Answer Engine Optimization
Get named when AI answers the question your customers are asking.
More people now ask ChatGPT, Google's AI Overviews, and Perplexity instead of scrolling a page of links. These tools read a handful of sources and write one answer. Either your business is in that answer or it isn't. We structure your site and your information so the answer engines can find you, quote you, and cite you by name.
Get named when AI answers the question your customers are asking.
Search is splitting in two. One side is the familiar list of links. The other is a single written answer assembled by an AI from the sources it trusts. If your site is hard for those systems to read, a competitor gets quoted in the answer and you never see the visit. The businesses being cited today are the ones whose information is structured, consistent, and easy to lift.
Three steps, in order.
- 01
Make the site readable to machines
We add the schema markup and structure answer engines rely on, so your services, location, and hours are unambiguous.
- 02
Answer the real questions
We publish clear questions and direct answers on the pages that matter, in the format these tools prefer to quote.
- 03
Track the mentions
We monitor where you appear across AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity, and refine based on what gets cited.
AEO, answered.
- How is AEO different from SEO?
- SEO works to rank your pages in the list of links. AEO works to get your business named inside the AI-written answer above or instead of that list. They overlap, and the strongest setups do both.
- Can you guarantee I'll appear in AI answers?
- No one can. The engines decide what to cite. What we control is whether your information is structured, accurate, and consistent enough to be eligible, which is where most local businesses fall short.
- Is this worth doing yet?
- AI Overviews already appear on a large share of Google searches, and more people start in ChatGPT every month. The businesses structuring for it now are the ones being cited as the habit spreads.
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