Case Study · E-Commerce

Latitude Commerce:
38 New AI Citations in 60 Days

How a direct-to-consumer brand transformed product page schema and unlocked AI answer mentions their competitors couldn't touch.

E-Commerce · Direct-to-Consumer

Latitude Commerce: How Product Schema Unlocked 38 AI Answer Citations

E-Commerce · Direct-to-Consumer Brand · 60-Day Engagement

Before Score
49/100
After Score
87/100
Timeline
60 Days

Great products. Zero product schema.

Latitude Commerce had built a loyal DTC following with premium outdoor gear and a growing line of sustainable apparel. Their product photography was exceptional, their reviews were glowing, and their brand story was compelling. But their Seraph Score of 49 flagged a core problem: not a single product page had valid Product schema. Reviews, pricing, availability — all invisible to search engines and AI alike.

The result was predictable in hindsight. When AI systems answered "best sustainable outdoor gear" or "eco-friendly hiking jackets," Latitude was rarely mentioned — despite having exactly the products those shoppers were looking for. The brand wasn't in the conversation. Seraph made the problem undeniable and the fix path completely clear.

  • Zero Product schema across 340 active product pages
  • Customer reviews not in structured data — invisible to rich results
  • Price and availability signals missing from product markup
  • Brand entity not confirmed — AI systems not associating products with brand
  • Breadcrumb schema absent across category and collection pages
Severity Finding Impact
Critical No Product schema on any product page Complete ineligibility for product rich results and shopping panels
Critical AggregateRating schema absent on all products 4,200+ customer reviews invisible to Google and AI systems
High Offer schema missing — no price/availability signals Products not eligible for Google Shopping rich results
High No BreadcrumbList on category or collection pages Site structure unclear to crawlers — category authority diluted
Medium Organization schema missing brand sustainability claims Key brand differentiators not in structured data layer
Low Video schema missing from product demo videos Video rich results not appearing in search for product queries

Schema at scale — platform level, not page level.

Latitude's dev team used Seraph's LLM fix prompts to build Shopify theme-level schema templates, applying fixes across all 340 products in a single deployment.

1
Weeks 1–2
Product Schema

Built Product, Offer, and AggregateRating schema templates at the Shopify theme level. Deployed across all 340 product pages in a single release. Seraph score jumped 18 points within the first re-crawl cycle.

2
Weeks 3–6
Brand Entity

Confirmed brand entity via Google Business Profile, updated Organization schema with sustainability certifications and brand story. Added BreadcrumbList across 48 collection pages. AI answer monitoring began showing first brand citations.

3
Weeks 7–9
Content Layer

Added FAQ schema to 18 buying guide articles. Marked up 32 product demo videos with VideoObject schema. Added Review schema for editorial mentions. Rich results began appearing and AI citation count climbed to 38 new mentions.

60 days. Products finally in the conversation.

+38
New AI Answer Citations
+33%
Organic CTR
+22%
Product Traffic
87/100
Final Seraph Score

Products visible. Brand in the conversation.

  • Product rich results now appearing across 290 product pages in Google Shopping
  • Star ratings visible in organic search results for 340 products
  • Latitude now cited in Perplexity, ChatGPT, and Google AI Overviews for 38 competitive product queries
  • Organic click-through rate improved 33% as rich results attracted more clicks per impression
  • Product return rate dropped as AI-cited customers arrived with clearer purchase intent

"I thought we had our schema handled because Shopify has built-in product markup. Seraph showed us that 'built-in' wasn't enough — and within two months our products were showing up in AI answers we'd never been mentioned in before."

JR
Jamie Rodriguez Head of Growth, Latitude Commerce
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