Answer Engine Optimization

Forty answer-engine-optimized answers to the questions practitioners actually ask about getting cited in AI search. Surfacing is what we do. Surfaced is what you become.

Complete AEO guide library

1. What is Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)?
2. What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)?
3. AEO vs SEO: what's the difference in 2026?
4. GEO vs AEO: are they the same thing?
5. How do I get my brand cited by ChatGPT?
6. How do I rank in Perplexity AI search?
7. How do AI engines pick which sources to cite?
8. Is SEO dead in 2026?
9. What schema markup helps you get cited by AI search engines?
10. How do I track ChatGPT citations of my brand?
11. Profound vs Peec.ai: which AEO platform is better?
12. What are the best GEO tools in 2026?
13. How does Google's AI Overviews (SGE) decide which sites to cite?
14. Why isn't my brand showing up in ChatGPT answers?
15. What is the difference between AI search and traditional search?
16. How much traffic comes from AI search engines vs Google?
17. What is E-E-A-T and does it matter for AI search?
18. Can you optimize for Claude (Anthropic) search results?
19. How often should I re-test my AEO citation footprint?
20. What is the ROI of AEO and how do I measure it?
21. AEO for SaaS: how do B2B software brands win AI citations?
22. AEO for ecommerce: how do product brands get cited by AI search?
23. AEO for B2B services: how do consultancies and agencies show up in AI answers?
24. AEO for local business: how do local services get cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity?
25. AEO for legal: how do law firms win AI citations safely?
26. AEO for healthcare: how do clinics and digital health brands get cited?
27. How do I optimize my About page for AEO?
28. How do I write a citation-bait paragraph that AI engines will quote?
29. What entity properties on Wikidata matter most for AEO?
30. How should robots.txt handle GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBot?
31. How do I use Reddit self-publishing to earn AEO citations?
32. How do I use HowTo schema for AEO?
33. How do I A/B test answer formats for AI citation share?
34. How do I detect when an AI engine drops my brand?
35. What are citation share benchmarks by industry?
36. What counts as a citation in Perplexity vs ChatGPT vs AI Overviews?
37. How do I measure AEO traffic when AI engines don't send referrers?
38. How do Bing Webmaster Tools and IndexNow help with ChatGPT Search and AEO?
39. How do I edit Wikipedia for AEO without getting reverted?
40. Surfaced vs Otterly vs AthenaHQ vs free AEO monitoring tools — how do they compare?