AEO is not separate from SEO
It builds on the same fundamentals: crawlable pages, clear entities, helpful content, source links, structured data, and consistent public evidence.
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What is answer engine optimization?
Answer engine optimization is the work of making information easy for answer systems to understand, trust, and cite.
Direct answer
AEO means structuring useful, accurate, source-backed information so search and AI systems can answer questions using your page or business as evidence.
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Core
Make your business easier for AI systems to understand.
How small businesses can become easier for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and search crawlers to understand.
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What is LLM visibility?
What it means when a business is visible in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, or other AI answer systems.