AEO Services — Answer Engine Optimization for AI-Powered Search

AEO is the process of optimizing your website content so AI-powered search engines (Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude) cite your business as an authoritative source. It uses structured data, speakable content, FAQ schema, and entity markup to make your content the preferred answer for AI-generated responses.

SEO focuses on ranking in traditional search results (blue links). AEO focuses on being cited by AI assistants when they generate answers. AEO builds on SEO — you need strong technical SEO as a foundation, then add AI-specific optimizations like speakable markup, structured FAQ/HowTo data, and entity-first architecture.

Our AEO optimization targets Google AI Overviews (formerly SGE), ChatGPT (with browsing), Perplexity AI, Microsoft Copilot, Claude, and Google Assistant. These platforms all consume structured web content differently, and we optimize for each.

Absolutely. When someone asks an AI assistant for the best auto body shop in Glendale or a good sushi restaurant near me, the AI pulls from websites with strong structured data. AEO ensures your business is the one being recommended.

AEO results depend on how quickly AI engines recrawl and reindex your content. Technical implementations (Schema.org, speakable markup) take effect within 2-4 weeks after indexing. Content-level AEO (FAQ schema, HowTo guides) typically shows AI citation improvements within 1-3 months.