Skyfield Digital helps brands in France rank on Google.fr and get cited by ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, with French-language content built for how buyers in Paris, Lyon and Marseille actually search.
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France has about 63 million internet users, roughly 95% of the population, and about 89% of their searches run on Google. French shoppers spent close to 196 billion euros online in 2025. Buyers now have two moments of intent: a query typed into Google.fr and a question asked to an AI assistant. Skyfield wins you both.
Google holds about 89% of search in France. Bing sits near 5% and Yahoo around 2.5%. France is also home to two homegrown alternatives, Ecosia and Qwant, which together reach roughly 2% of searches and carry weight with privacy-minded users and public sector buyers. We optimize for Google.fr and keep the others covered.
GEO, or generative engine optimization, makes your brand the source AI assistants cite when someone asks a question. In France that means ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews answering in French. We structure your content, entities and schema so these systems can read, trust and quote your pages in the language your buyers use.
Technical fixes and Google Business Profile work usually show movement within the first 90 days. Competitive national keywords on Google.fr take six to twelve months to hold page one. GEO citations often appear sooner because well-structured French content gets picked up by AI assistants quickly.
We audit your site against the brands winning on Google.fr and inside AI answers, then map the French keywords and questions worth chasing first.
We fix crawl issues, speed, hreflang and schema, and build a clear entity profile so Google and AI systems know exactly who your business is.
We write French-language pages, guides and FAQs that answer real buyer questions with enough depth that AI assistants and Google both cite them.
Weekly reporting tracks rankings on Google.fr, AI citations and leads, and each month we reinvest in what is compounding fastest.
| SEO (Google) | GEO (AI answers) | |
|---|---|---|
| Where you appear | Google.fr results & AI Overviews | ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Copilot |
| How you win | Rankings, authority, technical health | Entity trust, citable facts, structured data |
| Buyer intent | Comparing options and ready to buy | Asking AI who to trust |
| Time to results | 3 to 6 months for competitive terms | Often weeks for citations |
Our team brings over 50 years of SEO and digital marketing experience to every campaign. We specialize in the services that actually generate revenue.
France is the second largest online market in the European Union, with a mature e-commerce sector, a strong B2B economy and buyers who expect to be served in French. Winning here means ranking on Google.fr and showing up in the AI answers French buyers increasingly rely on before they ever click a result.
StatCounter puts Google at about 89% of search in France as of 2026, with Bing near 5%, Yahoo around 2.5% and the French-founded Ecosia and Qwant sharing roughly 2%. DataReportal counts about 63 million internet users, roughly 95% of the population. That combination means nearly every French buyer starts on Google.fr, so your rankings there decide most of your organic pipeline. The alternatives still matter for specific audiences. Qwant is the default in parts of the French public sector and Ecosia appeals to sustainability-minded shoppers, so we keep both covered without splitting focus.
French is the language of search in France, and vocabulary matters. Buyers search for a devis rather than a quote, a cabinet rather than a firm, and regional terms shift between Paris, the south and the north. English keywords carry weight in B2B, software, finance and aerospace, where many decision makers read English documentation, but the buying journey usually ends on a French page. Regional languages such as Breton, Occitan and Alsatian rarely drive search volume. We build French-first content, add English versions where the audience justifies it and set hreflang so Google.fr, Google.be and Google.ch each serve the right page.
Google AI Overviews now appear on a growing share of French queries, and ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity are common first stops for research questions across France. Buyers ask an assistant to compare suppliers, explain a regulation or recommend a clinic before they ever type a keyword into Google.fr. If your brand is missing from those answers, you lose the buyer before the click. GEO fixes that by making your French content clear, structured and trustworthy enough to be cited, so you show up in the answer as well as the results.
Ranking on Google.fr starts with a fast, crawlable site, correct hreflang for French-speaking markets and a Google Business Profile that reflects each location. On top of that sits French content written for real questions, supported by schema markup, author credentials and consistent entity data across your site, LinkedIn, Pages Jaunes and industry directories. AI assistants weigh the same signals. They cite pages that answer directly, name their sources and match the language of the question. We build both layers together so one investment pays off in rankings and in citations.
Local intent drives a large share of French searches, from a plumber in Lyon to a dermatologist in Bordeaux. We manage Google Business Profiles, local landing pages and review strategy for businesses in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille, Nantes and Strasbourg, plus the suburbs and departments around them. Each location gets its own page with French copy, correct NAP data and local schema, so you rank in the map pack and in AI answers that name specific cities.
Most French agencies charge between 1,500 and 6,000 euros per month depending on scope. Skyfield prices in US dollars with fixed monthly plans that combine SEO and GEO, so businesses in France get both channels at one clear rate with weekly reporting.
Google, which handles about 89% of searches in France. Bing takes roughly 5%, and Ecosia and Qwant together reach about 2%. We optimize for Google.fr first and make sure your site performs everywhere else as a byproduct.
GEO is generative engine optimization, the practice of getting your brand cited inside AI answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. French buyers increasingly ask AI first, so being the cited source wins the sale before the click.
Expect early movement within 90 days from technical fixes and Google Business Profile work. Competitive national terms on Google.fr typically take six to twelve months. AI citations can arrive faster once your French content is properly structured.
Yes. We produce French-language content for the French market and English versions for B2B buyers, international customers and US expansion. Every page gets correct hreflang so Google serves the right language in France, Belgium, Switzerland and abroad.
Yes. Skyfield is headquartered in Connecticut, so we know how American buyers search and what they expect from a website. We help French exporters, SaaS companies and consumer brands build US-facing English content that ranks on Google.com and gets cited by AI.
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