Terms and Conditions

OptimizeAIsearch ("we," "us," "our," or the "Company") is an AI SEO agency providing Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), ChatGPT SEO, Google AI Overviews optimization, and related digital marketing consulting services.

These Terms and Conditions govern your access to and use of our website at https://optimizeaisearch.com (the "Site") and any services we provide to you (the "Services").

By accessing the Site, requesting information, submitting forms, or engaging our Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you are using the Site on behalf of a company or organization, you represent that you have the authority to bind that entity to these Terms.

These Terms supplement any applicable service agreement, proposal, or contract signed between you and OptimizeAIsearch. In the event of a conflict between these Terms and a signed agreement, the signed agreement governs for the specific matters it addresses.

OptimizeAIsearch provides the following categories of services. Specific scope, deliverables, timelines, and pricing are defined in the proposal or contract for your specific engagement.

We do not guarantee specific ranking positions, citation frequencies, or traffic outcomes. AI platforms are controlled by third parties and their algorithms are not publicly disclosed. Our Services are designed to maximize your brand's probability of appearing in AI answers — not to guarantee it.

To enable us to deliver our Services effectively, you agree to:

• Provide accurate information: You will provide accurate, current, and complete information about your business, website, goals, and competitive landscape when requested.
• Grant necessary access: Where our Services require access to your website, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Google Business Profile, or other tools, you will provide timely and appropriate access credentials or permissions.
• Approve deliverables promptly: You will review and provide feedback on deliverables, content, and strategy documents within the timelines agreed in your proposal or contract. Delays in feedback may affect project timelines.
• Maintain your website: You are responsible for maintaining your website's technical health, hosting, security, and compliance with applicable laws. Our optimization work assumes a functional, accessible website.
• Comply with laws: You are responsible for ensuring that your business, website content, and marketing practices comply with all applicable laws and regulations in your jurisdiction, including advertising laws, consumer protection laws, and industry-specific regulations.
• Do not misrepresent: You will not provide false, misleading, or fraudulent information to us or ask us to undertake any activity that violates applicable laws or these Terms.

Our Pre-Existing IP

All intellectual property rights in our methodologies, frameworks, tools, processes, templates, reports, graphics, logos, brand assets, and any other materials we create that are not specifically delivered to you as part of your Services remain our exclusive property. Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of our pre-existing intellectual property to you.

Deliverables Produced for You

Subject to your payment of all fees due, you own the deliverables we specifically produce for you under your engagement — including audit reports, strategy documents, content briefs, schema markup implementations, and other custom work product identified as your deliverables in your proposal or contract.

You receive a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free license to use our pre-existing frameworks, methodologies, and templates incorporated into your deliverables for your internal business purposes. You may not resell, sublicense, or commercially redistribute our methodologies, frameworks, or templates as standalone products or services.

Your Content & Data

You retain all intellectual property rights in your business information, website content, brand assets, and data that you provide to us or that we analyze as part of our Services. We do not claim ownership of your content. You grant us a limited license to use your content and data solely for the purpose of delivering our Services to you.

AI-Generated Content

Where our Services involve the use of AI tools or platforms in the creation or optimization of content, you acknowledge that AI-generated content may be subject to evolving legal frameworks regarding copyright and intellectual property. We will advise you on best practices for your jurisdiction, but ultimate responsibility for compliance with applicable intellectual property laws rests with you.

Both parties agree to treat as confidential any non-public information disclosed by the other party during the course of the engagement, including business strategies, financial information, website data, customer information, and trade secrets ("Confidential Information").

You agree that our team members may need access to Confidential Information (such as website data, analytics, and business details) to perform our Services, and that such access is granted solely for that purpose. We will not disclose your Confidential Information to third parties except as necessary to deliver our Services (e.g., to hosting providers, analytics platforms, or other service providers bound by equivalent confidentiality obligations) or as required by law.

Confidentiality obligations do not apply to information that:

• Is or becomes publicly available through no fault of the receiving party
• Was already known to the receiving party before disclosure
• Is independently developed by the receiving party without reference to the Confidential Information
• Is required to be disclosed by law, regulation, or court order

Monthly Retainers

Monthly retainer engagements are billed in advance for each billing cycle. If you choose to cancel a retainer:

• You must provide 30 days' written notice (via email to the address in Section 15) before the start of the next billing cycle.
• Fees for the current billing cycle are non-refundable once the cycle has begun.
• We will complete any in-progress work for the current cycle and deliver all completed work products.
• Upon cancellation, we will provide a final handover of all deliverables, credentials, and documentation.

One-Time Projects

Project fees are governed by the payment schedule in your proposal or contract. Generally:

• If you cancel a project after work has commenced, you will be billed for all work completed up to the cancellation date at our standard hourly rate, or as otherwise specified in your contract.
• If you cancel before any work has commenced, any deposit or advance payment will be refunded in full, less any non-refundable administrative fees explicitly stated in your proposal.

Free Audit

Our free AI visibility audit is provided without charge and without obligation. There is no refund applicable to the free audit. If you choose to engage us after receiving the audit, the audit findings will inform your custom proposal.

The following disclaimers apply to your use of our Site and Services:

• No Guarantee of Results: We do not guarantee any specific outcomes, including but not limited to: specific rankings in AI search results, citation frequency in ChatGPT or other AI platforms, increase in website traffic, increase in leads or sales, or any other business outcome. AI platforms are proprietary, their algorithms are not publicly disclosed, and their behavior can change at any time without notice.
• AI Platform Dependency: Our Services involve optimizing for third-party AI platforms (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot, and others). We do not control these platforms, their algorithms, their policies, or their availability. Changes to these platforms may affect the effectiveness of our work, and we are not responsible for such changes.
• Site Availability: We strive to keep our Site available and functioning, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation. The Site may be temporarily unavailable for maintenance, updates, or due to circumstances beyond our control.
• Information Accuracy: Information on our Site, including blog content, industry guides, and educational materials, is provided for general informational purposes. While we aim for accuracy, we do not warrant that all information is complete, current, or error-free. You should not rely on Site content as a substitute for professional legal, financial, or business advice.
• No Professional Advice: Our Services are digital marketing and AI SEO consulting services. We do not provide legal advice, financial advice, medical advice, or any other regulated professional advice. You should consult qualified professionals for such matters.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law:

• Liability Cap: Our total liability to you for any claim arising out of or related to these Terms, the Site, or our Services, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, will not exceed the total fees you have paid to us in the 12 months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or, if no fees have been paid, INR 1,00,000 (Indian Rupees One Lakh).
• No Consequential Damages: In no event will OptimizeAIsearch be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, loss of revenue, loss of data, loss of business opportunity, or damage to your reputation, arising out of or related to these Terms, the Site, or our Services, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
• IP Infringement: We will not be liable for any claim that our deliverables or our use of third-party tools, platforms, or data infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party, provided that we have acted in good faith and in accordance with our obligations to you.

The limitations above do not exclude or limit our liability for: (a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence; (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (c) any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by applicable law.

Our Services involve optimizing your brand's visibility in AI-powered search and recommendation platforms. You acknowledge and agree that:

• Third-Party Platforms: ChatGPT (OpenAI), Perplexity AI, Google Gemini (Google), Google AI Overviews (Google), Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft), and any other AI platform referenced in our Services are third-party products and services. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by these platforms unless explicitly stated otherwise.
• No Access or Control: We do not have access to the internal workings, training data, ranking algorithms, or editorial policies of these platforms. Our optimization strategies are based on publicly available information, observed patterns, and industry best practices — not on inside knowledge or privileged access.
• Platform Changes: AI platforms may change their algorithms, policies, data sources, or citation behaviors at any time. Such changes may affect the effectiveness of our work. We will adapt our strategies where possible, but we cannot guarantee continued effectiveness after platform changes.
• AI Answer Accuracy: AI platforms may generate incorrect, outdated, or misleading answers (hallucinations). We do not guarantee that AI platforms will accurately represent your brand, your products, or your services in their answers, even when we have implemented optimization best practices.
• No Guaranteed Citations: We do not guarantee that any specific AI platform will cite or recommend your brand in response to any specific query or category. Citations depend on factors within and beyond our control, including the AI platform's own sourcing criteria, the quality of competing content, and the specific phrasing of user queries.

Our Site may contain links to third-party websites, tools, and services (including AI platforms, analytics providers, social media platforms, and external resources). These links are provided for convenience only.

We do not control, endorse, or assume responsibility for the content, privacy practices, security, or availability of any third-party website or service. When you click on a third-party link or use a third-party service, you are subject to that third party's terms and policies, including their privacy policy. You should review those terms before proceeding.

Our Services may involve the use of third-party tools and platforms (e.g., Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Microsoft Clarity, hosting providers, and AI tools). Your use of these tools is subject to their respective terms of service and privacy policies. We may require you to accept these terms as part of our engagement.

These Terms and your access to the Site and Services may be terminated:

• By You: You may terminate your engagement with us at any time in accordance with the cancellation and refund provisions in Section 7 and any applicable contract or proposal.
• By Us: We may terminate or suspend your access to the Site or our Services immediately, without notice, if you: (a) breach these Terms or any applicable contract; (b) engage in illegal or fraudulent activity; (c) misuse the Site or Services in a way that harms us, our users, or third parties; (d) violate the rights of others; or (e) cease to operate your business or website for which we provide Services.
• Effect of Termination: Upon termination, your right to use the Site and receive Services ceases immediately. Provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination — including disclaimers, limitation of liability, intellectual property, confidentiality, and governing law — will continue in effect after termination.

We may update these Terms and Conditions from time to time to reflect changes in our business, services, legal requirements, or operating practices.

• The updated Terms will be posted on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date.
• Material changes will be notified via email to active clients and, where appropriate, via a prominent notice on our Site.
• Your continued use of the Site or Services after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms.
• If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must discontinue use of the Site and terminate any engagement with us in accordance with Section 12.

We encourage you to review these Terms periodically. The most current version is always available at https://optimizeaisearch.com/terms-and-conditions.