AEO Starter Guide

The independent reference for AI search

Learn how content gets found, trusted, and cited by AI.

A neutral, non-commercial guide to Answer Engine Optimization — how ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google’s AI Overviews choose what to quote, and how to make your work quotable. No hype, no selling. Just the mechanics, with sources.

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What is AEO?The cornerstone guide: what answer engine optimization is, how it works, and how it differs from SEO and GEO.GlossaryPlain-language, answer-first definitions of the terms behind AI search — from RAG and grounding to llms.txt and GPTBot.StatisticsSourced, dated statistics on AI search adoption, referral traffic, and citations — every figure traced to a primary source.How-toTool-agnostic methods: answer-first writing, schema, crawlability, and tracking whether AI engines cite you.

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