AEO: be the direct answer for voice and AI questions
AEO (answer engine optimization) is the work of writing and structuring your pages so a voice assistant or an AI tool finds one clear answer on them, for the questions your customers ask out loud.
What it is
A voice assistant or an AI chat looks for one direct answer on a page: a short paragraph, a clear FAQ, or a fact labeled with schema markup. Schema markup is a set of hidden labels in a page’s code stating your hours, services and prices in a form computers read directly. AEO is the work of writing pages this way: one real question, one clear answer.
An example
Someone driving asks a phone assistant, “Who does same-week AC repair near Westbury?” They won’t read five results. The assistant reads one answer aloud. A page with the hours, the service area and the price range near the top gives it a clear answer to read. A page burying the answer three paragraphs down gives it nothing quick to use.
What we do each month
- FAQ content written from real customer questions, in the words customers use.
- Schema markup added to your pages, so your hours, services, prices and location carry labels.
- Short, direct pages: one question, one answer, near the top of the page.
- Google Business Profile checks, since Google’s own answers draw on the profile too. The profile stays in your name.
- Town and service pages structured the same way, so each one answers a single real question.
- AI-answer checks. Each month we ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google’s AI Overviews a sample of customer questions, and record whether the answer comes from your page.
What you get
A short monthly report, in plain words: which questions we wrote answers for, what schema markup we added, and what we checked. Your site and accounts stay in your name.
What we don’t promise
Each voice assistant and AI tool picks its own answer, and we don’t promise yours gets read. We control how clearly your page states the fact.
Pricing
Monthly, quoted after a free website check. See pricing for how packages work.
Works well with
- SEO, for Google’s regular results and the map.
- GEO, for showing up when someone asks ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity for a business like yours.
- The full services list.
- Town pages, each one written to answer a single question.
- Review requests, for more reviews from real customers.
Questions owners ask
What is schema markup?
The hidden labels described above. On a dental office’s page, for example, they state the practice name, address, opening hours and services. Visitors never see them.
Is this different from GEO?
They overlap. GEO covers whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity mention your business at all. AEO covers how your own pages are written, so any assistant or AI tool finds a clear answer on them.
Do I need a new website for this?
No. Most of the work happens inside the pages you already have: shorter answers, clearer headings, and schema markup added where it’s missing.
Does this help with regular Google search too?
Yes. Google reads the same clear answers and labels, so the work serves both.
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your pages answer today.
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