AEO / GEO services
Answer Engine Optimization that gets your brand cited by AI
Answer engine optimization (AEO) is the work of making your brand the source that ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews name and cite when your buyers ask a question. It is also called generative engine optimization (GEO). We do it with research, content, schema, technical fixes, and monthly monitoring.
Who is AEO for?
AEO is for companies whose buyers research with AI before they ever talk to sales. If a prospect could ask ChatGPT “what’s the best tool for…” about your category, you need it.
B2B SaaS
Buyers ask AI to compare vendors and build shortlists. You want to be on them.
Cybersecurity
Trust decides the deal. AI favors sources with clear credentials and evidence.
AI startups
New categories have no rankings yet. Early AEO helps define who the answer is.
Not a fit
Sites with no indexable content or no budget to publish. Start with an SEO foundation first.
What’s included in our AEO service?
Every AEO engagement includes six deliverables. You keep all of them.
AI visibility audit
A baseline of how often you are mentioned and cited across major AI assistants, who appears instead, and which sources they quote.
Prompt and query research
A prioritized list of the prompts and searches your buyers use at each stage, from “what is” to “X vs Y” to “best tool for.”
Answer-first content restructuring
We rewrite key pages so each opens with a direct answer, uses question headings, and backs claims with specifics AI can quote.
Schema markup
Organization, Product or Service, FAQPage, Article, and Person schema, deployed and validated so machines understand your entities.
Technical fixes
AI crawler access in robots.txt, an llms.txt file, server-rendered content, fast pages, and clean internal linking.
Ongoing AI answer monitoring
A monthly report tracking your mention and citation rate on a fixed prompt set, with competitor shifts and next actions.
How is AEO different from SEO?
SEO earns a ranked link; AEO earns a mention inside the answer itself. They share a foundation, so we run them together.
| SEO | AEO | |
|---|---|---|
| Goal | Rank a page in Google results | Be named and cited in AI answers |
| Where it shows | Google and Bing results pages | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, AI Overviews |
| Success metric | Rankings, clicks, organic leads | Mention rate, citation rate, share of answer |
| Content style | Keyword-targeted pages | Answer-first, quotable, evidence-backed |
| Shared foundation | Crawlable pages, schema, authority, and genuinely useful content | |
What is the AEO process?
We follow the CITED Method, starting with a baseline and ending with monthly monitoring.
- Weeks 1–2Crawl & Clean, Intent Mapping. Audit, prompt research, technical fixes, and a prioritized roadmap.
- Weeks 3–8Truth-First Content. Restructure your highest-value pages and publish missing answers.
- Weeks 4–10Entity & Evidence. Schema rollout, author pages, and earning mentions on sources AI already trusts.
- MonthlyDetect & Defend. Re-run the prompt set, report changes, and adjust the plan.
How much does AEO cost?
AEO is built into our AI Search Growth package, from $4,000 per month. For a one-time baseline, start with an SEO + GEO Audit ($3,500–$6,500).
SEO + GEO Audit
$3,500–$6,500
One-time · includes AI search baseline
AI Search Growth
From $4,000/mo
Adds AI visibility monitoring, answer-first structure, schema
Enterprise
From $6,500/mo
Custom roadmap, migrations, executive reporting
Final pricing depends on site size and scope. Every proposal lists deliverables and timing before work begins. Compare all packages →
AEO questions, answered
Is AEO the same as GEO?
Yes, for practical purposes. Both describe optimizing to appear in AI-generated answers; GEO (generative engine optimization) is simply the newer term.
Can you guarantee ChatGPT will mention us?
No. AI answers change by model, prompt wording, and user, so no one can guarantee a citation. We improve the signals models rely on and measure the results openly.
Do we need SEO before AEO?
You need a crawlable site with real content. If that’s missing, we fix it as part of the sprint rather than selling SEO separately.
What is llms.txt, and do we need it?
llms.txt is a plain-text file that points AI tools to your most important pages. It is cheap to add and we include it, though it is not a substitute for strong content.
How do you report AEO results?
Each month you get your mention rate, citation rate, and competitor share across a fixed prompt set, plus Google Search Console data and the actions we took.
Does AEO work on WordPress?
Yes. WordPress serves full HTML that AI crawlers can read, and we deploy schema and technical fixes directly on WordPress sites.
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