Answer Engine Optimization
Answer Engine Optimization: get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI. Schema, llms.txt, answer content, and the authority to be the name they name.
What this service covers
- answer engine optimization
- generative engine optimization
- geo seo
- ai search optimization
- llm seo
- aeo consulting
- get cited by chatgpt
- perplexity optimization
Frequently asked questions
What is answer engine optimization (AEO)?
AEO is the work of getting your brand cited inside AI answers, the ones ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Claude give when someone asks for a recommendation. It combines structured, extractable content on your site with the third-party authority that makes an engine choose you over the alternatives. The goal is to be the name the AI names.
How is AEO different from SEO?
SEO gets you a position on a page of blue links a person then scans. AEO gets you named inside a single synthesized answer, often before any link is clicked. The technical foundations overlap, but AEO adds answer-extractable content, an llms feed, an AI-crawler allowlist, and a heavier weight on entity authority, because an answer engine cites a few sources, not ten.
How do you get a brand cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity?
Two layers. First, your pages have to be readable and extractable by the AI crawlers: server-rendered content, FAQ and Service schema, answer blocks, and an llms.txt feed, with the crawlers explicitly allowed in. Second, the wider web has to vouch for you, because engines cite sources they trust. We do the on-site layer and give you the exact directory and listicle plan for the authority layer.
What is the difference between AEO and GEO?
People use them for close ideas. AEO, answer engine optimization, is about being cited in AI answers generally. GEO, generative engine optimization, is the same discipline named for generative engines specifically. We also use GEO for the local and geographic layer, making sure you surface when the query names a city or state. In practice we do all of it as one program.
How long until we show up in AI answers?
The live-retrieval engines like Perplexity can pick up well-structured pages in weeks once their crawlers revisit. The memory-based answers and the broad, competitive queries take longer, because those ride on authority that builds over months. We set the on-site foundation first so you are eligible the moment an engine looks, then work the authority that carries the rest.
Can you guarantee we will be cited?
No, and anyone who guarantees a spot in an AI answer is guessing. The engines are non-deterministic and change constantly. What we can do is remove every technical reason not to cite you and build the authority signals that move the odds, then measure the result across engines so you see the movement rather than take it on faith.
Do you actually do this for your own firm?
Yes, and it is the clearest proof we can offer. We ran the same program on our own site: schema, an llms feed, answer content, and the crawler allowlist, then tested the engines on our category. We went from not appearing at all to the first firm named in Perplexity for our space. We will show you the before and after.
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