AEO — Answer Engine Optimization

Get Recommended By ChatGPT, Perplexity & Google AI.

SEO built for a world where people ask AI instead of searching — so when AI answers a question in your category, your business is the one it cites.

The problem

Search is quietly being replaced by conversation

Ranking #1 on Google doesn’t help if the person asking never opens Google at all.

People are asking AI instead of Google

A growing share of research and buying questions go straight to ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google's AI Overview — and never touch a traditional search results page.

Old SEO tactics don't translate

Keyword-stuffed pages and backlink farms don't work the same way when an AI model is choosing which few sources to trust and summarize.

If you're not cited, you don't exist

When AI answers a question about your category and never mentions you, it's the same as ranking on page five of Google — except there's no page six to scroll to.

A competitor could already be the default answer

AI models tend to repeat the same few trusted sources across similar questions — whoever gets established first has a real head start.

Become the source AI actually trusts and cites.

A structured AEO buildout, run by a team already tracking how these engines choose sources.

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See it in action

From absent to cited

Structured, authoritative content earns your business a citation — organically.

AI Answer Engine
what's the best CRM for a small home services business?
A few popular options include established platforms like HubSpot, Jobber, and ServiceTitan, depending on your team size and budget.

If AI doesn't recognize your business as a trusted source, you're invisible in this answer.

The solution

Built for how AI actually chooses sources

We audit, restructure, and build authority around your content specifically for how large language models select and cite sources — then track your citation share across every major AI engine.

What we handle
  • AI visibility audit across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overview, and Gemini
  • Content restructuring for answer-engine readability
  • Schema markup and structured data implementation
  • Authority-building content and third-party citations
  • Ongoing monitoring of AI citation share
  • Competitor AI-visibility benchmarking
  • Monthly reporting and strategy calls
What you actually get

Not a vague retainer

AI Visibility Audit

A clear picture of whether — and how — AI engines currently mention your business at all.

Answer-Engine Content Rebuild

Restructuring key pages into clear, directly citable statements the way AI models prefer to extract and summarize information.

Schema & Structured Data

Technical markup that helps AI systems correctly understand what your business does and who it's for.

Authority & Citation Building

Getting your business referenced across the sources AI models already trust, so you show up as a credible answer.

Cross-Engine Monitoring

Ongoing tracking of whether you're being cited across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overview, and Gemini.

Competitor Benchmarking

Seeing who AI is recommending instead of you today, and closing that gap.

Monthly Reporting

A clear view of your AI visibility trend, month over month.

Direct Access To The Team

Slack or email access for day-to-day questions — not a ticket queue.

How it works

Audited, rebuilt, and tracked

1

We audit your current AI visibility — what AI engines already know about you, and where you're missing from answers you should be part of.

2

We rebuild and restructure key content, add structured data, and build the authority signals AI models rely on when choosing which sources to trust and cite.

3

We monitor citation share across the major AI engines every month and keep adjusting as these platforms and their ranking behavior continue to evolve.

Let’s compare

Three ways to handle this shift. One gets you cited.

Doing Nothing
  • Costs nothing today, but you're invisible in a growing share of buying research
  • Competitors who get cited first tend to stay the default answer
  • The gap only gets harder to close the longer it's left alone
Traditional SEO Agency
  • Optimized for Google rankings, not for how AI models select and cite sources
  • Most agencies haven't adapted their process for this yet
  • You end up paying to rank for a results page fewer people click through
Think & Automate
  • Built specifically around how AI answer engines choose and cite sources
  • Ongoing monitoring across every major AI engine, not just Google
  • One team handling the audit, the rebuild, and the tracking

Be the answer AI gives, not the one it skips.

Apply below and we'll walk through whether AEO makes sense for your business right now.

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Questions

Before you apply

What is AEO?

Answer Engine Optimization — the practice of structuring your content and authority signals so AI systems like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI Overview cite and recommend your business in their answers, organically (no ad spend required).

How is this different from GPT Ads?

GPT Ads is a paid, managed placement inside AI chat — a separate service we offer. AEO is about earning organic citations, the way SEO earns organic search rankings.

How is this different from regular SEO?

Traditional SEO targets a search results page and a ranking algorithm built around links and keywords. AEO targets how large language models select, trust, and summarize sources when generating an answer — a different, newer set of signals.

How long does this take to show results?

It varies by how much existing authority your business has. We'll walk through a realistic timeline for your specific situation on a call.

What does getting started look like?

Apply below, answer a couple quick questions about your business, and we'll get you on a call to see if it's a fit.

Ready to be part of the answer?

Apply below and answer a couple quick questions about your business — we’ll get you on a call to see if it’s a fit.