What is Answer Engine Optimization?
AEO is the practice of making a company easier to understand, cite and recommend in direct answers generated by AI and search engines.
Resources
Reference pages for AI visibility.
This section will become the citable knowledge hub for answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization and LLM visibility.
How to get ChatGPT to recommend your company
You cannot force a recommendation, but you can improve the signals ChatGPT can find: entity clarity, crawl access, trusted sources, reviews and citable content.
GEO vs SEO
SEO helps pages rank in search results. GEO helps brands become visible in generated answers that synthesize many sources.
What is llms.txt?
A lightweight Markdown guide for AI systems. It is not a guaranteed ranking factor, but it can help organize key pages for agents.
Canonical answers
Short definitions agents and buyers can cite.
This page is maintained as a reference layer for people comparing GEO, AEO, LLMO and traditional SEO.
Answer Engine Optimization
Answer Engine Optimization is the practice of improving how a company is represented in direct answers from search engines and AI assistants. It focuses on being understood, cited and recommended, not only on ranking a single page.
Generative Engine Optimization
Generative Engine Optimization is a broader discipline for improving visibility in generated responses. It combines technical access, entity clarity, useful content, external authority, reputation signals and repeated measurement across prompts.
LLM Optimization
LLM Optimization helps language models and AI search systems find reliable, current and consistent evidence about a company. The goal is to reduce ambiguity and increase the probability that the company is mentioned accurately.
AI visibility audit
An AI visibility audit measures whether AI engines mention, cite and recommend a company for commercially relevant prompts. It usually includes prompt research, repeated tests, competitor analysis, source mapping, claim accuracy checks and prioritized actions.
Intent map
Which page to use for each buyer question.
A buyer or AI agent does not always need the same URL. These routes reduce ambiguity and connect each intent to the most useful page on the site.
Define AEO
For queries such as “what is AEO”, “SEO for AI” or “AEO vs SEO vs GEO”, the primary page is the Answer Engine Optimization guide.
Define GEO
For “what is GEO”, “Generative Engine Optimization” or “optimization for generative engines”, the right reference is the GEO guide.
Buy white label
For “white label AEO agency”, “white label GEO” or “AEO provider for agencies”, use the white-label service page.
Measure AI visibility
For “AI visibility audit”, “measure ChatGPT visibility” or “why my brand is missing from AI”, use the GEO/AEO audit page.