AEO · Answer engine optimization · Coming soon Customers ask AI. Be the answer.
More people ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI for a recommendation before they search. AEO from Search is Near will help your business get named in those answers.
What AEO will do
Clear facts, in the places AI reads.
AI tools recommend businesses they can describe with confidence. AEO makes that easy for them.
Answers written for AI search
Short, direct answers to the questions customers ask AI tools about your service.
Clear facts about your business
What you do, where you do it, and who you serve, stated plainly and consistently.
Built on your post library
AEO builds on the SEO posts Search is Near already publishes for you.
SEO and AEO
| SEO | AEO | |
|---|---|---|
| Where you show up | Google search results | Answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI |
| What it rewards | Pages that match the search | Clear, consistent facts and direct answers |
| Status at Search is Near | Live | Coming soon |
Questions, answered plainly.
AEO stands for answer engine optimization. It is the work of getting your business named when people ask AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews for a recommendation.
SEO helps you rank in search results. AEO helps AI tools understand your business well enough to recommend it in an answer. Both start with clear, accurate content on your own site.
AEO is coming soon as part of the Premium plan. Join the waitlist and we will email you when it is ready.
Start with SEO. The posts Search is Near publishes now are the same content AI tools read when they form an answer.