Get Your Brand Cited by AI Search Engines

What Is Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)?

Answer Engine Optimization is the discipline of structuring your digital presence so AI models -ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and whatever comes next -cite your brand as an authoritative answer. Traditional SEO puts you on a list of ten blue links. AEO makes you the answer.

The difference matters. When a B2B buyer asks ChatGPT “Who should I hire for revenue operations consulting?”, the model doesn’t return a list of ten websites. It gives one or two recommendations. If your brand isn’t structured for AI extraction, you simply don’t exist in that conversation.

How Our AEO Agency Engineers AI Visibility

ZeroHolds approaches AEO as an engineering problem, not a marketing exercise. We don’t write blog posts and hope for the best. We build structured systems that make your brand extractable by AI models.

1. Entity Audit and Mapping

We run your URL through every major LLM to see exactly how AI categorizes your brand. Most businesses discover they’re either misclassified or completely absent. This baseline mapping tells us where to focus engineering effort.

2. Topical Authority Architecture

We design content clusters that establish your brand as the primary authority on specific topics. Each cluster is a precision-built network of pages with semantic relationships that AI models can trace back to your domain.

3. Schema and Structured Data Engineering

JSON-LD schema markup transforms your website from unstructured HTML into machine-readable data. We implement Organization, Service, FAQ, How-To, and Article schema so AI models can extract facts about your business with zero ambiguity.

4. Citation Monitoring

We track how and when AI models cite your brand, which competitors they recommend instead, and what triggers your brand to appear or disappear from AI responses. This data drives iterative optimization.

Why AI Search Optimization Matters Now

Google still drives significant traffic. But the shift is happening. Perplexity reports hundreds of millions of queries monthly. ChatGPT’s search feature is integrated into every conversation. Gemini is embedded in Google’s own ecosystem.

Businesses that wait for AEO to become “mainstream” will be playing catch-up against competitors who are building authority now. The models that train on today’s web are forming the knowledge base that will power tomorrow’s AI recommendations. For a deeper look at the fundamentals, read our guide on what AEO is and why it matters.

Who Needs Generative Engine Optimization

AEO is for businesses that:

• Already have a website and some organic presence, but are invisible in AI search results
• Compete in industries where AI recommendations directly influence purchase decisions
• Want to build a defensible moat by being the first in their niche to establish AI authority
• Need measurable proof that their investment drives visibility in specific AI platforms

AEO Service Deliverables

Every AEO engagement includes:

• A complete entity audit showing how AI currently sees your brand
• Topical authority cluster strategy document with implementation roadmap
• Schema markup implementation across your entire website
• Citation monitoring setup with monthly reporting
• Direct access to the engineer building your system -no juniors, no hand-offs

Request your AEO Visibility Audit and see exactly where you stand in AI search -before your competitors figure it out.