Answer Engine Optimization

When buyers ask AI about your category, does it say your name?

Buyers research through ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini before they ever open Google. Most brands have no idea whether they're being cited — or whether a competitor is standing in their place.

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What share of model actually is

The percentage of relevant AI answers where your name comes up.

Across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and AI Overviews, for the buyer questions that matter to your category — "best [category] for [use case]," "[category] vendors that do [thing]" — share of model is how often your brand is mentioned or recommended in the answer.

An AI answer names two or three companies, not ten blue links. If you're not one of them, you're not in the consideration set — there's no page two to rank on.

How it's measured

We sell measurement. Here's exactly how it works.

The query set

We build a fixed list of real buyer questions for your category — the phrasing actual prospects use, not keywords. Written once, reused every period so the reading stays comparable.

The engines checked

ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Each query runs fresh, with no memory or personalization carried over, so results reflect what a new prospect would actually see.

How often

Baseline reading at kickoff, then re-measured monthly. Frequency can move to quarterly once a baseline is established, but the first few periods are monthly on purpose — that's when a program needs the tightest feedback loop.

What counts as a mention

Named directly, or clearly identifiable as the recommended option, within the answer text itself. A link buried in a "sources" list without being named in the answer doesn't count.

Keeping it comparable

Same query set, same engines, same counting rules, every period. When we change methodology, we say so and re-baseline rather than let a definition change get mistaken for a real move.

What we actually do

The work that moves the number.

Structured data and schema

So models can parse what you actually are — Organization, Service, FAQ, and Product schema implemented across the properties that matter for your category.

Digital PR and citation building

Placement on the high-authority, niche sources models actually pull from and cite — not generic press release syndication.

Content restructured for extraction

Rewritten and reformatted so the answer to a buyer question is stated plainly, in the format models lift directly into a response.

Ongoing tracking against named competitors

You see your share of model against the specific companies you actually compete with in an AI answer — not an industry average.

Pricing

AEO Program

$2,500/mo

Buyable on its own. Month to month. No full-service package required.

Share of model baseline across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini & AI Overviews
Monthly tracking against named competitors
Schema and structured data implementation
Citation building and digital PR
Content restructuring for answer extraction
Monthly reading and recommendations

Buyable on its own, or as part of a broader engagement with our team.

Built for
  • Medical devices & healthcare technology
  • Pharmaceutical & life sciences
  • Financial services
  • B2B manufacturing & industrial

Categories where buyers research heavily before purchase, and being absent from an AI answer costs real pipeline.

Not a fit if
  • Your customers buy on impulse, with no research phase
  • Your category is decided on price alone
  • You're not yet getting meaningful site traffic — fix that first
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How is this different from SEO? +
SEO optimizes for ranking in a list of links. AEO optimizes for being named directly inside an AI-generated answer, where there's no list — just two or three names. Related disciplines, different mechanics.
How long until the number moves? +
Most accounts see measurable movement within the first one to two monthly readings, as schema, citations, and restructured content start getting picked up. Some categories move faster than others depending on how much authoritative source content already exists to build on.
What if we're already invisible — where does it start? +
With the baseline reading. It tells us exactly which queries you're absent from and why, which is what the first month of work is built against.
Do we need to change our website? +
Usually yes, in targeted ways — schema markup and restructuring specific pages to answer buyer questions directly. It's rarely a full rebuild.
Can you do this alongside our existing agency? +
Yes, clearly. AEO is a distinct, narrow discipline that layers on top of whatever else is already running — it doesn't require replacing your current agency or marketing team.
Is the reading repeatable, or does it bounce around? +
There's some natural variance since these are live AI systems, not a static index — but a fixed query set, engine list, and counting methodology keeps the reading comparable period to period rather than noisy.
Free reading

We'll run a real reading on your brand and send it over.

No call required. Tell us your category and who you compete with, and we'll check what AI is actually saying.

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