Every GEO optimisation ForGEO does can be done manually. The question is whether you have 100–150 hours to spend on it — and whether that time is worth £5,000.
| Task | Manual time | With ForGEO |
|---|---|---|
| AI-optimised meta title | 5–8 min (research + write) | Automated |
| AI-optimised meta description | 5–8 min | Automated |
| Focus keyphrase | 3–5 min | Automated |
| FAQ schema (generate + add JSON-LD) | 15–25 min | Automated |
| Article schema | 10–15 min | Automated |
| HowTo schema (if applicable) | 15–20 min | Automated |
| Speakable schema | 10–15 min | Automated |
| Open Graph optimisation | 3–5 min | Automated |
| Canonical audit | 2–4 min | Automated |
| Total per post (conservative) | ~45–75 min | ~10 sec (queuing) |
At 60–90 minutes per post. At £50/hr (your time or a contractor), that's £5,000–7,500 in labour. At your own time: 2–4 weeks of full-time work.
Queue the batch, come back in 20 minutes. Under $1 in AI API costs on Fast mode. ForGEO Solo licence: $99/yr for one site.
Even with unlimited time, some things that ForGEO does are genuinely hard to replicate manually:
For a site with 5–10 very important pages — landing pages, cornerstone content, key product pages — manual GEO with careful human review is worth considering. You can write nuanced schema, craft precisely targeted meta descriptions, and ensure every word is exactly right.
For a content library of 30+ posts, or for ongoing optimisation as you publish, ForGEO is the practical choice. Many users run ForGEO on the full library first, then manually refine the most important pages using ForGEO's output as a starting point.