Go Fish Digital
This Raleigh technical GEO firm, now part of Agital, scores content using patent-based methods.
Facts
| Headquarters | Raleigh, North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| Stance | Product-backed GEO/AEO |
| Typical buyer | Technically minded teams, including regulated or high-visibility brands |
| Delivery | Technical project inside a larger agency group |
| Website | gofishdigital.com |
| Verticals | B2B SaaS, Cybersecurity |
| Specialties | Technical GEO, Digital PR / Off-site GEO, AEO Measurement / Tooling |
Editorial scores
This directory's ratings on a 1-10 scale.
| Dimension | Score | 1–10 |
|---|---|---|
| Technical GEO | 8 | |
| Lead generation | 5 | |
| Thought leadership | 6 | |
| Entity / knowledge graph | 6 | |
| Local / multi-location | 2 | |
| Enterprise readiness | 7 | |
| Innovation | 7 | |
| Measurement | 8 |
Evidence stack
This section weighs the public evidence of the agency's credibility, breaking down each piece of evidence by its category ("Type"), a description, and how strong it is ("Strength").
| Type | Description | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Named case studies | None recorded in this edition. | None recorded |
| Claimed clients | SimpleTexting | Claimed |
| Claimed case material | SimpleTexting | Claimed |
| Original research | Patent-grounded Barracuda scoring. AI Overview Analyzer described on public materials. | Directory note |
| Tools / product | Barracuda semantic content scoring; AI Overview analysis tools. | As published |
| Third-party writeups | Clutch: Superframeworks: 5.0/5 from about 12 Clutch reviews; effectively no G2 presence noted.; Superframeworks, 10 Best AI SEO Agencies for 2026; The Prompt Insider, The 10 Best AEO Agencies 2026; Clutch, Top 15 GEO Companies: Global Spring 2026 | Third party |
Service mix
This directory's estimate of how the published practice splits across work types. It is not a mix the agency disclosed.
Proof ladder
This section ranks the public proof behind the agency from strongest to weakest. Each rung is a different standard of proof. Independent Third-Party Coverage is a writeup by someone else. Named Case Studies are published case studies with a client named. Claimed Clients are names the agency lists as clients. Anecdotes are quotes. The right column lists the evidence we found for this agency at each rung.
| Rung | Evidence for this agency |
|---|---|
| 1 - Independent Third-Party Coverage | Clutch write-up (no score invented here) ◆ Superframeworks, 10 Best AI SEO Agencies for 2026 ◆ The Prompt Insider, The 10 Best AEO Agencies 2026 ◆ Clutch, Top 15 GEO Companies: Global Spring 2026 |
| 2 - Named Case Studies | None recorded |
| 3 - Claimed Clients | SimpleTexting |
| 4 - Anecdotes | None recorded |
Score vs specialty median
Compared with the median of 6 agencies tagged Technical GEO in this directory. This directory’s scores, not marketplace ratings.
This agencySpecialty median
Offering
- Patent-informed GEO and semantic content scoring (Barracuda).
- AI Overview analysis and technical content audits.
- Digital PR as a citation path in some 2026 roundups.
GEO / AEO philosophy
AI systems fetch, filter, and synthesize; strategy should reverse-engineer those signals.
Best At
- patent-informed GEO and semantic content scoring
- AI Overview analysis and technical content audits
- Barracuda scoring for technically minded teams
Poor Fit When
- the brief is SMB thought-leadership inbound
- the buyer is a local trades firm
- the brief is independence-sensitive delivery after a PE roll-up
Clients
| Name | Status |
|---|---|
| SimpleTexting | Claimed |
SimpleTextingClaimed
Superframeworks: 500% YoY jump in organic SQLs (agency-published).
Innovation
Patent-grounded scoring is a real differentiator. The firm is now inside Agital, a PE-backed group, a delivery/ownership fact.
Commercial motion
Sells measurement and patent-informed GEO. Confirm independence and staffing after the roll-up.
Practice timeline
Founded versus first sourced GEO/AEO work versus current motion. Dates that are not sourced are omitted; they are not invented.
- 2005
Founded
- 2026
Current motion
Co-founded by Brian Patterson and Dan Hinckley around 2005. Superframeworks notes the firm is now part of Agital, a Trinity Hunt-backed agency group.