traffic spike, it is a sustainable, growing organic acquisition engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a platform whose entire business model depends on discovery and middle and bottom-of-funnel reach, this represents a fundamental shift in long-term growth trajectory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cTRYSEO built the technical foundation for Google while generating the off-site signals required by AI models. 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