FAQ

Straight answers about AI search visibility.

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What exactly is answer engine optimization?

It's making your product the source AI assistants cite when buyers ask what to buy. Same goal as SEO — be found — but the target is inclusion in a single generated answer, not a position in a list of links.

How is this different from SEO?

SEO optimises pages to rank. AEO optimises facts to be quoted. The winning content is more structured, more specific and more corroborated across the web than a typical ranking page needs to be.

How long until we see movement?

The audit lands in 48 hours. First citation movement typically shows in 6–10 weeks, because engines need to re-crawl and corroborate. Categories with thin coverage move faster.

Which engines do you track?

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity as standard, plus Google AI Overviews and Copilot on request.

What do you need from us to start?

Your category, your top three competitors, and the questions your buyers actually ask. That's enough for the audit.

Do you write the content or do we?

Either. We write and ship it, or we brief and review while your team writes. Both work; the second is cheaper and slower.

How do you report results?

A monthly run of a fixed prompt panel, reported as citation share, presence rate and position against named competitors — plus what we shipped and what's next.

Do you work with companies outside B2B SaaS?

Rarely. Our playbooks are tuned to considered B2B software purchases, so that's where we're genuinely useful.

What does it cost?

The audit is free. Programmes are scoped to your category size and content volume — email us and we'll give you a range on the first call.

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