Answer Engine Optimization · AEO

Answer Engine Optimization that gets you cited

AEO is how you get named inside AI answers instead of buried in search results. We measure it, then close the gap.

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Answer engines — ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews — don't show ten links. They synthesize one answer and cite a handful of sources. AEO is the discipline of making sure your business is one of those cited, recommended sources.

What is Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)?
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is the practice of structuring your business information — schema, llms.txt, answer-first content and consistent entity data — so answer engines like ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity can confidently find, trust and recommend you when customers ask for options. It's the AI-era successor to traditional SEO.

How AnswerGap helps

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Measure your AEO

A 3-AI audit scores how often you're cited across 20 real buyer questions in your niche.

2

Engineer the signals

We pinpoint the schema, structured data and answer-first content AEO requires — and exactly what's missing on your site.

3

Deploy & verify

Use the Fix Kit yourself or let us implement it, then re-test to prove your AEO improved.

FAQ

SEO optimizes for ranking a page in a results list. AEO optimizes for being cited inside an AI's single synthesized answer. AEO relies more heavily on structured data, entity consistency and answer-first content than on backlinks and keywords.
They're closely related. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) both describe optimizing for AI-generated answers. The techniques overlap almost entirely — structured data, citations and entity signals.
Start with a free AnswerGap scan to see your current AEO standing. You'll get a prioritized fix list; the Fix Kit turns it into copy-paste assets, or We Fix It deploys everything for you.

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See how AI answer engines treat your business today — and exactly how to get cited.

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