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S/00 · Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)

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Answer engine optimization for ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews.

A practical AEO program that gets your brand cited in AI answers — through entity authority, structured passages, schema and content built for how LLMs retrieve and quote sources.

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ChatGPT & Perplexity Google AI Overviews Entity authority Citation-worthy content

S/01 · Overview

What answer engine optimization actually covers.

Answer engine optimization (AEO), sometimes called generative engine optimization (GEO), is the work of making your brand the source AI assistants quote when users ask buying-stage questions. It overlaps with SEO but optimizes for a different surface: the cited answer, not the blue link.

Our AEO services audit how AI assistants currently treat your brand, fix entity and authority gaps, restructure content into citation-friendly passages, and monitor citations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Bing Copilot.

S/02 · Scope

What is included in an AEO engagement.

A practical program — not vague "be in ChatGPT" promises.

  • Scope 01

    AI visibility audit

    Baseline of how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Gemini answer the buying-stage questions in your category — with current sources and competitors.

  • Scope 02

    Entity and knowledge graph reinforcement

    Organization, Person and Product entity signals strengthened via schema, Wikipedia and Wikidata presence, and consistent citations across authoritative sources.

  • Scope 03

    Passage-level content structuring

    Content restructured into self-contained, quotable passages with clear answers, definitions and comparisons that LLMs can extract and cite.

  • Scope 04

    Schema for AI retrieval

    FAQPage, HowTo, Article, Product, Service and Organization schema implemented with the fields AI assistants actually use to surface and attribute answers.

  • Scope 05

    Citation-worthy original content

    Original research, data points, statistics, frameworks and definitions that earn citations because they are the source — not derivative summaries of someone else.

  • Scope 06

    AI citation monitoring

    Monthly tracking of how often and where your brand is cited across major AI assistants, with prompt sets specific to your category.

S/03 · Delivery

How we deliver AEO.

A repeatable program, not a one-time experiment.

01

Baseline

AI visibility audit across ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews and Gemini for your priority queries.

02

Authority

Entity, schema and citation gap fixes — the slow-compounding foundation AI assistants reward.

03

Production

Citation-worthy assets (original data, frameworks, comparisons) restructured for passage retrieval.

04

Monitoring

Monthly citation tracking, prompt-set expansion and content refinement based on what gets quoted.

S/04 · Best Fit

Who AEO is for.

Brands where buyers research with AI before they buy.

  • B2B SaaS & Fintech

    Complex consideration cycles where buyers ask ChatGPT or Perplexity for shortlists before requesting demos.

  • Healthcare & Pro Services

    High-trust categories where patients and clients use AI to research conditions, treatments and providers.

  • Ecommerce & DTC

    Comparison-driven categories where AI assistants summarize "best X for Y" recommendations.

S/05 · FAQ

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) — common questions.

Practical answers to the questions buyers ask before they engage on answer engine optimization (aeo).

FAQ 01

Is AEO the same as SEO?

They share foundations — schema, content quality, authority — but AEO optimizes for citation in an AI-generated answer, while SEO optimizes for a click on a blue link. Brands that invest only in one are leaving the other on the table.

FAQ 02

Can you guarantee citations in ChatGPT or Perplexity?

No serious provider can. AI assistants change retrieval logic frequently and there is no equivalent of Search Console. We can measurably improve the probability of citation through authority, structure and original assets — which is exactly what we report on.

FAQ 03

How long does AEO take to show results?

Schema and structural improvements show in weeks. Entity authority and citation patterns shift over two to six months as AI assistants re-crawl and re-train. This is a compounding investment, not a quick win.

FAQ 04

Does AEO replace traditional SEO?

No. AI answers are increasing share but blue-link search still drives the majority of organic traffic for most categories. AEO is additive — and the work overlaps meaningfully with technical SEO and content SEO.

S/06 · Related

Other SEO services that pair well.

Most engagements combine two or three of these disciplines into one connected program.

S/07 · Next step

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)

Get cited in AI answers your buyers are already reading.

Share your top buying-stage queries. We respond with a free AI visibility snapshot and a scoped AEO proposal within two business days.

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