AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)

Category: SEO / AEO

Optimizing content so AI-powered answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews) surface, cite, and quote it directly.

AEO is the discipline of making your brand the source AI answer engines cite when users ask a question. Where SEO optimizes for the 10 blue links, AEO optimizes for the single synthesized answer. It requires quotable atomic facts, clean semantic HTML, structured data, and citation-worthy authority. In Central Florida, agencies like SmartBug Media are leading the shift from keyword rankings to citation shares.

See also: seo, llmo, featured-snippet, schema-org