Wix Debuts First GEO Tool, and Web Hosts Should Pay Attention

Wix launched what it says is the industry’s first built-in tool to track and improve how client websites appear in generative AI search results. The feature, called AI Visibility Overview, debuted July 16 and is part of the company’s larger mission into Generative Engine Optimization (GEO).

It’s not just Wix that’s talking about the next-gen SEO. As the internet shifts to an AI-first era, clients will increasingly rely on web hosts to not only optimize site performance, but also boost visibility — positioning hosts as strategic partners in their online success.

The AI Visibility Overview features:

• Citation tracking: Users can see how often their sites are cited in AI responses
• Sentiment analysis: Monitor how their brand/site is perceived across multiple sources, including ChatGPT and Gemini
• Competitive benchmarking: Compare site visibility against similar websites and see what other sources are cited in similar queries
• AI query volume: Quantify how often brands are mentioned in LLM queries and how much referral traffic comes from AI engines

“GEO is SEO for the AI era,” said Doreen Weissfelner, the Head of Analytics at Wix. “We are empowering users to bring AI search into focus by giving them information on how their sites are being cited, perceived and surfaced by leading AI-platforms.”

As part of its SEO suite for eCommerce stores, Wix also gives premium users the ability to manage LLM.txt.

LLM.txt lets site owners or their hosting providers communicate directly with AI crawlers like ChatGPT and declare whether their content can be accessed, stored, or cited in AI-generated responses.

One reason why hosts may choose to disallow certain models with LLM.txt is the recent spike in resource costs and slow performance time — which is exactly why Cloudflare recently began blocking AI crawlers.

Regardless, LLM.txt can be a major differentiator in how hosts package and position their services, especially for clients who offer managed services or reseller programs. It can start simple, like adding LLM.txt to hosting plans or packaging GEO visibility report and analytics.

Five years ago, the average web host would ask why this matters to them. Today, they understand it’s because they’re actually part of their client’s visibility.

While SEO is still a foundational KPI, GEO is changing how users are finding information. Think about it: The average person likely either Googles a query and is met with an AI Overview, or turns to tools like ChatGPT to find resources.

And Google’s algorithms have been evolving for years, lately favoring content that shows real human experience and trust, and not just keyword-rich posts or the fastest-loading sites.

Its Search Generative Experience (SGE) combines traditional search with generative AI to pull in results based on the E-E-A-T methodology: experience, expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness.

While hosts can’t control the quality of the content on their clients’ sites, they can support the infrastructure that helps get them noticed, and that’s what matters in GEO.

That means hosts should be offering more than just uptime, but focus more on clean schema, mobile-optimized performance, and tools that help clients shape content AI can actually find and cite, like implementing LLM.txt files.

It’s all about bringing the information forward. Sites that support this will be visited more often — and more traffic means happier clients.

As Weissfelner put it, Wix has long helped users optimize for SEO. Now, with GEO, “businesses can finally see how they’re being represented — and take steps to increase visibility, influence perception, and drive real outcomes.”