AI Answer Engine Optimization · Search Engine Optimization

Be the answer.
Not a footnote.

When a buyer asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google who they should trust, your name should come up. We make that happen — with press-backed content the algorithms already believe.

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Search didn't die. It moved.

Half your prospects stopped clicking blue links. They type a question into ChatGPT and trust whatever comes back. Perplexity cites three sources and calls it research. Google's AI Overview answers the question above the fold, and the ten links below it never get touched.

If your brand isn't inside those answers, you don't exist to the people asking. That's the problem AEO solves. SEO still matters — rankings feed the models — but ranking alone no longer wins the click. You need both, working together, anchored to content sources the machines already trust.

The new layer

AEO

Answer Engine Optimization gets your brand cited inside AI responses. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google's AI Overview pull from a handful of trusted sources when they answer a question. We put you inside those sources.

  • Entity building across Wikipedia-tier references
  • Press placements in outlets LLMs crawl and weight
  • Structured data and schema the models parse
  • Prompt tracking across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini
  • Reddit and community signal the training data loves
The foundation

SEO

Classic search still drives half the traffic and all the training data. We do the technical, on-page, and link work that gets you ranked — and we pick keywords that AI engines quote back verbatim when someone asks.

  • Technical audits and Core Web Vitals fixes
  • Keyword research mapped to buying intent
  • On-page optimization and internal linking
  • Authority backlinks from real publications
  • Content briefs built for humans and machines

The engines that decide
who gets recommended.

We track and optimize visibility across every major AI and search platform.
Google Search AI Overview logo ChatGPT by OpenAI logo Perplexity AI logo Claude by Anthropic logo Grok by xAI logo Meta AI logo

How we do it differently.

01

Audit and benchmark

We measure where you show up today — in Google rankings, in AI answers, in the prompts your buyers actually type. Baseline first, then move.

02

Press-backed content

We publish you in the outlets LLMs read and trust. Every placement doubles as a backlink, a citation source, and a credibility signal the models weigh.

03

Track and iterate

We watch how your visibility moves across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overview, and traditional SERPs. Then we double down on what's pulling you into answers.

1,000+
Publications in network
58%
Of searches now AI-assisted
3x
Lift in branded AI mentions

Questions we get a lot.

Is AEO just rebranded SEO?

No. SEO optimizes for a ranked list of links. AEO optimizes for a generated paragraph that names you. The inputs overlap — content, authority, structured data — but the goal is different. You want to be the brand the model quotes, not the tenth blue link.

How long before I show up in ChatGPT?

Most clients see new AI mentions within 30 to 90 days of publishing press coverage and entity updates. The models refresh on different cycles — Perplexity pulls live, ChatGPT refreshes more slowly, Google's AI Overview updates constantly.

Do I have to stop doing SEO?

The opposite. Strong SEO is the foundation AEO stands on. Models pull from ranked pages, cited pages, and pages with real backlinks. We build both layers together.

How do you prove it works?

Prompt tracking. We run your target queries across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overview every month and show you exactly where your brand appears, where competitors appear, and what moved.

Own the answer.
Not just the ranking.

Book a 30-minute call. We'll audit your current AI and search visibility and show you exactly where the gaps are.

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