/services/aeo
Answer Engine Optimization
Ranking on Google isn't the whole game anymore. AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity are answering questions directly — and either citing a source, or not. This is how you become the source.
What's included
- Schema markup audit and implementation (Person, Organization, FAQPage, Article, Product)
- Content restructuring for direct-answer extraction
- Entity and topical authority mapping
- AI citation tracking across major answer engines
- Competitor AEO gap analysis
This is for you if:
- Competitors show up in AI answers and you don't
- You want to future-proof beyond traditional rankings
- Your content is thorough but poorly structured for extraction
- You're launching a new brand and want AEO built in from day one
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How an AEO project runs
Map your entities
I identify what your brand, products, and content actually represent as "entities" — the building blocks AI engines use to understand and cite a source.
Implement structured data
Schema markup written for what's true about your business, not generic boilerplate — Person, Organization, FAQPage, Article, Product, as relevant.
Restructure for extraction
Content rewritten so the direct answer sits where an AI engine can lift it cleanly, without losing the depth that keeps human readers engaged.
Track citations
Ongoing checks across AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity to see where you're actually being cited — and where the gaps still are.
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Common questions
What is Answer Engine Optimization?
AEO is the practice of structuring content and data so AI systems like Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity can extract and cite it directly as an answer, rather than just ranking it as a link.
How is AEO different from regular SEO?
SEO optimizes for ranking on a results page. AEO optimizes for being the actual answer an AI engine gives — which depends more on structured data and direct-answer formatting than traditional ranking factors alone.
Can AEO work alongside existing SEO efforts?
Yes. AEO builds on solid technical SEO rather than replacing it. Sites with strong technical foundations see faster AEO results since crawlability and structured data already overlap.