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Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
AEO: shaping your content so AI assistants and search answer boxes cite you directly.
Answer engine optimization, or AEO, is the practice of structuring your content so that AI assistants and search answer boxes pull direct answers from your site. Instead of aiming only for a link, you aim to be the source that gets quoted when someone asks a question. This means writing clear, well-organized answers, backing claims with evidence, and using structured data where it helps. As more people ask tools like ChatGPT and Google for direct answers, this visibility keeps growing in importance.
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