AI Search Optimization (AEO and GEO)

SEO is the broad practice of improving visibility in search. AEO focuses on being the source of direct answers. GEO focuses on being represented in answers generated by AI systems. In practice, they share most of the same foundations.

No one can guarantee that. We improve the accuracy, clarity, and consistency of your information so these systems are better able to understand and cite your business.

Yes. AI features rely heavily on the same web content and signals that regular search uses. Strong SEO is the foundation for AI search visibility.

No. Structured data helps machines read facts about your business, but it is one input among many. It works best alongside clear content and consistent profiles.

It depends on your goals. Blocking some crawlers may reduce the chance your content is used in AI answers. We explain the tradeoffs and set your preferences deliberately.

It covers six areas: entity clarity, structured data, citable content, consistent profiles, technical access and visibility checks. Together they make sure your business name, services, service area and contact details read the same everywhere, that machines can read key facts through schema markup, and that your site answers real customer questions. Periodic checks then show how AI tools describe your business and where inaccuracies or gaps remain.

Look for a few common signs. Your name, services or service area are described differently on your website, Google profile and directories. Service pages are vague, common customer questions go unanswered, structured data is missing or has errors, and important information sits in images, PDFs or scripts. The clearest sign is an AI tool describing you inaccurately or confusing you with a similarly named company.

It means your business is described the same way everywhere: name, category, services, service area, contact details and what makes you distinct. We start with your website and Google Business Profile, then review directory listings, social profiles and industry sites so the information AI systems encounter does not conflict. Clear, consistent information is easier for these systems to understand and describe accurately.

We use practical signals rather than a single score, because measuring AI search visibility is still imperfect. Those signals include manual and tool-assisted checks of AI answers for your important questions, referral traffic from AI tools where it can be identified, Google Search Console data, branded search trends and the accuracy of how your business is described. AI answers vary by wording, location, user and the moment you ask.

There are five. We begin with baseline checks, asking AI tools and Google the questions your customers ask and recording how your business appears. We then fix the foundation by correcting inconsistent information, structured data and technical access issues. Next we improve your content and align your directories and profiles. Finally we recheck periodically, track the signals we can measure and adjust priorities.

It depends on which parts of the work your business needs, from fixing structured data and inconsistent profiles to periodic visibility checks. Any one-time fees and any monthly services are shown and billed separately. Anything with an approved fixed price can be purchased online; other work gets a written custom quote, and nothing monthly is taken at checkout. Since this work extends SEO, see our SEO packages and their prices.

Business profiles are among the public sources AI tools draw on, and your Google profile is a key source of business facts. That is why it is one of the first places we align your name, category, services and service area. Improving where you appear in the local pack and on the map is related but separate work, covered by our Google Maps ranking service.

The same way on your website, your Google profile and your directory listings. Service area is part of entity clarity, and vague service pages make it unclear exactly what you do, where and for whom. Clear pages about the places you serve help answer the question of where. For how we treat search work for one local market, see our SEO for Douglasville businesses.

The same team. The people who handle your website, structured data and Google Business Profile also handle your AI search work, so changes stay consistent everywhere. We approach it as an extension of solid SEO and local search work, not as a trick, and we tell you plainly what is uncertain. For an example of local search work in a single city, see our search optimization in Marietta.

Pages that answer real questions directly, with clear headings, concise explanations and specific details. We write or rework service pages and add answers to common customer questions, always written for customers first. The goal is to make clear exactly what you do, where and for whom. See how this applies to one trade in our plumbing company marketing work.