AI Powered
AI search optimization combines AEO and GEO to help your content get featured in answer engines and cited by generative AI. Run a free score below, then use this guide to fix what's holding you back.
AEO is the practice of structuring your content so answer engines — Google AI Overviews, voice assistants, and chat-based search — can lift a direct answer straight from your page. That means concise, question-style headings, FAQ schema, and answer paragraphs that stand on their own without requiring the reader to click through.
Our AEO checker scores your page against these signals and tells you exactly what's missing. For the full breakdown, read What Is AEO (Answer Engine Optimization).
GEO is the discipline of getting large language models — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity — to cite your site as a source when generating an answer. Unlike AEO, GEO depends less on formatting and more on topical authority, clear entity relationships, and factual, well-sourced writing that models can confidently attribute.
Run our GEO checker to see how citation-ready your page is, or read the full explainer: What Is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO).
All three disciplines aim to get your content in front of people — they differ in where and how.
| Discipline | Goal | Primary Surface | Key Signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional SEO | Rank in blue-link search results | Google, Bing SERPs | Backlinks, keyword relevance, technical health |
| AEO | Get featured as a direct answer | AI Overviews, voice search, featured snippets | FAQ schema, concise answer paragraphs |
| GEO | Get cited as a source by AI models | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude | Topical authority, factual clarity, entity structure |
For the complete breakdown with examples, see our original piece: AEO vs GEO vs SEO: What's the Difference in 2026.
Score your page's readiness for AI answer engines and voice search. Free, no signup.
Check My AEO Score →See how likely LLMs are to cite your site as a source. Free, no signup.
Check My GEO Score →AI search optimization is the practice of structuring and writing website content so it can be understood, trusted, and cited by AI systems such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. It combines AEO and GEO with traditional SEO fundamentals.
AEO focuses on getting content featured as a direct answer in answer engines and voice search. GEO focuses on getting large language models to cite your site as a source when generating answers.
No. AEO and GEO build on top of traditional SEO. Crawlability, page speed, and structured data are still prerequisites for AI systems to access and understand your content.
Use a dedicated AEO checker and GEO checker to score your page's readiness. SEO Inspector Hub provides both for free alongside a standard SEO audit.