AEO (answer engine optimisation) is the discipline of formatting content so AI engines - Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude - extract your answer and attribute it to your business. From £999/mo, Transformation Junction formats, restructures and schema-marks your content so it becomes the answer, not just a link on the page.
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Answer engine optimisation (AEO) is the practice of structuring content specifically to be extracted and displayed by AI-powered answer engines - Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Bing Copilot and Claude. Where classic SEO aims for a blue link on page one, AEO aims for your answer to appear inside the AI's response, before the user clicks anything. The page that gets featured at this stage earns the enquiry.
Google AI Overviews pull from pages that have a clear, self-contained answer at the top of the page, question-style headings, FAQPage schema and high topical authority. A page buried in paragraph prose with no direct answer block is ignored even if it ranks on page one.
ChatGPT and Perplexity pull from Bing-indexed pages with clear atomic facts, structured content, entity corroboration across the web (GBP, LinkedIn, directories) and high factual confidence. Vague, unstructured content is skipped regardless of backlinks or domain authority.
A buyer asking "who is the best AI SEO agency in London?" in ChatGPT is further down the funnel than someone Googling the same phrase. They are ready to act. The business that gets named in that AI answer earns the call, not the one ranked third on Google.
AEO-formatted content ranks better on classic Google too, because the direct answer, question headings and structured data also satisfy Google's Helpful Content standards. You do not choose between the two - AEO is an upgrade to the content you need anyway.
We audit, restructure and schema-mark your content to be extracted by Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity, then track which queries you are winning.
Every question your buyers ask Google and AI tools about your service, mapped to the page that should answer it. No gaps, no overlaps.
60-90 word answer at the top of every key page - the exact format AI Overviews and ChatGPT need to extract and attribute your content.
Question-style H2s with concise answers, FAQPage JSON-LD, and structured data so Google and AI tools can identify and extract your Q&A pairs.
We check which of your key queries trigger AI Overviews, whether you are currently cited, and what the citing pages have that yours does not.
Consistent brand name, address, description and credentials across GBP, LinkedIn, directories and schema - the corroboration stack AI engines need to trust your content.
We track your AI Overview citations and ChatGPT/Perplexity mentions monthly - so you know where you are winning and where to push next.
Four steps from unstructured content to AI-cited answers.
We pull every question your buyers ask Google and AI tools - People Also Ask, AI Overview triggers, ChatGPT query patterns - and map each to a target page.
We write or rewrite the opening of each page to lead with a crisp, self-contained answer in the 60-90 word window AI engines extract from.
FAQPage schema, question-style headings, and structured data added so Google and AI tools can identify and pull your Q&A pairs with attribution.
We check AI Overview coverage monthly, identify new trigger queries, and update content to hold citations and expand into new answer positions.
AEO is included in every plan from Foundations upward. No add-on fees, no "AI search" upsell on top of your existing retainer.
DD writes and reviews every direct answer block. AEO is a precision craft - the phrasing, structure and length all affect whether AI engines extract your answer.
AEO works best alongside generative engine optimisation (GEO) and LLM SEO. Our service covers all three together so you are cited across every AI surface.
We use the same answer-first content structure that earns Google featured snippets AND AI Overview citations - the same approach we applied to this very page.
Answer engine optimisation is included in every AI SEO plan. No standalone AEO-only fee - it is built into the programme from the first month.
| Plan | Monthly | AEO included |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations | From £999/mo | Direct answer blocks, FAQ structure, FAQPage schema on up to 5 pages |
| Growth | From £1,500/mo | Full AEO audit, AI Overview monitoring, expanded FAQ coverage, 4 AEO pages/mo |
| Authority | From £2,500/mo | AEO across full site, weekly AI Overview tracking, competitor answer-gap analysis |
Traditional SEO targets a ranked link in Google's blue-link results. AEO targets the AI-generated answer box above those links - Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity. AEO-formatted content often ranks better in classic SEO too, because the clear structure satisfies Helpful Content requirements.
Yes - AEO is specifically designed for AI Overview eligibility. The key factors are: a direct answer in the first 60-90 words, question-style headings, FAQPage schema and high topical authority. We optimise all four.
AI Overview citations can appear within two to six weeks of AEO-formatted content being indexed. ChatGPT and Perplexity citations depend on Bing indexation and corroboration, which can take four to ten weeks. Unlike classic SEO, AEO gains can come faster on new domains because the signals AI engines weight are different.
Yes. AEO is primarily a content and schema discipline - we restructure your existing pages rather than rebuilding the site. A new site is not required, though a well-structured technical foundation speeds things up.
Also see: Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) →Speak directly with DD. No sales teams, no bots. Real conversations about your AEO project.
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