Answer Engine
Optimization
Get cited by AI. Not just ranked by Google.
When someone asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI Overviews about your industry, does your business show up? AEO makes sure AI search engines find, trust, and reference your content.
SEO gets you ranked.
AEO gets you cited.
Traditional SEO optimizes for Google's blue links. AEO optimizes for the AI engines that are replacing those links. When a potential customer asks ChatGPT "who's the best electrician in Columbus" or Perplexity "best marketing agency near me," your business needs to be in that answer.
We structure your content, build your authority signals, and optimize your data so AI models treat your business as a trusted source. This is not about gaming algorithms. It is about making your business the obvious answer.
Everything an AI needs to trust your business.
AEO covers the signals that AI models look for when deciding whether to reference your business in their answers.
Schema.org Structured Data
Organization, LocalBusiness, FAQ, HowTo, Product, and Review schema markup that AI engines can parse directly. Machine-readable facts about your business.
FAQ Content Architecture
Question-and-answer content structured so AI models can extract clean answers. Built from real customer questions, not keyword stuffing.
E-E-A-T Authority Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trust signals that AI models use to decide which sources are credible. Author bios, credentials, reviews, and citations.
AI Citation Monitoring
Track when and how AI engines reference your business. See which queries trigger your content and where competitors are getting cited instead.
Direct-Answer Formatting
Content structured with clear definitions, lists, and summaries that AI can extract without rewriting. Your words, in their answers.
Monthly AEO Reports
Reports showing AI visibility progress, citation tracking, schema coverage, and content optimization recommendations. Same intelligence-backed reporting as our SEO service.
How we optimize for AI engines
The same disciplined, four-step approach we use for SEO, adapted for the way AI search engines discover and reference content.
Audit AI visibility
We test your business across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Bing Copilot. We document where you show up, where competitors show up, and where neither does.
Structure your content
Schema markup, FAQ sections, clear headings, direct answers. We restructure your existing content so AI engines can parse it cleanly and cite it accurately.
Build authority
E-E-A-T signals, review management, author profiles, business directory consistency. The signals AI models use to decide if your business is credible enough to cite.
Monitor and optimize
Monthly citation tracking, schema validation, and content updates. AI engines re-crawl constantly. We make sure your content stays current and citeable.
SEO vs AEO: both matter, different games.
SEO and AEO work together. SEO gets you ranked in search results. AEO gets you cited in AI answers. Most businesses need both.
Traditional SEO
- Optimizes for Google blue links
- Focuses on keyword rankings
- Measures position 1-10
- Click-through from search results
- Content optimized for crawlers
- Backlinks drive authority
Answer Engine Optimization
- Optimizes for AI-generated answers
- Focuses on being cited as a source
- Measures inclusion in AI responses
- Zero-click authority and brand visibility
- Content structured for AI extraction
- Trust signals and structured data drive citations
Simple pricing. Real results.
Every plan includes our AI intelligence model working behind the scenes. Pick the level that matches your goals.
AEO Essentials
Foundation for AI visibility
- Schema.org markup (Organization + LocalBusiness)
- FAQ schema on key pages
- Content structure audit
- Quarterly AI visibility check
- E-E-A-T recommendations
- Monthly progress report
AEO Extended
Full AI search optimization
- Everything in Essentials
- Full schema library (FAQ, HowTo, Product, Review)
- Monthly AI citation monitoring
- Content rewriting for AI extraction
- Competitor AI citation tracking
- Direct-answer content creation
- Knowledge panel optimization
- Priority reporting
Enterprise
Multi-location and high-volume
- Everything in Extended
- Multi-location schema and NAP
- Custom AI training data optimization
- Weekly citation monitoring
- Dedicated strategist
- API access to citation data
- White-label reporting
All plans pair naturally with our SEO service. Most clients see the strongest results when running both together.
Be the answer, not just a result.
AI search is not coming. It is here. The businesses that structure their content for AI engines today will be the ones getting cited tomorrow. We can help you get there.