Why AEO
Why Your Business Needs AEO
Be the Cited Source
When prospects ask ChatGPT or Perplexity "who is the best [service] in Melbourne", your business shows up in the answer, not buried in search results.
Future-Proof Visibility
AI-driven search is growing fast. Early AEO investment compounds as more buyers start their research in ChatGPT and Perplexity instead of Google.
Builds on Your Existing SEO
AEO does not replace SEO. Entity signals, structured content, and citations improve your traditional Google rankings too.
Verifiable Brand Authority
Knowledge graph and entity work makes your brand a trusted, verifiable source across the web, not just on your own website.
How It Works
Our 4-Phase AEO Process
A structured approach to making AI assistants recommend your business.
AI Footprint & Citation Audit
We prompt ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity with questions about your industry and your Melbourne or wider Australian location to see whether your brand is recommended and which sources these engines cite instead of you. This becomes the baseline for your AEO strategy.
AI Footprint & Citation Audit
We prompt ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity with questions about your industry and your Melbourne or wider Australian location to see whether your brand is recommended and which sources these engines cite instead of you. This becomes the baseline for your AEO strategy.
Entity & Knowledge Graph Building
We register and align your business across authoritative nodes like Google Business Profile, Wikidata, and industry directories so AI crawlers can instantly verify the factual context of your brand.
Entity & Knowledge Graph Building
We register and align your business across authoritative nodes like Google Business Profile, Wikidata, and industry directories so AI crawlers can instantly verify the factual context of your brand.
Conversational Optimization & Answer-First Content
We restructure on-page content using explicit conversational headings (questions as H2/H3) followed by concise, factual 40-60 word answers designed for AI snippet extraction.
Conversational Optimization & Answer-First Content
We restructure on-page content using explicit conversational headings (questions as H2/H3) followed by concise, factual 40-60 word answers designed for AI snippet extraction.
Advanced AI Crawler Technical Setup
We deploy complete schema graphs (FAQPage, Service, Organization) and configure a clean llms.txt file at the root of your site so AI bots can parse it seamlessly.
Advanced AI Crawler Technical Setup
We deploy complete schema graphs (FAQPage, Service, Organization) and configure a clean llms.txt file at the root of your site so AI bots can parse it seamlessly.
Pair AEO With SEO
SEO Services in Melbourne
AEO works best alongside strong technical and content SEO. See our full SEO programme, which already includes AEO Content Strategy.
Explore SEO Services in Melbourne →Global AEO Programme
Our Full AEO Methodology
See the complete 4-phase Answer Engine Optimization process we run for clients worldwide, with detailed FAQs.
View AEO Services Overview →AEO doesn't have a separate package yet — it's bundled free into our SEO packages below.
SEO Package — Starting from
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Per month for 5 keywords
AEO Content Strategy included free
Every package includes
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
What is AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)?
How is AEO different from traditional SEO?
What does an AI Footprint & Citation Audit involve?
What is Entity & Knowledge Graph building?
Do I need AEO if I already have an SEO package?
How long does it take to get cited by AI tools?
Which AI tools do you optimise for?
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