# AI search optimization (AEO)

> AI search optimization, also called answer engine optimization (AEO), makes your business easy for AI assistants to understand, trust and recommend. It means clear answers on your site, consistent business facts everywhere, structured data, reviews and mentions on sites AI tools read, plus files like llms.txt that point assistants to your best pages.

Get recommended when people ask ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews or Perplexity who to hire.

## Who it's for

Businesses that want to be named when customers ask an AI assistant for a recommendation, and anyone investing in SEO who wants the same work to count in AI answers.

## Searches we target

- aeo agency
- answer engine optimization
- how to show up in chatgpt
- ai overviews seo

## At a glance

- Time to first results: Changes are picked up over weeks to a few months, depending on the assistant
- Reporting: Monthly AI visibility check across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and AI Overviews

## What's included

- AI visibility check: We ask the major assistants about your trade and area and record who they recommend.
- Answer-first content: Short, direct answers to the questions customers ask, on the pages that matter.
- Entity consistency: The same name, services, areas and facts across your site, profile and directories.
- Structured data and llms.txt: Machine-readable facts about your business and services.
- Mentions and reviews: Getting your business discussed on sites AI tools rely on.

## How it works

1. **Free audit**: We review your ads, Google Business Profile, website and the three businesses that outrank you, and send back the fixes that matter most.
2. **Plan and quote**: A one-page plan: which searches to win first, the budget it needs, what we do each month and a fixed monthly fee.
3. **Launch in two weeks**: Tracking first (every call and form counted), then campaigns, listing fixes and landing pages.
4. **Report and improve**: A monthly report you can read in five minutes: calls, booked jobs, cost per lead and what we change next.

## AI search optimization (AEO): common questions

### What is answer engine optimization (AEO)?

AEO is optimizing your business and website so AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google’s AI Overviews understand it and recommend it in their answers. It builds on good SEO, with extra focus on direct answers, consistent facts and third-party mentions.

### Is AEO different from SEO?

It builds on SEO. AEO focuses on being quoted or named in AI answers, which rewards direct answers, consistent business details, structured data and reputable mentions.

### Who owns the ad accounts, website and data?

You do. Your Google Ads account, Google Business Profile, analytics, website and content are in your name. We work inside them with access you can remove at any time.

### Do you lock clients into long contracts?

No. We work month to month with 30 days notice. Website projects have a fixed scope and price.