AEO Services
Answer Engine Optimization done for you
Your potential customers are already asking ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews for recommendations in your industry. AEO services ensure your business is the one they recommend.
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What AEO services include
A complete AEO service covers five distinct layers. Each layer compounds the previous one. Providers that skip layers deliver fragile results that evaporate when competitors catch up.
Technical foundation audit
Server-rendered HTML, semantic markup, clean heading hierarchy, fast load times. AI crawlers can't execute JavaScript or wait for client-side rendering. If your site architecture blocks AI parsing, nothing else matters. The first step is always a full technical audit.
Structured data implementation
JSON-LD schema blocks. Organization, Service, FAQPage, LocalBusiness, Product deployed across every relevant page. FAQPage schema has the highest impact: Google pulls FAQ answers directly into AI Overviews. This is the single highest-ROI technical change most businesses can make.
Answer-first content creation
On-site pages structured to answer specific questions directly. Clear H2/H3 hierarchy with the answer before the elaboration. AI engines scan for the most direct response to a query. The page that surfaces the answer fastest wins the citation.
Platform seeding
Publishing authoritative content on Medium (14.3% of ChatGPT citations), Reddit (46.7% of Perplexity citations), LinkedIn, and YouTube (0.737 correlation with AI citation authority). Each platform needs different content. The work is in doing it consistently.
Citation monitoring and gap analysis
Monthly (ideally weekly) tracking of which queries cite your business, which cite competitors, and what content is needed to close the gap. AEO without measurement is guesswork.
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Service tiers
Foundation
£2k
per month
- —Full site audit and gap analysis
- —Schema implementation (JSON-LD, FAQPage, Service, LocalBusiness)
- —Initial content seeds across key platforms
- —Monthly citation tracking across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews
Most popular
Growth
£3.5k
per month
- —Everything in Foundation
- —Weekly content publishing across LinkedIn, Medium, and Reddit
- —Multi-platform seeding strategy
- —Competitive citation analysis
Dominance
£5k
per month
- —Everything in Growth
- —Daily content production and publishing
- —Full citation monitoring across all AI engines
- —Proactive gap filling: cover every query competitor gaps reveal
- —Quarterly strategy review and roadmap
For the complete service breakdown including what each tier delivers month-by-month, see our AEO service page.
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What to look for in an AEO provider
Most agencies offering AEO services are SEO agencies that have added AEO to their service menu without changing their approach. They implement schema markup and call it done. The problem is that structured data alone is table stakes. It gets you in the game, not ahead in it.
The questions to ask any AEO provider:
- —Do they publish content on Medium, Reddit, and LinkedIn, or do they just build schema on your website?
- —Can they show citation tracking reports across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AIO?
- —Do they have a gap analysis process, identifying queries where competitors are cited and you are not?
- —Is the work done in-house or handed to contractors you've never met?
- —Can they show examples of businesses they've moved from no AI citations to consistent AI citations?
If the answers are vague, the work will be too.
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Frequently asked questions
What do AEO services typically include?
A complete AEO service covers five layers: technical foundation (server-rendered pages, semantic HTML), structured data implementation (JSON-LD schema including FAQPage, Service, LocalBusiness), on-site answer content, platform seeding (Medium, Reddit, LinkedIn, YouTube), and citation monitoring. Most providers offer variations of these, but the quality and depth varies enormously. The difference is usually in whether they build a real content seeding operation or just implement schema and call it done.
How much do AEO services cost?
Our services run from £2,000 to £5,000 per month depending on the scope. The £2k Foundation tier covers the audit, schema implementation, and initial content seeds. Growth at £3.5k adds weekly content publishing across Medium, LinkedIn, and Reddit. Dominance at £5k adds daily content, full citation monitoring, and competitive gap analysis. Agency-model AEO providers typically charge £4k to £15k per month for similar work, because 40% of that fee goes to overhead before a single piece of content gets written.
How long before AEO services show results?
Schema implementation and technical fixes show up within days. Citation changes from platform seeding take 4 to 8 weeks to register. Sustained improvement in citation share for competitive queries typically takes 3 to 6 months. The timeline is honest: AEO is a compounding investment, not a quick fix. But the results compound too. Each content piece and structured signal builds on the last.
How are your AEO services different from standard SEO services?
Standard SEO services target Google search rankings. AEO services target being cited in AI-generated answers. The overlap is real. Good technical SEO helps AEO. But the disciplines diverge at the content and platform level. SEO wants backlinks; AEO wants brand mentions. SEO wants keyword density; AEO wants answer-first content structure. SEO targets Google; AEO targets ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AIO simultaneously.
Do I need SEO before I can start AEO?
You need a functional website with server-rendered content. A technically broken site is hard to structure for AI engines. But you do not need to complete an SEO project before starting AEO. The two can run in parallel, and the technical improvements required for AEO (structured data, semantic HTML, fast load times) almost always improve your SEO too.
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