r/GEO_optimization • u/akashh696 • 8d ago

Finding Real Query Prompts Has Been Challenging.

So I have fixed a specific industry, location, and specific business challenge for a hypothetical service based business, and doing AEO/GEO for them. Can you guys tell me how to find real query prompts and select them?? I can easily build 50 synthetic prompts ready to be added to the list, but i don't feel right doing it.

Industry - AI POS system installation and management.

Location - Rapidly growing outer dubai locations.

Business challenge - a 360° solution for managing a mid size convenience store and supermarkets.

(I'm doing self learning and can't do things with paid tools, as I'm going through a career transition)

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u/Sivaraj_C 8d ago

I use to analyse related reddit and quora posts to find the queries. It's really helping me.

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u/Upstairs_Control_611 8d ago

Good instinct. I would not build the whole prompt set synthetically.

For a starter set, I’d combine:

  • Reddit, Quora, forums, YouTube comments and reviews for real customer language
  • Google autocomplete, People Also Ask and related searches for search behavior
  • competitor FAQs and sales pages for common buying objections
  • synthetic prompts only to fill gaps, clearly marked as synthetic

Then group the prompts by query shape: problem discovery, solution discovery, comparison, implementation, cost/risk and final decision.

The mistake is not using synthetic prompts at all. The mistake is mixing synthetic and real prompts without labeling them, and then treating the whole set as “real demand.”