I'm launching a GEO-first website from day 1 - here's the plan

I'm launching a new website. And this time, I won't make the same mistake.

With e-Slovénie, I spent 20 years writing content. Then I rebuilt everything to be cited by AI. Result: 327 Copilot citations in 3 months, cited by Google AI Mode. But I had to redo everything. Months of work.

For my next project, I'm doing the opposite. Building GEO-first from day 1.

The project: Plat du Jour

It's a platform to discover daily specials at restaurants near you. Initial market: Europe, starting with Slovenia.

Why local business to talk about GEO?

Because local business is where AI changes everything. When someone asks ChatGPT "where to grab lunch in Austin today?", the AI has to find an answer.

If your restaurant can't be cited by the AI, you don't exist in that answer.

What I'm building in from launch

• An llms.txt file to guide AI systems
• JSON-LD LocalBusiness + Restaurant on every listing
• Structured, citable content (no fluffy marketing)
• hreflang tags for multilingual support (FR/EN/SL)
• A dynamic sitemap updated daily

Everything I had to add retroactively on e-Slovénie, I'm building in from the first line of code. I'll document every step here. The technical choices. The results. The mistakes.

If you're launching a website in 2026, you can't ignore AI anymore. Build for them from the start.