Glossary
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is optimizing content so it is surfaced as the direct answer by AI assistants and answer engines, rather than as a list of links. It overlaps heavily with AIO and GEO.
Answer engines, meaning AI chat tools and AI-powered search, try to give one synthesized answer instead of ten blue links. AEO structures your content, often in clear question-and-answer form, so it becomes the source that answer draws from.
In practice AEO, GEO (generative engine optimization), and AIO describe the same shift: optimizing to be the cited answer inside AI experiences.
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