ANSWER & GENERATIVE ENGINE OPTIMIZATION

Search is no longer just a list of blue links. Make sure you're in the answer.

Google's AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini are increasingly where people go for direct answers — often without ever clicking through to a website. AEO/GEO is the discipline of making your brand the source those systems pull from and cite.

WHY IT MATTERS

The answer box is the new page one.

Traditional SEO earns you a ranking. AEO/GEO earns you a mention — inside the answer itself, alongside a handful of other cited sources. Missing from that shortlist increasingly means missing the moment a customer actually decides.

AEO

Answer Engine Optimization

Structuring content so it directly and clearly answers the specific questions your audience asks — the format search engines and voice assistants pull from for featured snippets and direct answers.

GEO

Generative Engine Optimization

Optimising for how large language models like ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity research, summarise and cite sources when generating a conversational answer.

Entity clarity

Being unmistakably "you"

Making sure your business, services and location are described consistently everywhere online, so AI systems can confidently identify and recommend you.

Citability

Content worth quoting

Writing in a clear, structured, fact-forward way that's easy for an AI system to lift and attribute — not just easy for a human to skim.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Building the visibility layer AI systems trust.

Structured data implementationLocalBusiness, FAQPage and Service schema (JSON-LD) so machines can read your business precisely.
FAQ-format contentDirect, well-structured question-and-answer content designed to be lifted into AI-generated answers.
Entity & brand consistency auditAligning your name, services, location and details across your site, directories and Google Business Profile.
Citation-worthy content designClear claims, defined terms and fact-forward writing that's easy to quote accurately.
Third-party presence buildingStrengthening mentions across directories, review platforms and industry sites that AI systems draw on as corroborating sources.
AI-visibility monitoringRegularly checking how (and whether) your brand appears in AI Overviews and chatbot answers for key queries.
OUR APPROACH

SEO discipline, applied to a new surface.

01

Baseline

Check how your brand currently shows up in AI Overviews and chatbot answers for key queries.

02

Fix entity clarity

Align business details across your site and third-party sources so you're unambiguous.

03

Structure the content

Rebuild key pages around direct questions, clear answers and schema markup.

04

Build corroboration

Strengthen the third-party mentions AI systems use to validate a source.

05

Monitor & adapt

Track AI-answer visibility monthly — this surface evolves fast, and so do we.

AI-VISIBILITY AUDIT

Find out if AI search engines even know you exist.

We'll check how your brand currently appears (or doesn't) across AI Overviews and major chatbots — free of charge.

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FAQ

AEO/GEO, answered honestly.

Is this just a rebrand of SEO?

No — it builds on SEO rather than replacing it. Traditional SEO still governs whether your site is crawled, indexed and trusted. AEO/GEO adds a layer on top: structuring and presenting that same content so AI systems can confidently extract, summarise and cite it.

Can you guarantee my brand will appear in ChatGPT or AI Overviews?

No one can guarantee inclusion in any AI-generated answer — these systems are opaque and constantly evolving. What we can do is put your brand in the best possible position: technically sound, clearly structured and consistently described across the web.

How do you even measure AI-search visibility?

We track a defined set of queries relevant to your business across AI Overviews and major chatbots on a recurring basis, noting whether and how your brand is mentioned, and adjust strategy based on the pattern we see over time.

Is this relevant for a local business, or only large brands?

Very relevant for local businesses — people increasingly ask AI assistants for local recommendations. Clear entity information and structured local content give smaller businesses a real chance to be the one recommended.